Job summary
Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology- Join Our Mission to Transform Women's Healthcare
Are you nearing CCT or a newly qualified Consultant looking for your first posting or an experience Consultant looking for a change? Are you the type of person who thrives on challenge, who sees health inequalities not as statistics but as lives to transform?
Do you align to our values of Kind, Connected, Bold and can drive real change in patient experience and are not afraid of hard work when it means making a genuine difference?
Our Board has approved 10 newly created fully funded consultant posts - strategic investment reflecting our commitment to transformation.
Like Obstetrics and Gynaecology services nationwide, we face considerable pressures, with the additional complexity of serving communities experiencing significant health inequalities. We're currently on the Maternity Safety Support Programme and addressing backlogs within our Gynaecology service. Our teams are working under significant pressure, and we're addressing cultural challenges that require sustained leadership.
We're seeking consultants who want to help build our future - creating an integrated supportive team that will redefine collaborative care improving the care for our community.
Our expansion sees a focus on - Fetal medicine, Urogynaecology, Menopause, Maternal medicine, Cancer pathways & Vulval disease, Gynaecology diagnostics --Colposcopy / Hysteroscopy, General O&G care
Main duties of the job
Your impact and opportunity- This represents genuine institutional commitment - a Trust that acknowledges its challenges and invests meaningfully in sustainable solutions. Here, your consultant expertise directly contributes to excellence in training the consultants of our future and improving womens health and neonatal outcomes. Your clinical decisions will influence population health across communities that would benefit greatly from your skills.
You'll encounter clinical complexity that draws on all your expertise. You'll work within system challenges that require innovative thinking and collaborative solutions. Most importantly, you'll practise medicine where it can have profound impact - driving evidence-based improvements in real communities.
This role offers impactful Consultant practice - work that creates lasting positive change for the women and families we serve. Whilst the work is demanding and the challenges are real, you'll be supported in making a difference that extends far beyond individual patient encounters.
Your 10 programmed activities represent our investment in sustainable transformation. Our values framework supports this work because meaningful change requires both clinical excellence and authentic leadership.
Are you ready to help us build better healthcare for our women and families?
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will have responsibility with a team of consultants to provide integrated care for
the Obstetrics and Gynaecology service, including support to specialist nurses and
midwives who work in the clinical areas.
The post holder will be able to work in a high risk
setting and will be able to undertake maternal medicine clinics. There are active research
and development opportunities within the service, and it is anticipated that the successful
appointee will contribute to this.
The post holder will have access to a networked Trust computer and training for UHB
hospital network applications as well as designated secretarial support (combination of
designated secretary and digital dictation support) and defined office space in the specialty
area that is present in the Princess of Wales Womens Unit at Birmingham Heartlands
Hospital. This comprises desk space in an open plan area with access to meeting rooms
for private meetings and quiet work.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The post is to support the care provided to women within the Womens Units at Birmingham
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals (HGS) now part of University Hospital
Birmingham. Cross site working will be part of the main duties and responsibilities.
The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues
in the efficient running and development of the obstetric services. The appointee will:
* Join the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultant team to deliver a first class
service at University Hospital Birmingham and contribute to the development of
the service.
* Support the directorate in meeting the challenging key safety and performance
indicators.
* Deliver agreed standards of care and participate in consultant presence on
delivery suites at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals and on-call for Obstetrics
across all sites.
* Provide continuing patient care in partnership with consultant colleagues across
the hospital sites.
* Support delivery of activity targets in partnership with Clinical Commissioning
Groups and support service developments including the Birmingham and
Solihull United Maternity Programme (BUMP) through the Local Maternity
Service (LMS).
* Allow flexibility through effective prospective cover of sickness and annual leave.
* Provide professional supervision, direction and training for resident medical staff.
* Take an active role in audit, research, teaching and governance.
* Participate in the late evening shift and cross site on-call rota for obstetrics
* Participate in plans to lead to cost efficiencies across the specialty.
* Contribute to risk management procedures.
* Ensure Continuing Professional Development targets are achieved.
* Take part in the GMC revalidation, annual appraisal and job planning processes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will have responsibility with a team of consultants to provide integrated care for
the Obstetrics and Gynaecology service, including support to specialist nurses and
midwives who work in the clinical areas.
The post holder will be able to work in a high risk
setting and will be able to undertake maternal medicine clinics. There are active research
and development opportunities within the service, and it is anticipated that the successful
appointee will contribute to this.
The post holder will have access to a networked Trust computer and training for UHB
hospital network applications as well as designated secretarial support (combination of
designated secretary and digital dictation support) and defined office space in the specialty
area that is present in the Princess of Wales Womens Unit at Birmingham Heartlands
Hospital. This comprises desk space in an open plan area with access to meeting rooms
for private meetings and quiet work.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
The post is to support the care provided to women within the Womens Units at Birmingham
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals (HGS) now part of University Hospital
Birmingham. Cross site working will be part of the main duties and responsibilities.
The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues
in the efficient running and development of the obstetric services. The appointee will:
* Join the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultant team to deliver a first class
service at University Hospital Birmingham and contribute to the development of
the service.
* Support the directorate in meeting the challenging key safety and performance
indicators.
* Deliver agreed standards of care and participate in consultant presence on
delivery suites at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals and on-call for Obstetrics
across all sites.
* Provide continuing patient care in partnership with consultant colleagues across
the hospital sites.
* Support delivery of activity targets in partnership with Clinical Commissioning
Groups and support service developments including the Birmingham and
Solihull United Maternity Programme (BUMP) through the Local Maternity
Service (LMS).
* Allow flexibility through effective prospective cover of sickness and annual leave.
* Provide professional supervision, direction and training for resident medical staff.
* Take an active role in audit, research, teaching and governance.
* Participate in the late evening shift and cross site on-call rota for obstetrics
* Participate in plans to lead to cost efficiencies across the specialty.
* Contribute to risk management procedures.
* Ensure Continuing Professional Development targets are achieved.
* Take part in the GMC revalidation, annual appraisal and job planning processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration (E)
- Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of AAC) (E)
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC (E)
- MRCOG or appropriate specialist qualification (E)
- ATSM/SITM in Menopause Care or BMS/FSRH accredited advanced menopause specialist or equivalent qualification (E)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration (E)
- Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of AAC) (E)
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC (E)
- MRCOG or appropriate specialist qualification (E)
- ATSM/SITM in Menopause Care or BMS/FSRH accredited advanced menopause specialist or equivalent qualification (E)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
