Job summary
An opportunity has arisen as a Locum Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology position for fixed term 12 months.
The position of Locum Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology offers an attractive varied timetable with the opportunity of using personal skills in one or more areas including:
- Urogynaecology
- Colposcopy accredited
- Out-patient hysteroscopy
Some of the benefits of being part of our team include:
- Friendly and pleasant hospital in wonderful rural area.
- Fantastic quality of life
- Good clinical environment and state of the art equipment
- Excellent clinical experience
For more information please contact Ms Thiru Bavananthan , clinical director gynaecology 01432 355444 or email Thirumagal.bavananthan@wvt.nhs.uk or Ms Salma Ibrahim, clinical director obstetrics 01432 355444 or e mail Salma.ibrahim@wvt.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
This post is to cover for planned absence within the team and to ensure consultant led provision of obstetric and gynaecological services in Hereford and to support with the following :
- Provide clinical leadership and lead by example
- Develop and implement standards of obstetric & gynaecological practice and have a major role in developing specific pathways, guidelines and risk management
- Train and educate staff in a multidisciplinary team
- Ensure effective teamwork
- Bring experience to clinical diagnosis and opinion
- Audit the effectiveness of practice and modify it as required.
- Work in conjunction with the nurses, midwives, administration team, managers and colleagues.
There may be times when a session will be used flexibly to cover another session, such as hot week to allow another colleague to undertake certain duties.
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.
More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We operate a 1 in 9 hot week where the consultant will have no other fixed commitments from 8.30 to 17.30 Monday to Friday. We operate a 1:9 weekend on-call, when the consultant is resident from 9.00 to 12.00. Except in special circumstances this will be a fixed rolling rota. The duties of the consultant in the hot week will include:
- Supervise the day-to-day management of labour, maternity and Gynaecology wards.
- Two labour ward rounds per day.
- One maternity ward round a day (to review all antenatal patients who are not due to be reviewed by their consultant) and problematic post-natal patients.
- One gynaecology ward round to review all patients.
- The 3 elective caesarean section lists per week on Monday,Wednesday and Friday are undertaken by the COLD consultant .
- Respond to calls from GPs, Emergency department and other specialties
- Perform or supervise emergency gynaecological cases on the CEPOD lists. A mentoring/ shadowing system is in place for new consultants to the team ; there are regular opportunities for shared learning through mortality and morbidity
- Ensure there is sufficient handover between you and your consultant colleagues and the middle grades at the change of each shift.
- Be available to review or for the juniors to discuss the management of patients attending the GAA, EPAU, DAU, Triage and the emergency gynaecology clinic.
- Be available for the juniors to discuss the management of patients attending other consultants clinics in their absence.
- Induce new medical staff, including locum doctors and assess them on their competencies before they perform procedures un-supervised. Continue to supervise them and complete OSATs / Mini CEXs, etc.
- Teach junior and middle-grade staff on an informal and formal basis.
- Take part and lead regular multi-disciplinary staff update sessions and case reviews.
- Take medical student tutorials and ensure that they get a positive experience from their time in Hereford.
- Work with the Clinical Risk Manager to support her investigation of incidents and complaints.
It is anticipated that annual leave and study leave will not be taken during the hot /cold week.
Other Duties
When not on hot-week you are expected to perform approximately 5 clinical PAs. These will be a mixture of fixed, flexible and annualised sessions. A flexible session may depend on any skill set to complement existing consultants such as a Special interest clinic, antenatal clinic, peripheral gynaecology clinic or labour ward cover. It may be where you will be performing a session usually undertaken by one of your colleagues who is currently away, undertaking a specific task or on the hot week. There will be sometimes when this is to cover labour ward when a colleague has an immovable commitment.
You will also perform 1.5 non-clinical, Supporting Programmed Activities (SPAs) that are for teaching, investigation of incidents or complaints, involvement in developing policies and relevant pathways, audit, research CPD and educational supervision. The post-holder will be expected to account for these sessions. There will be departmental management meetings at least 2 times a month.
The precise job plan will be confirmed with the successful candidate after appointment and is currently placed on the Allocate job-planning software.
On Call
The weekday on-call (Monday to Thursday) will be shared equally by consultants in a 1:8 rota. The weekday on-call starts at 17.30 and you will be expected to be resident in the hospital and available for labour ward and other clinical commitments until 21.00. There is a personal handover to the in-coming night registrar before being on call from home till 08.30. At weekends you are timetabled to be in the hospital from 09.00 to 12.00 each day, for an evening ward round and on call from home with immediate return to hospital when required (Category A 5%).
Job description
Job responsibilities
We operate a 1 in 9 hot week where the consultant will have no other fixed commitments from 8.30 to 17.30 Monday to Friday. We operate a 1:9 weekend on-call, when the consultant is resident from 9.00 to 12.00. Except in special circumstances this will be a fixed rolling rota. The duties of the consultant in the hot week will include:
- Supervise the day-to-day management of labour, maternity and Gynaecology wards.
- Two labour ward rounds per day.
- One maternity ward round a day (to review all antenatal patients who are not due to be reviewed by their consultant) and problematic post-natal patients.
- One gynaecology ward round to review all patients.
- The 3 elective caesarean section lists per week on Monday,Wednesday and Friday are undertaken by the COLD consultant .
- Respond to calls from GPs, Emergency department and other specialties
- Perform or supervise emergency gynaecological cases on the CEPOD lists. A mentoring/ shadowing system is in place for new consultants to the team ; there are regular opportunities for shared learning through mortality and morbidity
- Ensure there is sufficient handover between you and your consultant colleagues and the middle grades at the change of each shift.
- Be available to review or for the juniors to discuss the management of patients attending the GAA, EPAU, DAU, Triage and the emergency gynaecology clinic.
- Be available for the juniors to discuss the management of patients attending other consultants clinics in their absence.
- Induce new medical staff, including locum doctors and assess them on their competencies before they perform procedures un-supervised. Continue to supervise them and complete OSATs / Mini CEXs, etc.
- Teach junior and middle-grade staff on an informal and formal basis.
- Take part and lead regular multi-disciplinary staff update sessions and case reviews.
- Take medical student tutorials and ensure that they get a positive experience from their time in Hereford.
- Work with the Clinical Risk Manager to support her investigation of incidents and complaints.
It is anticipated that annual leave and study leave will not be taken during the hot /cold week.
Other Duties
When not on hot-week you are expected to perform approximately 5 clinical PAs. These will be a mixture of fixed, flexible and annualised sessions. A flexible session may depend on any skill set to complement existing consultants such as a Special interest clinic, antenatal clinic, peripheral gynaecology clinic or labour ward cover. It may be where you will be performing a session usually undertaken by one of your colleagues who is currently away, undertaking a specific task or on the hot week. There will be sometimes when this is to cover labour ward when a colleague has an immovable commitment.
You will also perform 1.5 non-clinical, Supporting Programmed Activities (SPAs) that are for teaching, investigation of incidents or complaints, involvement in developing policies and relevant pathways, audit, research CPD and educational supervision. The post-holder will be expected to account for these sessions. There will be departmental management meetings at least 2 times a month.
The precise job plan will be confirmed with the successful candidate after appointment and is currently placed on the Allocate job-planning software.
On Call
The weekday on-call (Monday to Thursday) will be shared equally by consultants in a 1:8 rota. The weekday on-call starts at 17.30 and you will be expected to be resident in the hospital and available for labour ward and other clinical commitments until 21.00. There is a personal handover to the in-coming night registrar before being on call from home till 08.30. At weekends you are timetabled to be in the hospital from 09.00 to 12.00 each day, for an evening ward round and on call from home with immediate return to hospital when required (Category A 5%).
Person Specification
GMC registration
Essential
Desirable
- Candidates should ideally be on the Specialist Register
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCOG or equivalent
- Two appropriate ATSMs or Equivalence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Experience
Essential
- Wide general gynaecological and obstetric training
- Confidence in performing major gynaecology surgery and intermediate minimal access gynaecological surgery
- Management of high risk labour ward
Desirable
- Experience in Advanced minimal access surgery or total laparoscopic hysterectomy will be beneficial
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Experience of working in a demanding department and aptitude for delivering under pressure
- Ability to work/operate unsupervised.
- Make senior level clinical decisions.
- A real desire and skill to ensure labour ward and other clinical areas are highly functioning
Desirable
- Training (and preferably accreditation) in another area of specialisation such as laparoscopy, ambulatory hysteroscopy, maternal medicine and/ or gynaecology scanning
Education
Essential
- Possesses training and education skills to teach junior medical, nursing and midwifery staff
- Demonstrates Leadership qualities
- Provides learning opportunities within the clinical environment
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Ability to establish good working relationships with staff and be able to communicate well with patients
- Supportive and nurturing towards junior medical, midwifery and nursing workforce
- Flexible
- Team player
- Acts with integrity
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training
- Willingness to seek timely assistance from colleagues and discuss clinical issues when appropriate
Management
Essential
- Good organisational skills and time management.
- Prepared to challenge/correct poor performance Takes responsibility for personal and professional development
Desirable
- Training and interest in medical management
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Physical fitness sufficient to carry out full range of duties safely and completely.
Person Specification
GMC registration
Essential
Desirable
- Candidates should ideally be on the Specialist Register
Qualifications
Essential
- MRCOG or equivalent
- Two appropriate ATSMs or Equivalence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Experience
Essential
- Wide general gynaecological and obstetric training
- Confidence in performing major gynaecology surgery and intermediate minimal access gynaecological surgery
- Management of high risk labour ward
Desirable
- Experience in Advanced minimal access surgery or total laparoscopic hysterectomy will be beneficial
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Experience of working in a demanding department and aptitude for delivering under pressure
- Ability to work/operate unsupervised.
- Make senior level clinical decisions.
- A real desire and skill to ensure labour ward and other clinical areas are highly functioning
Desirable
- Training (and preferably accreditation) in another area of specialisation such as laparoscopy, ambulatory hysteroscopy, maternal medicine and/ or gynaecology scanning
Education
Essential
- Possesses training and education skills to teach junior medical, nursing and midwifery staff
- Demonstrates Leadership qualities
- Provides learning opportunities within the clinical environment
Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills both oral and written
- Ability to establish good working relationships with staff and be able to communicate well with patients
- Supportive and nurturing towards junior medical, midwifery and nursing workforce
- Flexible
- Team player
- Acts with integrity
Desirable
- Advanced communication skills training
- Willingness to seek timely assistance from colleagues and discuss clinical issues when appropriate
Management
Essential
- Good organisational skills and time management.
- Prepared to challenge/correct poor performance Takes responsibility for personal and professional development
Desirable
- Training and interest in medical management
Physical Requirements
Essential
- Physical fitness sufficient to carry out full range of duties safely and completely.
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).
