Locum Consultant in Obstetrician

Job responsibilities

Womens CSU

LOCUM CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIAN

This post is a locum post for a period of 6 months with an option to increase to 12 months.

BACKGROUND

This is a 10 PA locum appointment for a Consultant Obstetrician.

This post will deliver 10 PAs supporting the Obstetric team across Leeds General Infirmary and St Jamess University Hospital.

This post has arisen as part of the restructuring of the staffing within the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Womens Clinical Service Unit (CSU) and the beginning of longer term staffing and planning for Building the Leeds Way, the opening of a new hospital incorporating Obstetrics, within the next five years. The post has also, in part, been created to cover long term absence in obstetrics.

Obstetric Departments

Womens Clinical Service Unit (CSU) in Leeds provides comprehensive secondary care for the local population and enjoys a position as a regional centre for all subspecialties. There are 24 obstetric Consultants within the Womens Clinical Service Unit.

The St Jamess Maternity Unit, which is located in Gledhow Wing, deals with approximately 4,500 deliveries per year. The Leeds General Infirmary Maternity Unit, located within Clarendon Wing, has around 4,500 deliveries per annum. Each Unit has a General Antenatal Outpatient Department, an Antenatal Day Unit, Maternity Assessment Unit, Fetal Assessment Unit and Obstetric Ultrasound Department. Fetal Medicine, including surgical and cardiac NNU services are based at LGI.

Antenatal Outpatients

As a Maternal Medicine Centre, in addition to high risk antenatal clinics, we run specialist clinics in conjunction with the relevant Physicians on either the St Jamess or LGI site. These include a Cardiac Clinic, Renal Clinic, Diabetic Clinic, Obstetric Haematology Clinic, a Rheumatology clinic and Endocrine Clinic (thyroid, adrenal and pituitary). We also run Substance Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy, Preterm Labour and Multiples clinic.

The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit is located at St Jamess and, although it comes under the auspices of Gynaecology, there are naturally close links between the Obstetric Departments and EPAU. A recurrent miscarriage clinic is run from the EPAU providing both a diagnostic service and support in early pregnancy.

Fetal Medicine

The Fetal Medicine Unit runs clinics five days a week at LGI offering invasive prenatal diagnosis, diagnosis and management of congenital anomalies, rhesus disease including in-utero transfusion.

The Building the Leeds Way project is an exciting development that involves, amongst other projects, the construction of a major new hospital at the Leeds General Infirmary site. On completion, the maternity services from both current sites will merge to this new hospital, creating one of the largest and newest maternity units in the country.

Please see attached document for full job description and personal specification.

Other criteria (optional) eg practical skills or Additional Requirements

Essential

• Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a training programme within the UK
• or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director.

Eligibility, Fitness to practice, and Language Skills

Essential

• Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English.
• Achieved the min. score of 7 across all 4 of the following categories in the academic IELTS in a single sitting within 24 mths at time of application. (An overall min.score of 7.5)
• Achieved the min. Grade B across all 4 of the following categories in the OET in medicine in a single sitting within 24 mths at time of application (You must provide your candidate number)
• Medically fit to fulfil ALL aspects of the post, and to be able to respond quickly to emergencies, as necessary. Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards)

Clinical, Academic, and Personal Skills

Essential

• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
• Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
• Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.

Desirable

• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.
• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
• Attendance at recognised management course.
• Out of programme experience in non-clinical NHS activities or equivalent.

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential CriteriaMB BS (or equivalent)
• Member of Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology or equivalent.

Desirable

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely
• Should have completed a recognised training programme in obstetrics

Experience

Essential

• Essential criteriaMust be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in Obstetrics.
• Specifically, he/she must demonstrate higher training in high risk Obstetrics suitable for working in large tertiary referral centre.
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).