Job summary
This is a substantive full time (10PA) post, working exclusively within Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts.
The post-holder will be an experienced obstetrician who will provide specialist High Risk Pregnancyservices, as well as delivery suite sessions and on-call, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with general practitioners, midwifery colleagues, allied health professionals, Obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal staff to provide a seamless service and deliver high quality outcomes within national targets.
This is a new post, expanding our current obstetric team, and offers the opportunity to further develop services for women with high-risk pregnancies, including vulnerabilities, and postnatal care. The post holder will be the obstetric lead for postnatal care
Main duties of the job
- The provision of high-quality care in all clinical settings, including delivery suite, obstetric triage, obstetric theatre and antenatal clinics
- To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
- To provide on call support out of hours and to attend the Department out of hours as per agreed protocols
- The post holder will participate in a 1/12 weekday and weekend non-resident on call rota for obstetrics.
- To participate in the undergraduate teaching programme from both the University of Bristol and the newly established Three Counties Medical School.
- To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for doctors in training.
- To promote evidence-based practice.
- To participate in and develop Quality Improvement projects.
- To respond appropriately to national guidance and reports including undertaking and supervising gap analyses and guideline change, with particular reference to Obstetric Medicine.
- The post-holder will be encouraged to be active in ongoing clinical research
About us
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
The Women & Children's Division are well established and are focused on continued service improvement.
The teams are based at Gloucester Royal Hospital with outpatient activity taking place and at Cheltenham General and Gloucester Royal hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Thank you for showing interest in this position.
If you would like to find out further information regarding this role, please review the attached job description which outlines the role in greater detail.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCOG
- Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
- ATSM High Risk Pregnancy or equivalent
Desirable
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to specialty
- Qualification in leadership and management
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience in Obstetrics equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
- Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team
- Ability to lead emergency obstetric services in and out of hours
- Ability to perform fetal growth scans
Desirable
- Experience in change management and innovation
- Ability to perform cervical length scans and preterm birth assessment
Motivation and attitude
Essential
- Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships.
- Enthusiasm for teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to provide a role model and to inspire and develop junior medical, midwifery and nursing staff.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the directorate and to balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole.
- Evidence of self-motivation and ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.
- To attend outlying hospitals as required and ability to fulfil travelling requirements associated with the post
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for emergency obstetrics
Personal Skills
Essential
- Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Ability to work under stress
- Communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to work in multi-professional team
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Honesty and reliability
Research and Publications
Essential
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- MD or equivalent
Information Technology
Essential
- IT skills: Word processing, excel database, literature searching
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice.
- Experience in leading a busy delivery suite
- Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project
Quality Management
Essential
- Ability to manage risk
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to deal with complaints
- Commitment to CPD / CME
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal
Teaching
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
- Experience of developing and delivering multiprofessional simulation training
Desirable
- Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Post-graduate qualification in teaching / training
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCOG
- Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
- ATSM High Risk Pregnancy or equivalent
Desirable
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to specialty
- Qualification in leadership and management
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience in Obstetrics equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
- Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team
- Ability to lead emergency obstetric services in and out of hours
- Ability to perform fetal growth scans
Desirable
- Experience in change management and innovation
- Ability to perform cervical length scans and preterm birth assessment
Motivation and attitude
Essential
- Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships.
- Enthusiasm for teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to provide a role model and to inspire and develop junior medical, midwifery and nursing staff.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the directorate and to balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole.
- Evidence of self-motivation and ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.
- To attend outlying hospitals as required and ability to fulfil travelling requirements associated with the post
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for emergency obstetrics
Personal Skills
Essential
- Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Ability to work under stress
- Communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to work in multi-professional team
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Caring attitude to patients
- Honesty and reliability
Research and Publications
Essential
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- MD or equivalent
Information Technology
Essential
- IT skills: Word processing, excel database, literature searching
Leadership and Management
Essential
- Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice.
- Experience in leading a busy delivery suite
- Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project
Quality Management
Essential
- Ability to manage risk
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to deal with complaints
- Commitment to CPD / CME
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal
Teaching
Essential
- Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
- Experience of developing and delivering multiprofessional simulation training
Desirable
- Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of clinical supervision
- Post-graduate qualification in teaching / training
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).
