Job summary
**Please see attached Job Description for full details**
Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in this post and for taking the time to read this information pack. We hope that this exciting and rewarding opportunity catches your imagination and you are encouraged to apply.
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust (NTHFT) is an ambitious organisation with a focus on excellent patient care. Our teams operate across two acute hospital sites, a community hospital in Peterlee and a number of other community-based hubs employing 5,500 staff who provide integrated hospital and community based services.
We have an income of around £360m and serve a population of c.400,000 living within Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, East Durham and surrounding areas including Sedgefield, Easington and Peterlee and wider population for our NHS England commissioned services ion bowel, breast and cervical cancer.
The Trust is an ambitious organisation with a focus on innovation in healthcare, reflecting the ambitions of the NHS Long Term Plan. Working to facilitate care closer to home, with a drive for prevention and control over own health - the Trust is dedicated to collaborative ways of working to drive aspirational outcomes for patients and the wider community at large.
The Trust operates a progressive pathway management model, with the establishment of three care groups focused on: Healthy Lives, Responsive Care and Collaborative Care.
Main duties of the job
**Please see attached Job Description for full details**
The appointee will be involved in cross-site working between the University Hospital of Hartlepool and the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton-On-Tees and provide general obstetric and gynaecological services and will be involved in the on-call rota with other colleagues.
The post holder will be required to work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices. The post holder will support optimal team performance by promoting an open culture of continuous learning for improvement. The post holder will work with clinical and non-clinical members of the team on service review and innovation to enhance the patient experience. The post holder will participate in departmental teaching and have the opportunity to gain scanning skills.
The current timetable follows a rolling 12-week template as there is an established programme of consultant of the week for obstetrics and for gynaecology which is linked to the on call activity. The weekly timetable for the other weeks have planned clinical activity scheduled on a departmental clinical activity template.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description for full details**
In additional, the post holder will be expected to:
Contribute to the achievement of the Trusts Strategic Objectives.
Respect and practice the Trusts People First Values:
Treat all people with compassion, care, courtesy and respect
Respect each persons right to privacy, dignity and individuality
Take time to be helpful
Respond quickly and effectively
Always give clear, concise explanations
Practise good listening skills
Develop and maintain an appropriate environment
Look the part
Deal effectively with difficult situations
Perform as a team
Undertake mandatory training as directed.
Demonstrate commitment to Improving Working Lives principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff
Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace
Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff. All employees have a general duty of care towards colleagues, patients and the general public and act in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and its associated regulations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
**Please see attached Job Description for full details**
In additional, the post holder will be expected to:
Contribute to the achievement of the Trusts Strategic Objectives.
Respect and practice the Trusts People First Values:
Treat all people with compassion, care, courtesy and respect
Respect each persons right to privacy, dignity and individuality
Take time to be helpful
Respond quickly and effectively
Always give clear, concise explanations
Practise good listening skills
Develop and maintain an appropriate environment
Look the part
Deal effectively with difficult situations
Perform as a team
Undertake mandatory training as directed.
Demonstrate commitment to Improving Working Lives principles and flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff
Tackle discrimination and harassment, and promote equality and diversity in the workplace
Reduce sickness absence; work place accidents; and promote zero tolerance on violence against staff. All employees have a general duty of care towards colleagues, patients and the general public and act in accordance with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and its associated regulations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMRCOG Part 1 or equivalent qualification/training
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oBe able to demonstrate previous experience in middle grade obstetrics & gynaecology work
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- oUnderstanding of freedom of information and data protection issues.
- oExperience of participation in audit with supporting evidence.
- oUnderstanding of current issues in the NHS.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of finance and budgets.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- oExperience in training undergraduate students/postgraduate trainees.
Audit & Research Experience
Essential
- oBasic understanding of the principles of clinical research and its importance in relation to patient care.
Other Attributes
Essential
- oEffective interpersonal/communication skills
- oWell organised and skilled in time management.
- oAbility to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- oCaring attitude to patients. oGood leadership skills.
- oEvidence of driving change and innovative working practice.
- oMedically fit to fulfill all aspects of the post and on call duties.
- oUp to date with Hepatitis B vaccination programme and will be tested for Hepatitis C and HIV.
Desirable
- oIT skills.
- oExperience in counselling.
- oClean driving licence
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oMRCOG Part 1 or equivalent qualification/training
Desirable
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oBe able to demonstrate previous experience in middle grade obstetrics & gynaecology work
Management and Administrative Experience
Essential
- oUnderstanding of freedom of information and data protection issues.
- oExperience of participation in audit with supporting evidence.
- oUnderstanding of current issues in the NHS.
Desirable
- oKnowledge of finance and budgets.
Teaching Experience
Essential
- oExperience in training undergraduate students/postgraduate trainees.
Audit & Research Experience
Essential
- oBasic understanding of the principles of clinical research and its importance in relation to patient care.
Other Attributes
Essential
- oEffective interpersonal/communication skills
- oWell organised and skilled in time management.
- oAbility to work within a multidisciplinary team.
- oCaring attitude to patients. oGood leadership skills.
- oEvidence of driving change and innovative working practice.
- oMedically fit to fulfill all aspects of the post and on call duties.
- oUp to date with Hepatitis B vaccination programme and will be tested for Hepatitis C and HIV.
Desirable
- oIT skills.
- oExperience in counselling.
- oClean driving licence
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).
Employer details
Employer name
North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Tees & Hartlepool Hospital
Hardwick Road
Stockton - on - Tees
TS19 8PE
Employer's website
https://www.nth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
