Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Job overview

The Perinatal and Family Divisions provide a full range of Obstetric, Neonatal, Gynaecology and Paediatric services, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The bulk of the maternity work is based at The Royal Oldham Hospital with satellite clinics at Rochdale Infirmary.

The delivery suite is based at Royal Oldham Hospital with a birth rate of approximately 5000 per year and an adjoining Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A full complement of Obstetrics inpatient and outpatient services are provided at the Royal Oldham Hospital, including a complex pregnancy unit (comprises fetal medicine service, preterm birth clinic, placenta clinic, complicated multiple pregnancy and Rainbow clinic), maternal medicine clinics (hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy, endocrine and haematology) and perinatal mental health clinic. The team works closely with the regional tertiary networks and hospitals in Manchester and Liverpool.

Main duties of the job

We would welcome candidate with special interests to complement the department such as experience in advanced antenatal care, complex caesarean, and interest in simulation training and education. The post holder will have the opportunity to develop their obstetric interests whilst also having the option of maintaining their gynaecological skills.

The principal duties of the post holder are:

• To support high risk obstetrics antenatal care and postnatal care
• To support the complex caesarean section team and attend MDT meeting
• To participate in the consultant rota pattern for daytime and out of hours resident on call
• To provide services in gynaecology theatre and gynaecology outpatient clinics
• To provide compassionate obstetrics bereavement care
• To facilitate maternity MDT mandatory training sessions
• To be responsible for supervision and training for junior doctors and medical students
• To actively participate in quality improvement activity and clinical governance
• To maintain and ensure own mandatory training, continuing professional development and appraisal are up to date.
• Please see attached job description for more details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk