Consultant Obstetrician with an interest in Perinatal Mental Health

Job overview

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician with a special interest in perinatal mental health. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. This post is an Obstetrics role covering antenatal clinics, postnatal debrief clinics, caesarean section lists, intrapartum care. The obstetric SPA includes delivering multi-disciplinary training (PROMPT) and leading bereavement services.  Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site.  Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites. Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

• Antenatal clinics – perinatal mental health, postnatal debrief •    Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work, days and nights) •    Elective caesarean section lists •    Participation in ATAIN and PMRT reviews •    Delivery of MDT training (PROMPT) •    Bereavement lead role

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities. For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as: •    7.75 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work. •    1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) - includes CPD, audit, appraisal, guidelines, teaching and research. •    0.75  Corporate SPA to deliver an obstetric lead role eg: PROMPT teaching and Bereavement Lead

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.