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Job overview
The Directorate of Women’s Services comprises the clinical departments of Maternity (including obstetrics) and Gynaecology at GSTT and the academic department of Women’s Health at King’s College London. St Thomas’s Hospital hosts the largest single site maternity service in London. The state of the art maternity unit includes a midwife led birth unit co-located to a Hospital Birth centre. A 19 bedded antenatal ward and a 38 bed postnatal ward. The Trust delivers 6000 to 7000 women annually, with a 3% homebirth rate. The birth centres are supported by the busiest maternity day assessment unit in London, an obstetric high dependency unit and an active ultrasound and Fetal medicine unit. Most antenatal care occurs in the community.
Main duties of the job
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
- To develop and deliver quality improvement within the Directorate
Research, Teaching and Training
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trust’s translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
- To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
- To support multi-disciplinary teaching and training
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Further to the above duties, please see attached JD and PS for more information pertaining to the role.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Clinical skills required to work as a consultant in Obstetrics in the UK
- Understanding of principles of audit and its use to drive service improvement.
- Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable
- Experience of service innovation and/or development.
- Experience of achieving clinical governance targets e.g. CNST.
- Experience of achieving quality targets e.g. CQIN.
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Experience
Essential
- Clinical training and experience in general obstetrics and gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT.
Qualifications
Essential
- Full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise.
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of the Interview.
- MRCOG or equivalent specialist qualification.
- ATSM in Advanced Labour ward practice
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This advert is for Consultant Obstetrician with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Obstetrics and Gynaecology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Sep 2026.
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