Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Job overview

Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Main interest Obstetrics)

This post provides an opportunity to pursue a specialist interest in preterm antenatal, obstetrics governance and maternal medicine at Airedale Hospital which is situated between the spectacular Yorkshire Dales and the cosmopolitan centres of Bradford and Leeds.

Our award-winning hospital is also in an award-winning location providing genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance.

Yorkshire has recently been voted as the third best region in the world by Lonely Planet, and our local towns of Skipton and Ilkley have been voted as the best places to live in the UK by the Sunday Times, commending their top-class schools, great transport links.

This is a dynamic department, and the successful applicant will be required to contribute to ongoing service development. We expect involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and also welcome ideas for new work streams. We strongly encourage leadership development. There is a trust leadership programme in place and study leave is encouraged for this. We also believe in maintaining work life balance.

Main duties of the job

This is a new post, and the successful applicant will join a department of 11 consultants.

Obstetric facilities based at Airedale General Hospital include inpatient and outpatient maternity services. Over 2000 babies are delivered at Airedale Hospital each year.

Antenatal services are predominantly provided within the maternity unit at Airedale Hospital with 61% of women booked as high-risk requiring consultant led antenatal services during 2018/19.

A consultant will also still lead on the delivery of a planned midwife led pathway if complications were to arise during pregnancy.

The obstetrics and gynaecology medical workforce is currently comprised of 11 consultants and 1 associate specialists who provide essential patient led services.

Airedale General Hospital work jointly with other local NHS providers in the region, including Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care Trust, to help ensure we can deliver a patient led collaborative service and thereby promoting a culture of safety and improvement

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

CONSULTANTS JOB PLAN

Job Planning will be based on a partnership approach. Consultants are asked to prepare a draft job plan which is then discussed and agreed with the Clinical Director and then presented to the Medical Scrutiny Committee for approval.

Job plans will list all the NHS and any private duties of the consultant, the number of Programmed Activities for which the Consultant is contracted and paid, the consultant’s objectives and agreed supporting resources. The duties and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, as appropriate:

• Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work • Supporting Professional Activities • Additional NHS responsibilities – determined against the agreed Trust tariff allocation • External duties

The Trust’s strategy is to increase the use of its capital resources e.g. Theatre, Endoscopy and OPC to facilitate increased productivity and efficiencies which supports the growth of market share and business development.