Locum Consultant in Obstetrics

Job overview

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a locum Obstetric Consultant with a specialist interest in Fetal Medicine. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and ambitious team at our Birmingham Women’s Hospital site which has 7,400 births per year. We are looking for someone who is Ambitious, Brave and Compassionate and with a commitment to continually improve our services, which have been rated green by the CQC.

This post is advertised as full-time, however applicants wishing to be considered for a position with fewer sessions are welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of the Obstetric and Fetal medicine service, working closely with colleagues in the direct team and across the fetal medicine network.

This job will consist of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week as an annualised contract. The job plan includes on call duties as part of a 1 in 14 rota. The successful applicant will be based within the fetal medicine teams joining our established team of expert obstetricians.

The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and to comply with the Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions of the Trust. Where the Consultant manages employees of the Trust, they will be expected to observe the local employment and personnel policies and procedures.

Further details can be found in the attached Job description and personal Spec

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful applicant will work as part of an established team of obstetricians to provide care to women accessing maternity services across antenatal and post natal services. This post will be working across clinics, fetal medicine, labour ward, obstetric surgery and both antenatal and post natal ward areas. Full details can be found in the attached Job description.