Locum Consultant Obstetric Physician

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Consultant Obstetric Physician to join the North Central London (NCL) multi-disciplinary Maternal Medicine Team on a fixed-term basis.

The successful post holder will be based at one of the maternity hospitals within the NCL Maternal Medicine Network - North Middlesex University Hospital.

The Role

As a Consultant in Obstetric Medicine within the NCL network, you will provide specialist care for pregnant women with medical problems in both inpatient and outpatient settings at one of the NCL partner hospitals. The role includes:

• Participation in multi-disciplinary antenatal and postnatal clinics
• Acute consults for pregnant/recently pregnant women with medical problems
• Management of maternal medicine inpatients
• Liaison and coordination of patient care across the NCL network
• Attendance and active participation in NCL multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings
• Contribution to the ongoing development of the NCL Maternal Medicine Network

In addition, the post holder will coordinate mechanisms to provide advice and education to physicians, obstetricians, general practitioners, and other healthcare professionals across the maternal medicine network.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to work within a collaborative, well-established maternal medicine service and to contribute to high-quality, integrated care across North Central London.

CV required for application.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in partnership with the NCL multi-disciplinary maternal medicine team. They will be based at North Middlesex University Hospital within the NCL maternal medicine network.

This physician should have completed a pre or post CCT RCP credential in Obstetric Medicine or have undergone specific training in Obstetric Medicine within an established Obstetric medicine service.

Working as a consultant in Obstetric Medicine within the network will include caring for pregnant women with medical problems in both the in-patient and out-patient setting in North Middlesex University Hospital. This will involve multi-disciplinary antenatal and post-natal clinics, rapid access service for pregnant women with medical problems and management of maternal medicine inpatients. Additionally, liaising and coordinating patients care across the network, attending and participating in NCL MDT’s and contributing to the ongoing development of the network.

The post holder will coordinate a mechanism to provide advice and education to other physicians, obstetricians, general practitioners and other health care professionals throughout the maternal medicine network.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

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