Locum Consultant Obstetrician

Job overview

This post is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to take on a senior role within the Obstetric and Gynaecology Department at UHCW NHS Trust. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with clinical colleagues, to deliver a comprehensive Obstetric service to patients in the Coventry and Warwickshire communities.

The post holder will be joining a high performing team, at a Centre which provides regional care across Obstetric, Gynaecological and Neonatal pathways. Alongside this the Department is heavily grounded in research and best practice with close links to the Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research based at UHCW and a fully integrate Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

The post holder will be based at the University Hospital, Coventry with outpatient clinic commitments at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and community support sites.

There will be appropriate involvement in the administration and management functions of the Trust. The scheduling of clinical sessions may change as part of job planning, and the job description will be revisited with the Clinical Director and Group Director of Operations once the successful candidate has been in post for 6 months.

Main duties of the job

• Provide strong leadership to all disciplines and ensure, with the Modern Matrons, that guidance is available to all staff within the obstetrics areas.
• Work across disciplines to develop close working patterns, shared guidelines, education and joint standards throughout the department.
• Communicate openly and consult with clinicians, midwives, nurses and administrative staff on developments within obstetrics.
• Promote the culture of continuous learning and development, ensuring leadership in support of research, audit, education and training.
• Participation in Labour Ward Forum and Quality of Care forum and ensuring decisions taken are fed back to ensure that necessary changes are implemented.
• Responsibility for patients under his/her care.
• Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students and co-ordinate teaching sessions.
• Develop/maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
• Share responsibility for professional supervision and development of trainee doctors within the specialty. This will include the appraisal of Specialist Trainees in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
• Develop/maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
• Ensure own practice is up-to-date; including taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the trust’s performance and Annual Review system.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership to all disciplines and ensure, with the Modern Matrons, that guidance is available to all staff within the obstetrics areas.
• To work across disciplines to develop close working patterns, shared guidelines, education and joint standards throughout the department.
• To communicate openly and consult with clinicians, midwives, nurses and administrative staff on developments within obstetrics.
• To promote the culture of continuous learning and development, ensuring leadership in support of research, audit, education and training.
• Participation in Labour Ward Forum and Quality of Care forum and ensuring decisions taken are fed back to ensure that necessary changes are implemented.
• Facilitating skills drills and ensuring remedial action taken if deficiencies identified.
• Take ongoing responsibility for patients under his/her care.
• Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students and co-ordinate teaching sessions.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
• Share responsibility for the professional supervision and development of trainee doctors within the specialty. This will include the appraisal of Specialist Trainees in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
• Develop and maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
• Ensure own practice is up-to-date; this will include taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the trust’s performance and Annual Review system.
• Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers in compliance with current legislation.
• Comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.

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.