Consultant Obstetrics with an interest in Mental Health & MDT Training

Consultant Obstetrics with an interest in Mental Health & MDT Training

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Obstetrics with an interest in Complex Obstetric Surgery

Applications are invited for the above post in the Maternity Department at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The department seeks a capable and motivated doctor who enjoys working in both a District General and tertiary referral service and wishes to effect change and improve care for patients within this service.

The successful candidate will join the maternity service, which provides general obstetric services to the local population - 7500 women per year are cared for within the Trust. There are also tertiary referral services in fetal and maternal medicine, supported by a Level 3 neonatal unit.

We anticipate that the successful candidate will have expertise in complex obstetric surgery and will continue to maintain this expertise after appointment.

The post is required to offer service and training in complex obstetric surgery, including complex caesarean birth with underlying pathology such as Placenta Accreta Spectrum. A successful candidate will engage with stakeholders to progress development in this part of the service.

This post is intended to be mainly based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but there is also a consultant antenatal clinic at the Horton Hospital, Banbury. This clinic is required in alignment with the OUH strategy of care closer to home. On call will be Maternity only at the John Radcliffe Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Clinical

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust provides services across four sites (John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, Horton Hospital Banbury, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital & the Churchill Hospital, Oxford).

Obstetric inpatient and outpatient services are based at the John Radcliffe. In addition, outpatient obstetric clinics are undertaken at the Horton. The successful applicant may be required to work across both sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake an antenatal clinic based at the Horton Hospital.

The post-holder will be expected to undertake sessions providing acute general intrapartum care & obstetric care supported by at least 2 other obstetricians in training as part of this post.

The post holder will manage obstetric in-patients at the John Radcliffe Hospital & undertake obstetric on-call duties of no more frequent than 1:9, currently 1:16 with internal cover (equivalent to 1:12.8 in the worked year). The out of hours on call attracts a supplement paid at Band A.

Teaching/Research

OUH NHS Trust is a teaching hospital; the post-holder will be required to participate in programs for teaching, examining clinical students & training junior doctors. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder's contribution to teaching, training & research will be included in the regular job plan review.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further details on main responsibilities and indicative job plan.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

• Primary medical qualification
• MBBS/MBCHB
• MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
• Full GMC registration and license to practice
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of AAC (CCT or equivalent or be within 6 months of CCT at the time of application)
• Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC) at the time of starting in post
• Higher medical degree
• Clinical training and experience in general obstetrics and gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
• ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice or equivalent experience
• Expertise in Perinatal Mental Health
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training for O&G trainees
• Effective administrative and time management skills.
• Evidence of leadership of service improvement project leadership within an acute service
• Evidence of having implemented change within the clinical setting
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education
• Leader in formal multidisciplinary team training
• First author peer-reviewed publications
• Training in clinical management
• Evidence of authorship of clinical guidelines at a local or national level

Personal attributes

• Good spoken and written English
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and midwives
• Enthusiasm to work under pressure
• Good organizational and management skills
• Supportive and tolerant
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Caring attitude to patients
• Alignment with the OUH Trust Values
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
• Willingness to work flexibly across different sites within the Trust
• Willingness to work on the on-call rota

Other Requirements

• Transport: Full Driving licence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust