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Job summary

Main area
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:5 resident weekday nights, 1:20 resident weekend nights & 1:18 obstetric on-call (Fri/Sun and Sat))
Job ref
193-CON242UCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Reading
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/04/2026 08:00

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Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant Obstetrician -Antenatal care with special interest in PNMH

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic consultant team who believe in leading from the frontline, with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well-being and development of our people.

The successful post holder will work as the Antenatal Lead for services and have a special interest in PNMH. Special interest in PNMH is essential for this post which will involve care for perinatal patients with moderate to severe mental health disorders in collaboration with multi-agency partnerships. The post holder will have interest and relevant experience in complex mental health disorders in pregnancy and provide obstetric expertise towards diagnostics, birth planning and medication review.

There will also be an opportunity to continue developing MAU  and further develop specialist antenatal services according to any other special interest. The post holder is expected to hold a broad range of generic skills in Obstetrics and work closely with the Labour Ward and Governance Leads. The post holder will contribute to the resident on-call rota overnight and fully participate in the obstetric out of hours rota. Additional skills and experience in risk management and an interest in research and would also be desirable.

Please note SIMS and Interview date for this role. Sims date: 18/05/2026 Interview Date: 02/06/2026. 

 

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities:

 

·         Provide acute and elective Obstetric services including inpatient and outpatient care at RBFT and other bespoke sites

·         Ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times

·         Comply with the GMC requirements of Duties of a Doctor at all times

Management and Leadership Responsibilities:

·         Antenatal Lead for services with special interest in PNMH. As antenatal lead, the post holder will support other specialist clinics and continue working collaboratively with midwifery leads and develop the MAU service

·         Participation and involvement in monthly meetings including governance and other departmental business

·         Active participation in departmental teaching such as PROMPT, as well as teaching medical students, PA students etc and resident doctors

 

A particular interest in research with a view to becoming principle investigator in studies would be advantageous. There are ample opportunities for research with a wealth of clinical material associated with the large population, links with Reading University and close proximity to Oxford.

Working for our organisation

The department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBHFT) aims to be a leader in its field. We are looking to recruit consultant colleagues with exceptional clinical skills to complement our service who can work as team players, who can lead, and who possess the drive and ambition to help us achieve our goals.

 

We provide maternity services for around 4800 women each year and have a good track record for delivering high quality safe care. We have a ‘learning focussed’ culture, and a well-established, clinically led multidisciplinary senior leadership team. In addition to routine antenatal care provided by our community midwifery team, we offer a range of specialist antenatal services supported by specialist midwives, obstetricians and medical specialists.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is a full-time post with a minimum of 10 PAs. This job includes resident obstetrics overnight and non-resident obstetric working out of hours.  A final job plan will be agreed upon appointment, ensuring both individual and Trust / departmental objectives align. The appointee will have a varied timetable of delivery suite, elective caesarean sections, antenatal clinics and antenatal ward round including MAU cover as well as dedicated SPA time.

 The balance between Direct Clinical Care and Supporting Professional Activities will be agreed with the post holder in the final job plan.  The SPA allocation is 1.5 for personal CME, audit and revalidation requirements including departmental meetings. Additional PAs (APAs) may be allocated for specific agreed objectives for the trust subject to the agreement of the Clinical Director.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with the GMC
  • Relevant CCT
  • MRCOG (UK) or equivalent

Clinical Experience, Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Statement on Special interest in PNMH or SITM in PNHM
  • ATSM/SITM or equivalent in Antenatal Care/Pregnancy Care/Maternal Medicine
  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in O&G
  • Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
  • Evidence of competence in management of obstetric and gynaecological emergencies and in-patients through continuous work-based assessments, portfolio evidence, including logbook documentation if applicable
  • Evidence of competence to work without direct supervision where appropriate
  • Demonstrate current ALS certification or equivalent
  • Demonstrates ability in managing common acute and chronic conditions, including emergencies
  • Certification in PROMPT

Audit Management and IT

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work within clinical governance guidelines
  • Undertake audits and present data as required
  • Good IT skills, use of patient and hospital database
  • Evidence of clinical leadership role demonstrating accountability for quality of care, financial controls and efficient management of workforce

Research, Teaching Skill and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Track record of publications in peer reviewed journals
  • Evidence or providing good teaching and supervision to trainees
Desirable criteria
  • Educational qualification

Patient Experience

Essential criteria
  • Contributes to improving patients experience
  • See patients as individuals and involve them in decisions about their care
  • Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
  • Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Able to abide by the Trust CARE Values; Compassionate, Aspirational, Respectful and Excellence
  • Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligence in both written and spoken English
  • Willingness to take responsibility, and exert appropriate authority
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team, understanding each others unique role

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early due to the application cap imposed.
Candidates to be capped at 30 applications for each whole time equivalent position being recruited to.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Baljinder Chohan /Jasveen Dhami
Job title
Clinical Leads - Obs and Gynae
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183225111
Additional information

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