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Job summary

Main area
Obstetrics
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
318-25-CONSOBSDIA
Employer
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Gloucester
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2025 23:59

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Consultant in Obstetrics with an Interest in Diabetes

Consultant

Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.

As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.

As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

 

Job overview

Due to retirements within the team we have the exciting opportunity for a substantive fulltime (10 PA) consultant post, within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology services at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts.

 

Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content can be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.

The post-holder will provide expert clinical care for birthing people with diabetes, gestational diabetes and other endocrine disorders. They will work alongside a multiprofessional team and lead on the development of the diabetes service. This post-holder will play an integral role in the maternity clinical governance team as Clinical Effectiveness Obstetric lead, providing clinical leadership and strategic direction for the committee.

They will provide on call support overnight, and on weekends, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with the multi-professional team to provide a high-quality obstetrics service.

Main duties of the job

Integral to the responsibilities of this post are the following objectives:

 · To ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service

·    To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task

·    To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate

·  To work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies

· To support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children Division and our Trust

·  To work within the framework of team decisions

· To take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services

·  To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility

Working for our organisation

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK.  We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.

By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

The Women & Children's Division are well established and are focused on continued service improvement.  

The teams are based at Gloucester Royal Hospital with outpatient activity taking place and at Cheltenham General and Gloucester Royal hospitals. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Thank you for showing interest in this position. 

If you would like to find out further information regarding this role, please review the attached job description which outlines the role in greater detail.  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
  • MBBS or equivalent
  • MRCOG
  • Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
  • ATSM Maternal medicine or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to specialty
  • SITM in Maternal Medicine
  • Post-graduate qualification in leadership and management

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical training and experience in Obstetrics equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
  • Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
  • Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team
  • Ability to lead emergency obstetric services in and out of hours
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in performing growth scans

Motivation and attitude

Essential criteria
  • Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships.
  • Enthusiasm for teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to provide a role model and to inspire and develop junior medical, midwifery and nursing staff.
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of the directorate and to balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole.
  • Evidence of self-motivation and ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.
  • To attend outlying hospitals as required and ability to fulfil travelling requirements associated with the post
  • Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for obstetrics
  • To stay within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the base hospital (GRH) when on call.

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Honesty and reliability
  • Ability to work under stress
  • Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
  • Ability to work under stress
  • Communication skills, written and verbal
  • Ability to work in multi-professional team
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, communities and other agencies

Research and Publications

Essential criteria
  • Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable criteria
  • Publications in peer-reviewed journals
  • MD or equivalent

Information Technology

Essential criteria
  • IT skills: Word processing, excel database, literature searching

Leadership and Management

Essential criteria
  • Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice.
  • Experience in leading a busy delivery suite
  • Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project

Quality Management

Essential criteria
  • Ability to manage risk
  • Ability to manage change
  • Ability to deal with complaints
  • Commitment to CPD / CME
  • Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
Desirable criteria
  • Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Christine Edwards
Job title
Specialty Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 422 3222
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