Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 16 hours per week (4 PAs)
- Job ref
- 321-MS-CON-7365919-S5
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Women's Centre - Maternity
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/10/2025 08:00
Employer heading
CONSULTANT IN OBSTETRIC MEDICINE
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS 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 of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton 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.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
The post-holder’s duties as a Consultant in Obstetric Medicine will primarily be in the Women’s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital. However, there may be clinic sessions at other units in the region. The Maternal Medicine Service at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a mixed secondary and tertiary service to Oxfordshire and a tertiary service as the Maternal Medicine Centre for the Thames Valley Maternal Medicine Network covering Buckinghamshire, East and West Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire and adjacent parts of Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, total population approaching 3 million. There are approximately 7500 births per year throughout the Trust and approximately 40000 births per year in the Thames Valley Network footprint.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder’s duties as a Consultant in Obstetric Medicine will primarily be in the Women’s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital. However, there may be clinic sessions at other units in the region. The Maternal Medicine Service at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a mixed secondary and tertiary service to Oxfordshire and a tertiary service as the Maternal Medicine Centre for the Thames Valley Maternal Medicine Network covering Buckinghamshire, East and West Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire and adjacent parts of Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, total population approaching 3 million. There are approximately 7500 births per year throughout the Trust and approximately 40000 births per year in the Thames Valley Network footprint.
This is a less than full time 4 PA post (0.4 WTE).
The duties include multi-disciplinary antenatal and post-natal clinics, pre-conception clinic for women with medical problems and management of maternal medicine inpatients.
The post-holder will have use of a desk in an office in Maternity alongside colleagues in the department. The office equipped with a personal computer with intranet access and Wi-Fi. There will be identified secretarial support accordingly.
Working for our organisation
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. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Obstetric Medicine
The post-holder’s duties as a Consultant in Obstetric Medicine will primarily be in the Women’s Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital. However, there may be clinic sessions at other units in the region. The Maternal Medicine Service at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a mixed secondary and tertiary service to Oxfordshire and a tertiary service as the Maternal Medicine Centre for the Thames Valley Maternal Medicine Network covering Buckinghamshire, East and West Berkshire, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire and adjacent parts of Warwickshire and Gloucestershire, total population approaching 3 million. There are approximately 7500 births per year throughout the Trust and approximately 40000 births per year in the Thames Valley Network footprint.
This is a less than full time 4 PA post (0.4 WTE).
The duties include multi-disciplinary antenatal and post-natal clinics, pre-conception clinic for women with medical problems and management of maternal medicine inpatients.
The post-holder will have use of a desk in an office in Maternity alongside colleagues in the department. The office equipped with a personal computer with intranet access and Wi-Fi. There will be identified secretarial support accordingly.
Teaching/Research
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a large teaching hospital, and the post- holder will be required to teach and examine clinical students.
It is anticipated that the post-holder will contribute to both department’s research activities, and collaboration with clinicians and scientists in the Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health (NDWRH) is encouraged.
The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review. It is anticipated that the post-holder will be awarded the title of Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the University of Oxford and affiliation to NDWRH for contribution to teaching clinical students and supervising postgraduate research.
Teaching in obstetric medicine is expected as the Trust is an accredited obstetric medicine training centre. There is an obstetric medicine registrar, two RCOG subspeciality registrars and the department offers training for the special skills module in obstetric medicine for acute medicine resident doctors. Opportunities exist to develop academic interests also.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
OUHFT supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the Royal College of Physician and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
Revalidation
The Trust has the required arrangements in place for appraisal as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and ensures that all doctors have an annual appraisal with a choice of trained appraiser and are supported while going through the revalidation process.
Workload
The Maternal Medicine department supports the OUH as secondary care obstetric unit where approximately 7,500 women give birth per year. In addition, the department provides tertiary referral care for 40,000 pregnant women within the Thames Valley network. There are approximately 45 new patients’ appointments per week and 40 follow up appointments. There are usually approximately 15 inpatients.
Emergency cover
The appointee will help to support the care of the Maternal Medicine inpatients together with two other obstetric physicians and 5 consultant obstetricians with expertise in Maternal Medicine. There are usually 2 RCOG subspecialty trainees in Maternal and Fetal medicine. There is a 24/7 telephone advice on call for maternal medicine for the region and the post holder will be expected to contribute to this 1 in 6, consultant of the week.
Mentoring
The newly appointed consultant will be mentored by an experienced consultant in Maternal Medicine.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
Person specification
Professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS/MBChB MRCP
Desirable criteria
- Higher medical degree
Professional training
Essential criteria
- CCT (or clinical training and experience equivalent to CCT) in Acute and/or General Internal Medicine and/or Obstetric Medicine or within 6 months of achieving such accreditation
- A credential in Obstetric Medicine or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Area of special interest that complements the skills existing within the department
- Interest in research and postgraduate teaching with publications in peer reviewed journals
Level of responsibility
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent leadership skills. Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
- Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Good spoken and written English. Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
- Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification.
- Education qualification
- Peer reviewed publications Research grants
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Full registration and licence to practise
- Full Driving licence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ruth Houlden via PA
- Job title
- Clinical Directorate
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 572698
- Additional information
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