This is a fixed term locum post for 12 months pending advertising and appointing to a new substantive post. The post is based at.....
This is a fixed term locum post for 12 months pending advertising and appointing to a new substantive post.
The post is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 10 core programmed activities (PAs) including: labour ward sessions, antenatal clinic, ELCS lists, and a maternal medicine MDT. There is the opportunity to also undertake a fetal medicine session.
The post holder will join an established multidisciplinary team with a
range of gynaecology and obstetrics specialist skills and experience,
including colposcopy, hysteroscopy, recurrent miscarriage, fertility
services, endometriosis, urogynaecology, antenatal clinics for
diabetes, perinatal mental health, multiple pregnancy, preterm
delivery, bereavement, day assessment, post-natal care, fetal
medicine. The post holder will strengthen the maternal medicine and
high risk obstetrics services.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
• To provide clinical leadership and expertise in Obstetrics, maternal medicine and perinatal mental health.
• Participate in continuing medical education and training of junior medical staff, consultant colleagues, nurses, medical students and colleagues in primary care.
• Participate in the on call Obstetric rota and the day time labour ward care provision and ward rounds
• Ensure the following sessions are covered by a colleague for leave: labour ward, on call, antenatal ward round, ELCS list.
• Providing clinical leadership for high risk pregnancies
• Providing clinical leadership and expertise in Obstetrics supporting nursing and midwifery teams.
• Maintenance of high quality patient centred care
• Shared responsibility for the day to day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Sunday 8 Dec 2024