Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The department is seeking to appoint aClinical Fellow for Service and specialised training, ST 6-7 equivalent. This post is tocommence as soon as possible and will be for a period of 6 months., Hours of work are full time with on call commitments on the ST6-7 rota of 1 in 10 with banding 1B. The expected duties will be appropriate to the grade, including clinics, operating sessions and ward rounds; with special interest sessions if the rota permits. A delivery suite duty is 3rd on-call, depending on experience and rota availability. The Trust provides 108 hours of consultant presence on Delivery Suite, hence there is ample opportunity for direct supervision and training on Delivery Suite.

The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local guidelines, policies and procedures and to comply with the Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions of the Trust.

Birmingham Women's Hospital adjoins the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust - formerly the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which is an acute teaching hospital of the West Midlands, and the University of Birmingham and its Medical School.

The Trust offers a complete range of obstetric and gynaecological services. The hospital serves a large multiracial local community, currently delivering around 8100 women per year and an equivalent gynaecological workload. We are a tertiary centre for perinatal care and are the regional centre for Fetal Medicine and Clinical Genetics. The Trust is a cancer unit, has a well-developed minimal access service, tertiary level urogynaecology and has an Assisted Conception Unit with an excellent clinical record. We have a busy Emergency Gynaecology Service and a busy, well established early pregnancy assessment unit.

There is a strong diagnostic imaging service with on-site facilities for all normal X-ray imaging, diagnostic ultrasound in obstetrics and gynaecology, and interventional ultrasound in Fetal Medicine. There are arrangements with external providers for MRI and CT scanning and good working relationships with the radiology department at University Hospital, Birmingham.

On-site laboratory services provide haematology, microbiology, clinical chemistry and histopathology expertise.