Consultant in Obstetrics and High Risk Pregnancy

This is a substantive full time (10PA) post, working exclusively within Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts. The post-holder will be an experienced obstetrician who will provide specialist High Risk Pregnancyservices, as well as delivery suite sessions and on-call, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with general practitioners, midwifery colleagues, allied health professionals, Obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal staff to provide a seamless service and deliver high quality outcomes within national targets. This is a new post, expanding our current obstetric team, and offers the opportunity to further develop services for women with high-risk pregnancies, including vulnerabilities, and postnatal care. The post holder will be the obstetric lead for postnatal care,

• The provision of high-quality care in all clinical settings, including delivery suite, obstetric triage, obstetric theatre and antenatal clinics
• To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
• To provide on call support out of hours and to attend the Department out of hours as per agreed protocols
• The post holder will participate in a 1/12 weekday and weekend non-resident on call rota for obstetrics.
• To participate in the undergraduate teaching programme from both the University of Bristol and the newly established Three Counties Medical School.
• To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for doctors in training.
• To promote evidence-based practice.
• To participate in and develop Quality Improvement projects.
• To respond appropriately to national guidance and reports including undertaking and supervising gap analyses and guideline change, with particular reference to Obstetric Medicine.
• The post-holder will be encouraged to be active in ongoing clinical research
  
  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.