Junior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The post is to work as a Junior Clinical Fellow (ST1-2 equivalent) within the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology currently on a full shift system. The appointee will be responsible to the Consultant/s to whom they are attached.

The main duties will be to support the running of the Obstetric and Gynaecological services on the Royal Preston Hospital site and at Chorley District Hospital.

Please see the attached documents for further details.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital serving a local population of 450,000 across Greater Preston, Chorley and South Ribble. The Trust has approximately 4,700 births annually and a level three neonatal unit.

We provide services for high risk pregnancies with MDT, Bluebell and Rainbow clinics.

We are privileged to work closely with a team of midwives dedicated to improving the birth experience for all women. We offer all four choices for place of birth. There are midwifery led birth units at both Royal Preston Hospital and at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital and a 12 bedded obstetric unit in Royal Preston Hospital. There is a thriving home birth service, provided by a continuity of carer team and the Maternity Unit Network awarded the maternity service with Beacon Status as a result of the successful midwifery led services.

In gynaecology we provide services in benign gynaecology, early pregnancy, endometriosis, urogynaecology, ambulatory, menopause, paediatric, endocrine disorders, vulval conditions and termination of pregnancy.

We also provide tertiary gynaecological oncology services for Lancashire and South Cumbria with a specialist team of gynaecology oncologists. The Trust delivers regional services in neurosciences , plastic surgery, renal medicine, vascular surgery, interventional radiology and hosts the regional trauma centre.

Preston is one of four bases for Manchester university medical students.