Locum Consultant Obstetrician

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our well integrated team.
The new appointee will contribute towards cover for the Delivery Suite, Maternity Assessment Unit, Day Unit and antenatal/postnatal inpatients. Support and mentoring will be provided in all aspects of work.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop (further) specialist interest skills and/or work in specialist clinics alongside the high risk obstetric team.
We welcome applications from candidates who wish to consider less than full time working., The appointee will be joining a team of obstetricians with special interests in all aspects of complex maternity care. We are looking for an individual with the clinical skills and enthusiasm necessary to join and make a significant contribution to this team. This is a replacement appointment to support the current establishment of 13 WTE consultants (on a 1:12 on-call rota). Candidates should be aware that a further 3 posts have been approved by Trust Board with a view to expansion of the team over the next 2 years. The expansion will allow a delivery of 52 week antenatal clinic services and support consultant roles in governance, quality improvement and teaching. Expansion of the team to 16 WTE will enable team members to more easily take on regional/national leadership roles, as well as giving the team resilience around pre-retirement career plans and supporting flexible working for colleagues.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Dr Marie Smith on , or via email at [email protected].
The closing date is Wednesday 4 September 2024.,

• Provide expert opinions on patients with a wide range of complex obstetric problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre


• Provide consultant-based dedicated sessions (including elective Caesarean section lists) on the Delivery Suite in a flexible manner to ensure prospective cover at times of colleagues absences - providing expert opinions on patients with a wide range of intrapartum complications, as expected in a tertiary unit


• Deliver outpatient antenatal clinical care as well as contributing to ward rounds for antenatal and postnatal inpatients


• Provide medical support to the workload in the Maternity Assessment Unit as well as contributing expertise in out-patient management


• Participate in the departmental (obstetric only) on-call rota. The unit will provide 98-hour cover. To do so the on-call rota will be a maximum of 1 in 10 but we are making appointments to further reduce this to 1 in 12 - with a 24 hour pattern (resident 8am to 10pm, including weekends, and on-call from 10pm overnight) and there will be no duties the following day. It is expected there will be a flexible approach to delivering the 98-hour cover to DS

Administrative:

• Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Department of Obstetrics in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Directorate Manager and Clinical Director. The appointee will also be a member of the Medical Staff Committee of the hospital.


• To undertake general administrative duties within a context of compliance with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.


• Become involved with the financial management of the unit - at all times looking to ensure the delivery of high quality care to agreed standards, but at the same time reviewing working practices to provide the most efficient use of resources.

Research:

• The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being on studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.

Teaching:

• Make an active and appropriate contribution to undergraduate and postgraduate education and training as directed by the undergraduate lead or postgraduate college tutor. Work with the team to facilitate new teaching methods and ideas


• Work with the educational leads in undergraduate and postgraduate education to ensure that the programmes of teaching are provided to the required standard


• Participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in all parts of the course but specifically in stage 3 and 5 during the attachments in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.


• Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor.


• The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the teaching of ATSM trainees.


• Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the Directorate.
  
  Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.