Maternity Locum for GP sessional work in the Maternity Assessment Unit

A fixed term post for a GMC registered medical professional that will provide service provision and training in the initial medical assessment and treatment of pregnant women attending for unscheduled or emergency antenatal care in the Maternity Assessment Unit. This is an important part of the Maternity Service in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Turst. We provide a secondary and tertiary service to over 7300 pregnant women and birthing people. We are inviting applications from clinicians such as General Practitioners or other doctors with an interest in antenatal and postnatal care, to join our multi-professional team for two sessions a week. Hosted within the Women's Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, the MAU team is an integral part of the Maternity service. The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician and a keen team worker. He or she will be interested in helping to offer services to pregnant women in line with the OUH Trust values., The appointee will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. This post involves duties in Obstetrics in the Maternity Assessment Unit including triage, clinical assessment, requesting investigations and reviewing results, liasing with maternity colleagues, decisions on discharge and ongoing care., A fixed term post for a GMC registered medical professional that will provide service provision and training in the initial medical assessment and treatment of pregnant women attending for unscheduled or emergency antenatal care in the Maternity Assessment Unit. This is an important part of the Maternity Service in the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Turst. We provide a secondary and tertiary service to over 7300 pregnant women and birthing people. We are inviting applications from clinicians such as General Practitioners or other doctors with an interest in antenatal and postnatal care, to join our multi-professional team for two sessions a week. Hosted within the Women's Centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, the MAU team is an integral part of the Maternity service. The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician and a keen team worker. He or she will be interested in helping to offer services to pregnant women in line with the OUH Trust values. Experience in care of pregnant women is essential and a good understanding of the relevant national guidelines covering antenatal care is desirable. Evidence of having passed MRCGP or MRCOG is desirable. The appointee will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. This post involves duties in Obstetrics in the Maternity Assessment Unit including triage, clinical assessment, requesting investigations and reviewing results, liasing with maternity colleagues, decisions on discharge and ongoing care.

Experience in care of pregnant women is essential and a good understanding of the relevant national guidelines covering antenatal care is desirable. Evidence of having passed MRCGP or MRCOG is desirable.,

• Full GMC registration and License to practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• On GP register or specialist register
• Clinical training in gynaecology and obstetrics
Desirable criteria
• MRCOG part 3 or MRCGP Other post graduate diploma
• Evidence of work in Obstetrics & Gynaecology accredited centre
• Evidence of clinical or basic research in gynaecology and obstetrics, Ability to make clinical decisions independently, Ability to take clinical decisions in gynaecology and obstetrics, Knowledge of the decision making processes and the scientific rationale for these decision in maternity patients
• Sufficient leadership and organisational skills to interact with junior and senior colleagues
• Well organised and able to prioritise
• Good written & spoken English. Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Experience of teaching trainees and non-medical staff
• Experience of routine clinical audit
Desirable criteria
• Knowledge of the organization of a Tertiary Maternity service.
• Management training and experience, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families., Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.