Locum Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology with early pregnancy

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider is seeking a Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in Shrewsbury to join a dedicated team. This role involves working across antenatal clinics, elective caesarean sections, and providing resident care. The ideal candidate will have excellent clinical skills and teamwork abilities. This position offers a balanced workload in a busy District General Hospital.

Qualifications

• Formal job plan agreed within 3 months of starting.
• Full-time job based on a 10 PA working week.
• Experience in acute care management.

Responsibilities

• Conduct antenatal clinics and general gynaecology clinics.
• Perform elective caesarean sections.
• Provide resident obstetrics and gynaecology care.

Skills

Team-working skills

Clinical assessment and management

Ability to work in a multi-professional team

Education

Medical degree and relevant specialist training

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with an interest in Early pregnancy. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. As well as early pregnancy clinic and scanning sessions this post is a balanced Obstetrics and Gynaecology role covering antenatal clinics, elective caesarean section lists, General gynaecology clinics, gynaecology triage sessions and Gynaecology elective theatres. Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights, resident Gynaecology days and non resident gynaecology on call. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site. Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites. Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

• Antenatal clinics – General.
• Elective caesarean section lists
• Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work) (days and nights)
• Resident Gynaecology shifts (acute work)
• Non-resident on-calls (Gynaecology)
• Gynaecology clinics – General
• Gynaecology triage sessions
• Gynaecology theatres
• Early pregnancy clinics
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.

Working for your organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

We also provide services such as consultant-led outreach clinics at the Wrekin Community Clinic, Telford, the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen and the Bridgnorth, Ludlow and Whitchurch Community Hospitals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.

For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro‑rata for a part time post) as:

• 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
• 1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) - includes CPD, audit, appraisal, guidelines, teaching and research.
• 0.5 Corporate SPA to deliver Prompt training.

The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.