Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Coventry; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Coventry is seeking a senior professional for their Obstetric and Gynaecology Department. This role involves strong leadership, collaboration with clinical teams, and a commitment to high quality patient care. The ideal candidate will have senior experience in obstetrics and gynecology, along with strong communication and teaching skills. This is an opportunity to contribute to a comprehensive service within the community.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in obstetrics and gynaecology with a proven track record of delivering high quality clinical care.
• Ability to develop and influence clinical practice within a multidisciplinary team.
• Supervise trainees and medical students effectively.
• Knowledge of audit, education and training best practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to all disciplines within the obstetrics and gynecology areas.
• Facilitate the development of shared guidelines and education.
• Participate in forums to ensure quality of care.
• Take responsibility for patients under care.

Skills

Leadership experience

Strong communication skills

Teaching skills

Knowledge of research best practices

Job description

Overview

This post is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to take on a senior role within the Obstetric and Gynaecology Department at UHCW NHS Trust. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with clinical colleagues, to deliver a comprehensive Obstetrics and Gynaecological service to patients in the Coventry and Warwickshire communities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership to all disciplines and ensure guidance is available to all staff within the obstetrics and gynaecology areas.
• Work across disciplines to develop close working patterns, shared guidelines, education and joint standards throughout the department.
• Communicate openly and consult with clinicians, midwives, nurses and administrative staff on developments within obstetrics and gynaecology.
• Promote the culture of continuous learning and development, ensuring leadership in support of research, audit, education and training.
• Participate in the Labour Ward Forum and Quality of Care forum, ensuring decisions taken are fed back to ensure necessary changes are implemented.
• Facilitate skills drills and ensure remedial action taken if deficiencies identified.
• Take ongoing responsibility for patients under his/her care.
• Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students and coordinate teaching sessions.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialities and participate in regular clinical meetings and other post graduate activities.
• Share responsibility for the professional supervision and development of trainee doctors within the speciality, including the appraisal of Specialist Trainees in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
• Develop and maintain good communications with General Practitioners and appropriate external agencies.
• Ensure own practice is up-to-date; this will include taking responsibility for own Clinical Professional Development and participating in the Trust's performance and Annual Review system.
• Share responsibility for data protection arising out of the use of computers in compliance with current legislation.
• Comply with all relevant Trust policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Senior experience in obstetrics and gynaecology, with a proven track record of delivering high quality clinical care.
• Leadership experience within a multidisciplinary team, with the ability to develop and influence clinical practice.
• Strong communication and teaching skills, with the ability to supervise trainees and medical students.
• Knowledge of research, audit, education and training best practice within obstetrics and gynaecology.

Equal Opportunities

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

Values Based Interview

To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Trust Information

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK. We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.