Consultant Fetal Medicine Obstetrician

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly regarded team. The post is for a Consultant Obstetrician with a specialist interest in Fetal Medicine, to join a team of 4 fetal medicine Consultants within a level 2 specially commission unit. You will be part of a team of 27 Consultants that provide care within the Directorate of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

The post-holder will be required to provide the full range of obstetric skills which are based around Fetal Medicine, such as managing the Labour Ward, Antenatal clinics (including Rainbow clinic), Section Lists, and Maternity Assessment Unit in collaboration with existing consultants and within the multi-disciplinary team. The post will have 2 sessions per week of Fetal Medicine scanning and time allocated for Scan Simulation training lead.

The applicant will also be expected to participate in the trust leadership programmes and be supported to assume leadership of the premature birth service which also functions as the regional centre for pan Staffordshire maternity services.

The post holder should have experience and an ATSM in Fetal Medicine or equivalent.

This post is based at University Hospital of North Midlands. Clinical Duties will be across both the Royal Stoke and County Hospital Sites with a total of 10.572 PA's. You will participate in a 1:14 on weekday on call obstetric rota including 1:14 weekends

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be required to provide the full range of obstetric skills which are based around Fetal Medicine, such as managing the Labour Ward, Antenatal clinics (including Rainbow clinics), Section Lists, and Maternity Assessment Unit in collaboration with existing consultants and within the multi-disciplinary team. The post will have 2 sessions per week of Fetal Medicine scanning and time allocated for Scan simulation training lead.

The applicant will also be expected to participate in the trust leadership programmes and be supported to assume leadership of the premature birth service which also functions as the regional centre for pan Staffordshire maternity services.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

The Directorate has a budget of £27 million and employs approximately 347 WTE staff.

The Maternity Centre at the Royal Stoke currently has approximately 6,800 deliveries per annum with an adjacent regional tertiary referral centre level 3 Neonatal Unit, dedicated Feto-maternal Unit and Early Pregnancy Unit.

There is a dedicated Women's Health Centre located at the County Site which houses a Midwife Birth Centre, Ante Natal, Post Natal and gynaecological clinics as well as a diagnostic ambulatory unit.

The Directorate provides elective and emergency inpatient, outpatient, ambulatory care for women of North Staffordshire and surrounding areas who are referred with either Gynaecological problems or are pregnant.

Gynaecology inpatients at the RSUH are managed on a female Gynaecology and Urology ward with the majority of patients seen as outpatients in the Surgical Clinic within the main hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Address

Royal Stoke

Newcastle Road

Stoke on Trent

ST4 6QG

Employer's website

https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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