Job summary
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) wishes to recruit a substantive Consultant Obstetrician subspecialist in fetal and maternal medicine at St Mary's Hospital. The duties of this post will primarily be delivered at St Mary's Hospital, although the applicant may be expected to work cross sites as required to deliver a service at its tertiary unit, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital or Charing Cross Hospital.
The post contributes to the unit providing consultant presence of 84 hours on its labour ward of approximately 4000 deliveries per annum. St Mary's serves an ethnically complex and diverse population resulting in a complex obstetric case load. The fetal medicine unit has undergone a recent refurbishment and sees approximately 800 patients per annum, providing invasive testing, support for the termination service and all multiples. Our specialist neurology and cardiac clinics are held at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital which provide the support for tertiary cases. The prematurity service provides clinical care and conducts research into women who have had a previous preterm birth or have risk factors for this. There is a Maternity Day Assessment Unit and a separate triage area. St Mary's has a midwifery led unit which is co-located with the obstetric services and Level 2 neonatology. Imperial maternity also provides community and mental health services.
Main duties of the job
- Provide high quality patient care
The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
- To develop and maintain the competencies.
- To ensure patients are involved in decisions and respond to their views.
- Research, teaching and training
- To enhance the Trust's translational research portfolio.
- To provide high quality teaching
- To act as educational supervisor and appraiser.
- Performance management
- To work with medical, midwifery and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
- Clinical efficiency
- Quality of outcomes
- Financial management
- Operational efficiency
- Medical staff management
- To ensure compliance with junior doctors' working hours.
- To monitor medical staff leave and ensure appropriate cover.
- To participate in medical staff recruitment.
- Governance
- To review clinical outcomes, participate in clinical audit and incident reporting.
- To work closely with the directorate, patient and public panels in relation to clinical and services developments.
- To ensure NICE and other national guidelines are reviewed regularly and implemented.
- Strategy and business planning
- To participate in the business planning
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meeting.
- Leadership and team working
- To participate in national initiatives.
- To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community. Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
presence of the post holder at the specific site of activity:
- Fetal medicine sessions
- Maternal medicine sessions
- Labour ward with one ST3-7 level, and one ST1/2 level doctor or trainee
- Antenatal clinic
- Maternity Day Assessment Unit
- Patient Safety activities / risk management
- Guideline lead
- Clinical and Educational supervision
Part-time contract, Total PAs 7.75 PAs
Clinical Activities- Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 5.75 PAs per week (including clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work)
Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): 2 PAs per week (including audit, clinical governance, CPD, teaching, research, risk management, educational supervision of junior staff, mandatory training)
Job description
Job responsibilities
presence of the post holder at the specific site of activity:
- Fetal medicine sessions
- Maternal medicine sessions
- Labour ward with one ST3-7 level, and one ST1/2 level doctor or trainee
- Antenatal clinic
- Maternity Day Assessment Unit
- Patient Safety activities / risk management
- Guideline lead
- Clinical and Educational supervision
Part-time contract, Total PAs 7.75 PAs
Clinical Activities- Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 5.75 PAs per week (including clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable and unpredictable emergency work)
Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): 2 PAs per week (including audit, clinical governance, CPD, teaching, research, risk management, educational supervision of junior staff, mandatory training)
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration: On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
- On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
- MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
- MD, PhD
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- CCT in obstetrics and gynaecology or equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC
- Subspecialty accreditation in Maternal and Fetal medicine
- ATSM in Abortion Care or equivalent
- Advanced Labour Ward Practice ATSM or equivalent
- IT Skills and computer literacy
Leadership/ Management Skills
Essential
- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
- Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Management of staff
- Experience in quality improvement projects
Teaching & Training
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
Audit
Essential
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Academic achievement
Essential
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Evidence of commitment to facilitate ongoing departmental research
- Evidence of contribution to subspecialty through peer-reviewed publications
Language
Essential
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration: On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice or eligible to apply for GMC registration and a Licence to Practice
- On GMC's Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted to the register by the date of the interviews or eligible for specialist registration
- MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
- MD, PhD
Knowledge/ Skills
Essential
- CCT in obstetrics and gynaecology or equivalent ('equivalence' must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC
- Subspecialty accreditation in Maternal and Fetal medicine
- ATSM in Abortion Care or equivalent
- Advanced Labour Ward Practice ATSM or equivalent
- IT Skills and computer literacy
Leadership/ Management Skills
Essential
- Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority
- Have proven skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues.
- Knowledge of finance/budgets
- Management of staff
- Experience in quality improvement projects
Teaching & Training
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff
Audit
Essential
- Understanding of principles of clinical audit
Academic achievement
Essential
- Evidence of achievement appropriate to appointment at consultant level at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Evidence of commitment to facilitate ongoing departmental research
- Evidence of contribution to subspecialty through peer-reviewed publications
Language
Essential
- Able to speak and write English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
