Consultant in O&G (High Risk Obstetric Care) in Leeds

We are looking for an individual to fill this new Obstetric post at the Leeds General Infirmary and St James's University Hospital. The post includes a 1:10 obstetric on-call commitment currently, but this is part of a significant expansion and so this frequency will be adjusted accordingly once all appointments are concluded. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and growing Obstetric team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals. Leeds maternity services are a busy, research active tertiary centre providing regional obstetric services including specialist fetal medicine, maternal medicine and placenta accreta services to much of North and West Yorkshire. The LGI is co-located with a Level 3 surgical (incl cardiac) NNU.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant should hold Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists MRCOG (or equivalent) and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of CCT at the time of interview if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Job responsibilities

• Applicants should have established skills in Obstetrics and appropriate experience of high risk obstetric care.
• Excellent communication and team working skills, a strong commitment to teaching and service development are essential.
• Applicants should have completed SITMs/ATSMs appropriate to this specialist interest.
• Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.
• Deliver Obstetrics and Gynaecology care to patients at the Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, including:
• Antenatal out-patient clinics
• Elective Caesarean section lists
• Obstetric and Gynaecology Ambulatory areas, including postnatal ward review.
• Care of in-patients on an Obstetric hot week rota (1 in 13)
• Contribute to Obstetric on call rota
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team meetings, including incident reviews, audit and teaching.
• Deliver 1.5PAs clinical care reflecting the interests of the successful candidate, to include mentoring and support provided from within the department.
• Areas of potential interest may include Recurrent Miscarriage services, High Risk Obstetrics including exploring one stop acute care for reduced fetal movements or other interests the individual may have which the team can support.

Values

Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered.

Employer information

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Sponsorship eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please consider this before applying.

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.