(**) Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the biggest trusts in the country, following the merger of Mid Essex, Basildon and Southend hospitals in April 2020.

We are seeking two Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologists with either a special interest in High-Risk Pregnancy and Perinatal Mental Health Services or PMRT & Bereavement. This is a combined Obstetric and Gynaecology post where you will be expected to develop services within your specialised area working in close collaboration with other consultants and be expected to cover labour ward on a rotational basis along with ante-natal and general gynaecology clinics, elective and emergency theatres.

As part of our continued quality improvement journey and supporting our ambitions to deliver outstanding care, we are making significant investment within our Obstetrician and Gynaecology Consultant workforce. This is an exciting time to join the Trust and help shape the maternity care which we provide for our communities and support in delivering our comprehensive maternity improvement programme. We are investing in Midwives across our services, which includes strategies for international midwifery recruitment.

Our maternity services work in collaboration with King’s College London to deliver specialist Fetal Medicine services at Southend and Basildon and our Gynaecology Oncology Centre at Southend continues to build strategic and collaborative links with our tertiary network centres across the East of England.

Main duties of the job:

• The post holder will be expected to continue and develop the specialised area, working in close collaboration with other consultants.
• The post holder will be expected to be actively involved in the clinical governance aspects of the directorate and the trust including risk management and CNST.

Working for our organisation:

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Person specification:

• Qualifications:
• MBBS or Equivalent
• Completed MRCOG or equivalent
• CCT in Obstetrics & Gynaecology or equivalent
• Full GMC registration
• SITM in Perinatal Mental Health and/or proven experience/training in Perinatal Mental Health
• SITM Paediatric and adolescent Gynaecology
• Experience in running antenatal clinic with complex patients
• Experience:
• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in the specialty.
• Comprehensive knowledge in the specialty and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of the structures and culture of the NHS, roles, responsibilities and relationships across the MDT and the multi-professional team.
• Able to take full and independent responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision.
• Experience of organising and developing a service.
• Experience in running antenatal clinic for women with high BMI.
• Teaching, Research and Audit Experience:
• Knowledge and experience of supervising undergraduates, junior doctors and other staff ability to teach clinical skills.
• Knowledge of the principles of research/audit and ability to interpret and apply clinical research.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems.
• Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal.
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.