Locum Consultant Obstetrician – Maternal Medicine

Locum Consultant Obstetrician – Maternal Medicine

The post is to support the care provided to women within the Women 's Units at Birmingham Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals (HGS) now part of University Hospital Birmingham. Cross site working will be part of the main duties and responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running and development of the obstetric services.

The appointee will:

• Join the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Consultant team to deliver a first class service at University Hospital Birmingham and contribute to the development of the service.
• Support the directorate in meeting the challenging key safety and performance indicators.
• Deliver agreed standards of care and participate in consultant presence on delivery suites at Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals and on‑call for Obstetrics across all sites.
• Provide continuing patient care in partnership with consultant colleagues across the hospital sites.
• Support delivery of activity targets in partnership with Clinical Commissioning Groups and support service developments including the Birmingham and Solihull United Maternity Programme (BUMP) through the Local Maternity Service (LMS).
• Allow flexibility through effective prospective cover of sickness and annual leave.
• Provide professional supervision, direction and training for junior medical staff.
• Take an active role in audit, research, teaching and governance.
• Participate in the late evening shift and cross site on‑call rota for obstetrics
• Participate in plans to lead to cost efficiencies across the specialty.
• Contribute to risk management procedures.
• Ensure Continuing Professional Development targets are achieved.
• Take part in the GMC revalidation, annual appraisal and job planning processes.