NHS Locum Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Our award-winning hospital is also in an award-winning location providing genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance.

Yorkshire has recently been voted as the third best region in theworld by Lonely Planet, and our local towns of Skipton and Ilkleyhave been voted as the best places to live in the UK by the Sunday Times, commending their top-class schools, great transport links.

This is a dynamic department, and the successful applicant will be required to contribute to ongoing service development. We expect involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and also welcome ideas for new work streams. We strongly encourage leadership development. There is a trust leadership programme inplace and study leave is encouraged for this. We also believe in maintaining work life balance.

The obstetrics and gynaecology medical workforce is currently comprised of 11 consultants and 1 associate specialists who provide essential patient led services.

Airedale General Hospital work jointly with other local NHS provider sin the region, including Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care Trust, to help ensure we can delivera patient led collaborative service and thereby promoting a culture ofsafety and improvement

Provide clinical expertise and responsibility to the service in terms of knowledge, clinical activity and guidance as needed

Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department

CONSULTANTS JOB PLAN

Job Planning will be based on a partnership approach. Consultants are asked to prepare a draft job plan which is then discussed andagreed with the Clinical Director and then presented to the Medical Scrutiny Committee for approval.

Job plans will list all the NHS andany private duties of the consultant, the number of Programmed Activities for which the Consultant is contracted and paid, the consultants objectives and agreed supporting resources.

The duties and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, as appropriate:

Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work Supporting Professional Activities Additional NHS responsibilities determined against the agreed

Trust tariff allocation External duties

The Trusts strategy is to increase the use of its capital resourcese.g. Theatre, Endoscopy and OPC to facilitate increased productivity and efficiencies which supports the growth of market share and business development.

• oFull GMC Registration
• oMRCOG or equivalent
• oTraining & experience equivalent to that required for UK CCT
• oEntry onto the Specialist Register in Obstetrics and Gynaecology or within 6 months of CCT date at interview

• Competent surgeon (ATSM/SITM etc in benign surgery/laparoscopic surgery or oncology)
• Competent Obstetrician (ATSM/STIM in labour ward/pregnancy care)
• Experience demonstrating potential ability to cope with the demands of a DGH based Consultant Post.
• Evidence of th Training in Colposcopy.e clinical skills required to fulfil the specialty
• Full BSCCP accreditation

• Experience in teaching
• Participation in training & supervision of junior medical staff/medical students/staff from other disciplines

• Peer reviewed Publications
• Higher qualification, MSc, MD

• Evidence of general management training and skills appropriate for the post
• Demonstrable experience of participation in regular clinical audit and the ability to effect change.
• Demonstrable experience of working to the clinical governance agenda
• Knowledge of organisational aspects of the NHS

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.