Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Overview

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest that fits the needs of the individual/department. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. This post is a balanced Obstetrics and Gynaecology role covering antenatal clinics, General gynaecology clinics, and Gynaecology elective theatres.

The post holder will also lead Prompt training sessions to support the development of the acute obstetric care. Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights, resident Gynaecology days and non resident gynaecology on call. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site. Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites.

Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

• Antenatal clinics – General.
• Acute obstetrics training:
  Prompt
• Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work) (days and nights)
• Resident Gynaecology shifts (acute work)
• Non-resident on-calls (Gynaecology)
• Gynaecology clinics – General
• Gynaecology theatres
• Special interest clinics

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include:
Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire);
Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.