Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a 2 year fixed term contract Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This job will consist of 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week as an annualised contract. The job plan includes on call duties as part of a 1 in 14 rota for Obstetrics. The successful applicant will be based at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital; they will work across gynaecology and obstetrics services, with a focus on Obstetrics and Tommy’s Miscarriage Clinic.
The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and to comply with the Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions of the Trust. Where the Consultant manages employees of the Trust, they will be expected to observe the local employment and personnel policies and procedures.
GYNAECOLOGICAL
There are 20 Consultants practicing gynaecology with SAS doctors and GPs with specialist interests. The Birmingham Women’s Hospital was the first in Britain to have Colposcopy Clinics. The Cancer Unit, Urogynaecology service, Minimal Access Surgery Service including endometriosis centre, Emergency Gynaecology Service, complex termination of pregnancy and Assisted Conception Unit make major contributions to the Trust’s Clinical Strategy, whilst a strong general gynaecological service underpins service provision and teaching.
OBSTETRIC
The Trust carries out approximately 7,400 births per annum, supported by a team of Lecturers, Sub-speciality Trainees and Specialist Trainees (ST1-7), and the Regional Neonatal Service.
The hospital is a tertiary referral centre for obstetric problems throughout the region. A range of maternal medicine clinics for cardiology, neurology, haematology, endocrine disorders, renal disease and rheumatology are run jointly with specialist physicians from University Hospital Birmingham.
The post will lead in governance management for Maternity Services. Key responsibilities include, overseeing governance processes (including risk management, incident review, and learning from adverse events), quality improvement, oversight of guidelines and policies, collaboration across the wider MDT, ensuring compliance with regulation (e.g. national standards, external review), and promoting training in governance and risk awareness.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Parkview Clinic is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mental Health (CAMHS) facility in Moseley, for young people aged 11-18 years who require admission due to significant psychiatric difficulties.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Below is an outline of what this Job plan will contain. Please note that this is subject to changes, but with agreement from the new appointed post-holder prior to implementation.
Weekly Job Plan (Annualised Contract)
PAs
Recurrent Miscarriage Clinic
0.5
ANC
1.00
Delivery Suite/CS
1.13
ANWR/PNWR
0.75
Research
2.00
SPA & Clinical Admin
1.50
On-call
1.72
Total
8.6
This is an annualised contract. For each PA described above, over 1 year, 42 sessions will be delivered. This is to facilitate prospective cover on delivery suite but maintain a consistent case load in Antenatal Clinic.
This Job Outline highlights the main areas of responsibility for the post and is not exhaustive. It is expected that in line with the development of the Trust, additional responsibilities that are commensurate to the role will be added to this role outline to reflect the changing environment of the Trust as an NHS organisation.
