Consultant in ObstetricsNHS

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an exciting leadership opportunity for an experienced and motivated Consultant Obstetrician to lead our Outpatient Clinics and Assessment Services. This high-impact role sits at the heart of our maternity service and offers the chance to shape, innovate, and deliver outstanding care for women and families.

The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership across outpatient and assessment pathways, driving service development, quality improvement, and multidisciplinary collaboration in line with national standards and NHS priorities. This post combines senior clinical practice with meaningful leadership influence in a supportive and forward-looking team.

If you are passionate about service excellence, patient experience, and leading positive change within maternity services, we would welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the planning, delivery, development and improvement of outpatient and assessment services (antenatal, pregnancy assessment unit/ triage areas) together with providing a high-quality Obstetrics service including on-call out of hours, in conjunction with consultant colleagues and a multi-disciplinary team. There is flexibility within the department to accommodate the skills of the successful candidate. You will also be required to:

• Participate in teaching, examination and appraisal duties
• Bring experience to clinical diagnosis and effective multidisciplinary team-working
• Develop and implement standards of obstetric & gynaecological practice and have a major role in developing specific pathways, guidelines and risk management including maintaining and developing the risk for inpatient services
• Audit the effectiveness of practice and develop and modify, as required
• Train and educate staff in a multidisciplinary team
• Provide clinical leadership, leading by example

Job description

The role on offer is for a 10 PA contract with 1 Additional PA for the Lead role. There is also the opportunity for additional programmed activity subject to job planning. It will include 1:10 on-call commitment.

You will be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in your charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to and training of your staff.

You will take an active role in Clinical Governance, lead and participate in audit projects relevant to your clinical interests and promote research and academic activity within the specialty to help ensure our services are continuously being improved.

Responsible for the professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and CPD activity locally and nationally as appropriate.

You will lead on the inpatient antenatal and postnatal services.

It is essential for applicants for substantive Consultant posts to be either on the GMC Specialist Register, or be within six months of their CCT date at the interview date

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.