NHS Locum Consultant - Obstetrics & GynaecologyNHS

Job summary

Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Our award-winning hospital is also in an award-winning locationproviding 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 SundayTimes, commending their top-class schools, great transport links.

This is a dynamic department, and the successful applicant will berequired to contribute to ongoing service development. We expectinvolvement in our existing quality improvement projects and alsowelcome ideas for new work streams. We strongly encourageleadership development. There is a trust leadership programme inplace and study leave is encouraged for this. We also believe inmaintaining work life balance.

Main duties of the job

The obstetrics and gynaecology medical workforce is currentlycomprised of 11 consultants and 1 associate specialists who provideessential patient led services.

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

Job description

CONSULTANTS JOB PLAN

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

Job plans will list all the NHS andany private duties of the consultant, the number of ProgrammedActivities for which the Consultant is contracted and paid, theconsultants objectives and agreed supporting resources.The duties and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, asappropriate:

Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work Supporting Professional Activities Additional NHS responsibilities determined against the agreedTrust tariff allocation External duties

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

About us

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

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