Locum Consultant Obstetrician - Fixed Term 6 months
NHS Lanarkshire - University Hospital Wishaw
An opportunity has arisen to work in one of the largest Women’s Health Services in Scotland. NHS Lanarkshire is seeking to a skilled and dynamic consultant to join our award-winning Obstetrics and Gynaecology team. We are conveniently located in central Scotland with ready access to Glasgow and Edinburgh, as well as to the Highlands of Scotland and the Borders.
This vacancy is based at University Hospital Wishaw, which provides all inpatient obstetric and gynaecological care for the population of Lanarkshire. Maternity day care services are also provided at University Hospitals Hairmyres and Monklands, and antenatal care is provided at a large number of community Health Centres throughout the county. There are approximately 4,500 deliveries per year in the Maternity Unit and you will join a team of 18 Consultants.
The post is for a high risk obstetrician, with an interest in feto-maternal medicine. The precise job plans will be tailored to the skills of the successful applicant.
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Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr E Ferguson, Clinical Director and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist on 01698 361100, ext 5767.
For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant via medical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
*Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’
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Interview Date: TBC