Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint a Consultant Obstetric Physician to join the North Central London (NCL) multi-disciplinary Maternal Medicine Team on a fixed-term basis.
The successful post holder will be based at one of the maternity hospitals within the NCL Maternal Medicine Network - North Middlesex University Hospital.
The Role
As a Consultant in Obstetric Medicine within the NCL network, you will provide specialist care for pregnant women with medical problems in both inpatient and outpatient settings at one of the NCL partner hospitals. The role includes:
1. Participation in multi-disciplinary antenatal and postnatal clinics
2. Acute consults for pregnant/recently pregnant women with medical problems
3. Management of maternal medicine inpatients
4. Liaison and coordination of patient care across the NCL network
5. Attendance and active participation in NCL multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings
6. Contribution to the ongoing development of the NCL Maternal Medicine Network
In addition, the post holder will coordinate mechanisms to provide advice and education to physicians, obstetricians, general practitioners, and other healthcare professionals across the maternal medicine network.
This post offers an excellent opportunity to work within a collaborative, well-established maternal medicine service and to contribute to high-quality, integrated care across North Central London.
CV required for application.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work in partnership with the NCL multi-disciplinary maternal medicine team. They will be based at North Middlesex University Hospital within the NCL maternal medicine network.
This physician should have completed a pre or post CCT RCP credential in Obstetric Medicine or have undergone specific training in Obstetric Medicine within an established Obstetric medicine service.
Working as a consultant in Obstetric Medicine within the network will include caring for pregnant women with medical problems in both the in-patient and out-patient setting in North Middlesex University Hospital. This will involve multi-disciplinary antenatal and post-natal clinics, rapid access service for pregnant women with medical problems and management of maternal medicine inpatients.Additionally, liaising and coordinating patients care across the network, attending and participating in NCL MDT’s and contributing to the ongoing development of the network.
The post holder will coordinate a mechanism to provide advice and education to other physicians, obstetricians, general practitioners and other health care professionals throughout the maternal medicine network.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the UK and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
·University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
·National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
·Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
·University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
·Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
·University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
·The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
·University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.