Overview
Main area Obstetrics Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:16 on call) Job ref 321-MS-CON-7315063-S5
Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Horton General Town Banbury Salary £109,725 - £145,478 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2025 23:59
Consultant in Obstetrics with Interest in Maternal Medicine (Diabetes)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
Applications are invited to apply for the above post in the Maternity Department at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The department is seeking a capable and motivated doctor who enjoys working in both a District General and tertiary referral service and wishes to effect change and improve care for patients within this service. The successful candidate will join the maternity service which provides general obstetric services to the local population – 7500 women per year are cared for within the Trust. There are also tertiary referral services in fetal and maternal medicine, supported by a Level 3 neonatal unit. We anticipate that the successful candidate will have in Fetomaternal Medicine and will continue to maintain this expertise after appointment. This post is intended to be mainly based at the Horton Hospital in Banbury but there is also a Delivery suite/Caesarean Section session at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. In order to maintain appropriate competency, there will also be a necessity to rotate through ANC sessions at the John Radcliffe approximately 1 in 4. The provision of high-risk clinics at the Horton are required in alignment with the OUH strategy of care closer to home. On call will be Maternity only at the John Radcliffe Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder’s duties will be split between the Horton General, Banbury and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Clinical
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust provides services across four sites (John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, Horton Hospital Banbury, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital and the Churchill Hospital, Oxford). Obstetric inpatient and outpatient services are based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. In addition, outpatient obstetric clinics are undertaken at the Horton Hospital in Banbury. The successful applicant may be required to work across both sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake high risk antenatal clinics at the Horton Hospital. The post-holder will be expected to undertake sessions providing acute general intrapartum care and obstetric care supported by at least 2 other obstetricians in training as part of this post. The post holder will undertake obstetric on-call duties of no more frequent than 1:9, currently 1:16 with internal cover (equivalent to 1:12.8 in the worked year). The out of hours on call attracts a supplement paid at Band A.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post-holder’s duties will be split between the Horton General, Banbury and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Clinical
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust provides services across four sites (John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, Horton Hospital Banbury, Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital and the Churchill Hospital, Oxford). Obstetric inpatient and outpatient services are based at the John Radcliffe Hospital. In addition, outpatient obstetric clinics are undertaken at the Horton Hospital in Banbury. The successful applicant may be required to work across both sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake high risk antenatal clinics at the Horton Hospital. The post-holder will be expected to undertake sessions providing acute general intrapartum care and obstetric care supported by at least 2 other obstetricians in training as part of this post. The post holder will undertake obstetric on-call duties of no more frequent than 1:9, currently 1:16 with internal cover (equivalent to 1:12.8 in the worked year). The out of hours on call attracts a supplement paid at Band A.
Person specification
* Primary medical qualification - MBBS / MBChB or Equivalent
* MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
* Full GMC registration
* Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC) at the time of starting in post
* Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of AAC
* Higher medical degree
Clinical experience and effectiveness
* Broad-based experience in general obstetrics and antenatal care
* Competence in managing high-risk pregnancy, especially diabetes.
* Experience in multidisciplinary care and joint diabetes antenatal clinics
* Recent intrapartum care experience, including emergency obstetrics
* Experience providing out-of-hours/on-call obstetric care
* Familiarity with UK guidelines (NICE, RCOG) on diabetes in pregnancy
* Maternal Medicine ATSM or SITM or equivalent.
* Subspeciality Training in Fetomaternal Medicine
Teaching and training and research
* Experience of supervising junior staff
* Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training for O&G trainees
* Postgraduate qualification in medical education
* Leader in formal multidisciplinary team training
* First author peer reviewed publications
Organisational and management experience
* Effective administrative and time management skills.
* Evidence of leadership of service improvement project leadership within an acute service
* Evidence of having implemented change within the clinical setting
* Training in clinical management
* guidelines at a local o
Professional - extra skills or achievements
* Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
* Full UK driving license of equivalent (Appropriate insurance for business use)
Personal attributes
* Good spoken and written English
* Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and midwives
* Enthusiasm to work under pressure
* Good organizational and management skills
* Supportive and tolerant
* Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
* Caring attitude to patients
* Alignment with the OUH Trust Values
* Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
* Willingness to work flexibly across different sites within the Trust
* Willingness to work on the on call rota
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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