Employer Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Town Gloucester Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/03/2026 23:59 Interview date 25/03/2026
Consultant in Obstetrics Bereavement Lead
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Job overview
Due to planned expansion of obstetric consultants we have the exciting opportunity for a substantive fulltime consultant post, within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology services at GHNHSFT.
Any candidate who is unable to work full time will still be considered. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content can be discussed. Job share applicants also welcome.
The post holder will deliver obstetric care, with a designated special interest in bereavement care. As Obstetric Lead for Bereavement Care, they will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide compassionate care for women experiencing perinatal loss through the Rainbow Clinic. Responsibilities include service development, updating clinical guidance, and implementing national recommendations. The role also includes acting as Perinatal Mortality Review Tool (PMRT) Lead, co-chairing PMRT meetings and attending Child Death Review Panels in collaboration with neonatal colleagues and the perinatal governance team.
The post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to the surgical termination of pregnancy service within the fetal medicine department and support the Birth Outside Guidance service alongside a consultant colleague and the consultant midwife, developing individualised care plans for women choosing options outside standard guidelines.
Duties include participation in the on-call rota, provision of overnight and weekend cover, teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students.
Main duties of the job
Integral to the responsibilities of this post are the following objectives:
* To ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service
* To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task
* To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
* To work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies
* To support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children Division and our Trust
* To work within the framework of team decisions
* To take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services
* To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
The Women & Children's Division are well established and are focused on continued service improvement.
The teams are based at Gloucester Royal Hospital with outpatient activity taking place and at Cheltenham General and Gloucester Royal hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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If you would like to find out further information regarding this role, please review the attached job description which outlines the role in greater detail.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
* Full GMC registration
* MBBS or equivalent
* Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
* Fetal Medicine SITM or ATSM in High-Risk Pregnancy (or equivalent)
* SITM in abortion Care (Or equivalent)
* Post Graduate Qualification in Leadership and Management
Knowledge and Skills
* Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
* Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project
* Ability to manage risk
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
Clinical/Experience
* Clinical training and experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
* Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
* Ability to lead emergency Obstetrics services in and out of hours
* Experience of caring for women who have experienced a perinatal Loss
Personal Attributes
* Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
* Ability to work under stress
* Compassionate trauma informed Communication skills, written and verbal
* Ability to work in multi-professional team
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Rebecca Swingler Job title Specialty Director and Consultant Obstetrician Email address rebecca.swingler@nhs.net Telephone number 0300 422 5518
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