Overview
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician with a special interest in Maternal Medicine and Intrapartum care. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. This post is an Obstetrics role covering antenatal clinics, caesarean section lists, intrapartum care. Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site. Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites. The post holder will also lead PROMPT training sessions to support the development of the acute obstetric care.
Responsibilities
* Maternal Medicine Antenatal clinics
* Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work, days and nights)
* Elective caesarean section lists
* Opportunity for special interest clinics eg: breech clinic /ECV dependent on the skills of the postholder
* Participation in ATAIN and PMRT reviews
* Acute obstetrics training: PROMPT
Job Plan
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
* 7.75 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
* 1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) - includes CPD, audit, appraisal, guidelines, teaching and research.
* 0.75 Corporate SPA to deliver PROMPT training.
This advert closes on Monday 4 May 2026
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