Job summary
The post will provide whole time consultant level commitment to obstetrics services at the Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust (at the Crown Street and University Hospital Aintree sites) and provide support to the existing Diabetes, Hypertension and Cardiac high risk antenatal clinics.
The post is to support the existing team of obstetricians who provide high-risk antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in a locum capacity for 12 months duration to provide specific support to the already established Diabetes, Hypertension and Cardiac high risk antenatal clinics. LWHFT currently provides services to women across Cheshire, Merseyside, and North Wales.
Main duties of the job
The job plan will be negotiated with the clinical lead for maternity following successful appointment to the post, but an example is given below. It will include Maternal Medicine Antenatal Clinics, Delivery Suite, Maternity Assessment Unit, elective caesarean section list and Maternity Base (antenatal/postnatal) ward rounds. A typical job plan will consist of, SPA and 1 PA for additional specified roles.
This post will have approximately 1 day a month on the Delivery Suite ( hours). This also covers activities on the Midwife Led Unit and the Maternity Assessment Unit (at times when there is no dedicated consultant cover). A monthly elective caesarean section list is also included.
The obstetric service will provide hours resident consultant Delivery Suite cover ( hours, 7 days a week) from April 2023, with the vision of providing 24/7 resident cover in the next 1-2 years.
The successful candidate will participate in the 'Consultant of the Week' ward round rota (Monday to Friday hours). This includes incident reviews, attending the 'Term Admissions' meeting on a Thursday hours, and reviews pregnant women admitted to LUHFT for non-obstetric reasons. Other clinical commitments will be cancelled during this week.
About us
Liverpool Women's delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and their families. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career.
We value the contribution of individual talent and are committed to having a workforce that is representative of the local community. We will consider requests for flexible working on hiring.
Our core value is to ' Be Kind' and we have an ambition to 'Be Brilliant' with the best people, giving the safest care, to provide outstanding experiences.
The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it's services to provide the most cutting edge care possible. We have long-term aspirations for the future.
We are committed to creating a greener Liverpool Women's
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job plan will be negotiated with the clinical lead for maternity following successful appointment to the post, but an example is given below. It will include Maternal Medicine Antenatal Clinics, Delivery Suite, Maternity Assessment Unit, elective caesarean section list and Maternity Base (antenatal/postnatal) ward rounds. A typical job plan will consist of, SPA and 1 PA for additional specified roles.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Primary medical degree of a recognised University
2. Full registration and Licence to Practice with the GMC
3. MRCOG or equivalent / CCT or equivalent
4. Entry on the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee
5. ATSM in Maternal Medicine / high risk pregnancy or equivalent experience
6. ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential
7. General Obstetrics and Gynaecology equivalent to that required for UK CCT
Desirable
8. Obstetric ultrasound experience
9. Human factors training
10. Fetal monitoring training
Management and administrative experience
Essential
11. Knowledge and understanding of the requirements of Element 4 of Saving Babies' Lives Version Two
12. Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
13. Experience in the development of clinical guidelines
14. Experience of audit
Desirable
15. Management or leadership qualification
16. Evidence of completion of quality improvement projects leading to service improvement
17. Evidence of service user involvement in service development
Teaching experience
Essential
18. Enthusiasm for teaching at all levels
19. Experience of teaching fetal monitoring
20. Experience of teaching undergraduates and junior doctors
21. Experience of teaching other health care professionals
Desirable
22. Teaching qualification
23. Level 1 Educational Supervisor Training
24. MOET Trainer
Research experience
Essential
25. Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
26. GCP certification
Desirable
27. Evidence of original work as demonstrated by publications in peer reviewed journals
28. Research activity leading to a higher degree [MD (UK) PhD or MPhil]