This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic and enthusiastic consultant team who believe in leading from the frontline, with the aim of providing outstanding care to our community and investing in the well‑being and development of our people.
Clinical Responsibilities:
* Provide acute and elective Obstetric services including inpatient and outpatient care at RBFT and other bespoke sites
* Ensure patient confidentiality is maintained at all times
* Comply with the GMC requirements of Duties of a Doctor at all times
Management and Leadership Responsibilities:
* Antenatal Lead for services with special interest in PNMH. As antenatal lead, the post holder will support other specialist clinics and continue working collaboratively with midwifery leads and develop the MAU service
* Participation and involvement in monthly meetings including governance and other departmental business
* Active participation in departmental teaching such as PROMPT, as well as teaching medical students, PA students etc and resident doctors
* A particular interest in research with a view to becoming principle investigator in studies would be advantageous. There are ample opportunities for research with a wealth of clinical material associated with the large population, links with Reading University and close proximity to Oxford.
* The successful post holder will work as the Antenatal Lead for services and have a special interest in PNMH. Special interest in PNMH is essential for this post which will involve care for perinatal patients with moderate to severe mental health disorders in collaboration with multi‑agency partnerships. The post holder will have interest and relevant experience in complex mental health disorders in pregnancy and provide obstetric expertise towards diagnostics, birth planning and medication review.
* There will also be an opportunity to continue developing MAU and further develop specialist antenatal services according to any other special interest. The post holder is expected to hold a broad range of generic skills in Obstetrics and work closely with the Labour Ward and Governance Leads. The post holder will contribute to the resident on‑call rota overnight and fully participate in the obstetric out of hours rota. Additional skills and experience in risk management and an interest in research would also be desirable.
The department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBHFT) aims to be a leader in its field. We are looking to recruit consultant colleagues with exceptional clinical skills to complement our service who can work as team players, who can lead, and who possess the drive and ambition to help us achieve our goals.
We provide maternity services for around 4800 women each year and have a good track record for delivering high quality safe care. We have a 'learning focussed' culture, and a well‑established, clinically led multidisciplinary senior leadership team. In addition to routine antenatal care provided by our community midwifery team, we offer a range of specialist antenatal services supported by specialist midwives, obstetricians and medical specialists.
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