Consultant in Obstetric Medicine - Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 15,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.6 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country, supporting people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 6,500 patient contacts each day, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job overview

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our outstanding Obstetric Medicine Team. The team currently consists of a leadership team involving one Obstetric Physician, lead Obstetrician and Consultant midwife with additional input provided by other Obstetric Consultants with an interest in Obstetric Medicine, sub-specialty physicians, Obstetric Anaesthetists, specialist obstetric medicine midwives, transfer services and critical care.

We would also welcome applications from candidates wishing to work less than full-time within this role and/or job share opportunities.

• Provide expert opinions on patients with a wide range of complex obstetric medicine problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre alongside obstetric and subspecialty physician colleagues.
• Provide consultant-based maternal medicine input into antenatal and post-natal ward rounds- providing expert opinions on patients with a wide range of peri-partum medical complications, as expected in a tertiary unit.

Working for our organisation

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is likely to involve inpatient and outpatient workloads in a variety of settings such as antenatal clinics, remote regional MDTs, Delivery Suite, Maternity Day Assessment Unit as well as ward-based settings,

This role involves routine engagement and liaison with our multidisciplinary team colleagues in the 8 spoke sites of the NENC Maternal Medicine Network to ensure excellent quality of care for obstetric medicine patients regardless of their care location within the network.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• MBBS or other recognised equivalent medical qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register for a medical specialty (or within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Fellow or member of the Royal College of Physicians
• Certificate of Completion of Training in relevant medical specialty (or be within 6 months of the award of CCT by date of interview)

• Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD
• Special skills training in the specialty.
• RCP Credential in Obstetric Medicine (pre or post CCT)
• Area of special interest that complements the skills existing within the department

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of experience in the specialty.
• Evidence of a substantial commitment to obstetric medicine
• Evidence of appropriate broad-based competence and experience in Maternal Medicine and general Medicine
• Evidence of continued professional development in the field of maternal medicine
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems

• Membership and attendance at national conferences in maternal medicine/obstetric medicine e.g. UK MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society (MOMs)
• Presentation in regional or National Maternal Medicine Conferences

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Effective administrative and time management skills
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities.
• Understanding of the NHS England aspirations and service specification for the provision of the Maternal Medicine Network across NENC

• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management
• Evidence of having implemented change.
• Experience in developing and implementing new technologies.
• Training in clinical management

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.

• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• Research/critical review of literature.

• Higher degree.
• Publications in the last three years as first author.
• GCP

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit.

• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

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