Locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
NHS Jobs Leeds
Obstetric Departments Womens Clinical Service Unit (CSU) in Leeds provides comprehensive secondary care for the local population and enjoys a position as a regional centre for all subspecialties. There are 23 obstetric Consultants within the Womens Clinical Service Unit.The St Jamess Maternity Unit, which is located in Gledhow Wing, deals with approximately 4,700 deliveries per year.
The Leeds General Infirmary Maternity Unit, located within Clarendon Wing, has around 4,900 deliveries per annum. Each Unit has a General Antenatal Outpatient Department, an Antenatal Day Unit, Maternity Assessment Unit, Fetal Assessment Unit and Obstetric Ultrasound Department.
Consultant presence is currently around 85 hours per week at each unit. Fetal Medicine is based at LGI. Antenatal Outpatients In addition to high risk antenatal clinics, there are a variety of specialist clinics run in conjunction with the relevant Physicians on either the St Jamess or LGI site.
These include a Cardiac Clinic, Renal Clinic, Diabetic Clinic, Substance Abuse Clinic, Endocrine Clinic (thyroid, adrenal and pituitary), Teenage Pregnancy Clinic, Preterm Prevention Clinic, Obstetric Haematology Clinic and a Rheumatology clinic.
There is also a large team of nurse specialists who deliver clinical expertise in sub-specialty areas of Urogynaecology, Colposcopy and Hysteroscopy. The CSU provides secondary and tertiary services for Leeds, Yorkshire and significant parts of the North of England.
The Leeds Centre for Womens Health comprises a gynaecology ward, the gynaecology day-case unit, acute gynaecology and early pregnancy unit (GATU & EPU) and is based on the St Jamess site. Our outpatient facility is located close to the inpatient unit, and enables the team to undertake more procedures in the outpatient setting and with the necessary facilities for assessment, diagnosis and treatment, usually on the same day.
This department has recently incorporated gynaecology ultrasound scanning facilities to streamline the pathway. This hub is the home of the gynaecology nurse specialists, who already deliver a higher volume of nurse-led diagnosis and treatment clinics than any other centre nationally.
We work closely with community gynaecology services and launched the Integrated Gynaecology Service in partnership Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust in 2018. This has been very successful and enabled both teams to care for patients in the right setting.
JOB PLAN AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS The post consists of 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5 PAs of supporting professional activity (SPA). These 10 PAs will be delivered in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at LTHT.This job plan will fit together with colleagues job-plans with a careful rota of clinical sessions, to ensure robust cover.
The job plan review will take place annually, normally with the Clinical Director or Lead Clinician for Obstetrics.The annual job plan review may result in a revised job plan. There may be an interim review of the job plan where duties, responsibilities, accountability arrangements or objectives have changed or need to change significantly within the area.
The Leeds General Infirmary Maternity Unit, located within Clarendon Wing, has around 4,900 deliveries per annum. Each Unit has a General Antenatal Outpatient Department, an Antenatal Day Unit, Maternity Assessment Unit, Fetal Assessment Unit and Obstetric Ultrasound Department.
Consultant presence is currently around 85 hours per week at each unit. Fetal Medicine is based at LGI. Antenatal Outpatients In addition to high risk antenatal clinics, there are a variety of specialist clinics run in conjunction with the relevant Physicians on either the St Jamess or LGI site.
These include a Cardiac Clinic, Renal Clinic, Diabetic Clinic, Substance Abuse Clinic, Endocrine Clinic (thyroid, adrenal and pituitary), Teenage Pregnancy Clinic, Preterm Prevention Clinic, Obstetric Haematology Clinic and a Rheumatology clinic.
The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit is located at St Jamess and, although it comes under the auspices of Gynaecology, there are naturally close links between the Obstetric Departments and EPAU. A recurrent miscarriage clinic is run from the EPAU providing both a diagnostic service and support in early pregnancy.Fetal MedicineThe Fetal Medicine Unit runs clinics five days a week at LGI offering invasive prenatal diagnosis, diagnosis and management of congenital anomalies, rhesus disease including in-utero transfusions.
The Building the Leeds Way project is an exciting development that involves, amongst other projects, the construction of a major new hospital at the Leeds General Infirmary site. On completion, the maternity services from both current sites will merge to this new hospital, creating one of the largest and newest maternity units in the countryGynaecology The post holder will join a team of 11 consultants.There is also a large team of nurse specialists who deliver clinical expertise in sub-specialty areas of Urogynaecology, Colposcopy and Hysteroscopy. The CSU provides secondary and tertiary services for Leeds, Yorkshire and significant parts of the North of England.
The Leeds Centre for Womens Health comprises a gynaecology ward, the gynaecology day-case unit, acute gynaecology and early pregnancy unit (GATU & EPU) and is based on the St Jamess site. Our outpatient facility is located close to the inpatient unit, and enables the team to undertake more procedures in the outpatient setting and with the necessary facilities for assessment, diagnosis and treatment, usually on the same day.
This department has recently incorporated gynaecology ultrasound scanning facilities to streamline the pathway. This hub is the home of the gynaecology nurse specialists, who already deliver a higher volume of nurse-led diagnosis and treatment clinics than any other centre nationally.
We work closely with community gynaecology services and launched the Integrated Gynaecology Service in partnership Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust in 2018. This has been very successful and enabled both teams to care for patients in the right setting.
JOB PLAN AND WORKING ARRANGEMENTS The post consists of 10 PAs with 8.5 PAs of direct clinical care (DCC) and 1.5 PAs of supporting professional activity (SPA). These 10 PAs will be delivered in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at LTHT.This job plan will fit together with colleagues job-plans with a careful rota of clinical sessions, to ensure robust cover.
The job plan review will take place annually, normally with the Clinical Director or Lead Clinician for Obstetrics.The annual job plan review may result in a revised job plan. There may be an interim review of the job plan where duties, responsibilities, accountability arrangements or objectives have changed or need to change significantly within the area.
Please see the job description document for full details of proposed job plan.
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