Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
| Posting date: | 15 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £93,666.00 to £126,281.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £93666.00 - £126281.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 June 2024 |
| Location: | Chertsey, KT16 0PZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9323-24-0437 |
Summary
The remit of the post holder will be to provide Consultant Obstetrician input to the Labour Ward service and extended aspects of maternity care at Ashford and St Peters. This will extend into other areas of clinical leadership that are related to the additional responsibility of Labour ward lead and would include aspects of CNST and Saving Babies Lives. It is expected that the post holder would contribute to the Senior Leadership where related to aspects of maternity care identified as needing improvement or in line with the divisional strategy. Clinical duties will include Consultant sessions on Labour ward, Elective Caesarean Sections and antenatal clinics. There will be an opportunity to develop a specialist interest session. The Job Plan will be developed with the Specialty Lead and will incorporate aspects of annualised DCC and SPA activity. It will be inline with existing Consultants in the department who all have job plans with an approximate split of 8 PAs of Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPA). The existing rota is organised on a 16-week rota, with alternating week A and week B commitments. The rota allows for Consultants to alternate working on busy and less busy days in order to equalise workloads. A specific job plan will be agreed with the appointed consultant, the Specialty Lead, Divisional Director and the Department Service Manager and is subject to change to meet the needs of the service. There will be DCC sessions for colposcopy, one-stop TWR gynaecology, gynae theatres, and labour ward. In addition there will be DCC sessions for Colposcopy and TWR MDTs, patient admin and shared departmental responsibilities such as PMRT and bereavement clinics. This Job Plan will be reviewed annually to ensure that the DCC/SPA allocation accurately reflect the work that is performed. Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) are intended to cover formal post-graduate teaching, audit, research, governance, supervision, appraisal and clinical management as required. The balance of sessions between Ashford & St. Peters is flexible. Teaching and training will require verification of teaching certification. Currently, there is also a 1 in 16 Consultant of the week (CoW) commitment along with 9 hours per day on site cover with each weekend on call commitment. Consultant On-Call Rota (Frequency of rota/detail of rota) The existing Consultant body participate in the department rota on a 1:16 basis. The on call availability supplement will be Category A, 3 %. The PAs may be adjusted, subject to the job-plan and agreed work commitment, such as prospective colleague cover and additional duties.