This is an exciting time to join the team at Royal Preston hospital working closely with the obstetrics and gynaecology leadership team delivering national and local initiatives, in order to deliver outstanding care to the women of surrounding area

You will be fully supported by a thriving and friendly department and will be encouraged to take forward service and academic development

Lancashire Teaching Hospital has a tertiary neonatal, gynaecological oncology and endometriosis service. There is a thriving out-patient operative hysteroscopy clinic, laparoscopic surgery and Robotic surgery.

The Department is made up of a team of 14 consultants, 3 of whom are Gynae-oncologists, 3 covering purely Obstetrics and the remaining 8 covering both obstetrics and gynaecology with a variety of special interests. These include ambulatory gynaecology both therapeutic and diagnostic, benign laparoscopic surgery, endometriosis surgery, urogynaecology and fertility services.

Main duties of the job

This post is 10 PAs as set out in the Job plan below (subject to discussion). This is an example only and exact distribution of PA will depend on the successful applicants skills and interests.

All consultants are expected to work productively for 42 weeks a year and will be required to undertake annual appraisal, revalidation and job planning within their allocated contractual SPA time (1.5 SPA per week). Any SPA activity over 1.5 will be in line with the trust SPA tariff and will be reviewed as part of the annual job planning process.

The successful applicant will provide obstetric on call cover with a gynaecological oncologist providing gynaecology on call cover. There is no gynaecology theatre allocation in this post.

About us

Preston, in the Heart of Lancashire, has been rated the best city in the North West to live and work. It is surrounded by areas of outstanding natural beauty and has easy access to the motorway and rail network and the cities of Manchester and Liverpool. There is a wide choice of excellent schools around the area.

The trust has an award winning Leadership and Development Programme and all new consultants are encouraged to enrol on the Consultant Stretch course. Clinical Leadership is considered a vital part of the Strategy and Development in the trust.

We also recognise the importance of mentorship in your first few years and will provide you with a mentor either within or outside the department.

Many of the consultants have an additional medical school or post-graduate teaching role. This is welcomed and any additional training supported.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for an outstanding candidate who will complement and enhance our services. The post holder will contribute to emergency obstetrics cover (currently on a 1:11 rota) and will run a high risk antenatal clinic along with a special interest antenatal clinic. We would welcome interests to complement the department e.g. complex maternal medicine, fetal medicine or research obstetric experience. The post holder would be on call with a gynaecological oncologist who would manage gynaecology emergency procedures out of hours.

Person Specification

Research and Development
Essential

• Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications
• GCP trained

Management
Essential

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development

Desirable

• Management course
• Evidence of initiating change

Experience and Skills
Essential

• Wide general experience of obstetrics and gynaecology
• Advanced obstetric skills
• Gynaecological surgical skills including outpatient and ambulatory procedures
• Urogynaecology- including urodynamics, prolapse and incontinence surgery.

Desirable

• Experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate.
• Advanced laparoscopic skills

Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• Medical degree
• Previous NHS experience
• ATSM or equivalent in Labour ward practice
• ATSM or equivalent other special interest

Desirable

• Higher research or educational degree
• Educational qualification eg diploma in education.