The Women's & Child Health Division is looking to appoint a Consultant Obstetrician with an interest in Maternal Medicine Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT) is a large teaching Trust located in North East London. Our Vision is to provide outstanding healthcare to our community, delivered with pride. We care for a population of more than 750,000 people and are one of the largest employers in the region, with 7,500 staff and volunteers.

The Trust is the largest single site provider of maternity services in London and the third largest in England with approximately 7,500 deliveries per year. Inpatient maternity services are provided at the Queen's Hospital in Romford. Both Queen's Hospital and King George Hospital, based in Ilford, provide antenatal services.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join a team of 27 consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists who are divided into teams to provide continuity for high-risk women. The Queen's Labour ward currently has 104 hours of consultant presence throughout the week. No deliveries are undertaken at King George hospital. A complement of junior doctors also provides 24 hour cover and training is undertaken through the London Deanery.

The successful candidate will join our large team of consultants in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, covering all standard elements of the role, but with a specific focus on the maternal medicine service. This is a new post created as part of a significant investment in the size of the consultant workforce. The main aim of this post is to provide maternal medicine services to the women who access maternity services within our trust, enhancing the care that they get locally.

About us

Under the leadership of our Chair Jacqui Smith and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, we provide care for the residents of three of the most diverse London boroughs. More than half of our 7,500 strong workforce are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and most live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.

Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals, operating from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic and Harold Wood Polyclinic. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London.

We're proud to be leading the way nationally in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The pandemic provided the drive for our teams to innovate and change. We are tackling the backlog in many ways including having super-clinics in the evening and weekends.

We carried out more than 12,000 surgeries in 2021 in our Covid secure 'green zone' at King George Hospital. In the same year, we completed more than 100,000 CT and MRI scans.

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We're also pleased to be part of the NEL Cancer Alliance.

Job description
Job responsibilities

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The successful candidate will be expected to comply with all relevant Trust policies relating to administration of patient care. This includes working to set timescales for the triage of referrals, the completion of discharge summaries prior to patients being discharged, following the specified process for the management of patients that do not attend (DNA) their appointment or admission, and the completion of all paperwork deemed necessary to support the management of their patients within agreed timescales. Consultants are also expected to work with service managers and clinical colleagues to manage their caseload in a flexible way, to ensure clinical, national and local priorities, such as maximum waiting times for referral to treatment, are achieved.

Person Specification
Experience and Qualification
Essential

• MBBS; MRCOG; ATSM in maternal medicine or equivalent; ATSM in advanced labour ward practice, or equivalent; full GMC registration; CCT or equivalent on obstetrics and gynaecology; inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for inclusion.
• Evidence of experience in - management of pregnant women with medical disorders in pregnancy; evidence of ability to perform complex caesarean sections
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level, including complex clinical problems

Desirable

• UK recognised relevant extra-curricular courses
• National publications or peer reviewed publications in Women's Health
• MRCP or equivalent; evidence of quality service improvement related to Women's Health

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