Job summary
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Our award-winning hospital is also in an award-winning location providing genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance.

Yorkshire has recently been voted as the third best region in the world by Lonely Planet, and our local towns of Skipton and Ilkley have been voted as the best places to live in the UK by the Sunday Times, commending their top-class schools, great transport links.

This is a dynamic department, and the successful applicant will be required to contribute to ongoing service development. We expect involvement in our existing quality improvement projects and also welcome ideas for new work streams. We strongly encourage leadership development. There is a trust leadership programme in place and study leave is encouraged for this. We also believe in maintaining work life balance.

Main duties of the job
The obstetrics and gynaecology medical workforce is currently comprised of 11 consultants and 1 associate specialists who provide essential patient led services.

Airedale General Hospital work jointly with other local NHS providers in the region, including Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford District Care Trust, to help ensure we can deliver a patient led collaborative service and thereby promoting a culture of safety and improvement

About us
Provide clinical expertise and responsibility to the service in terms of knowledge, clinical activity and guidance as needed

Clinical and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department

Job responsibilities
CONSULTANTS JOB PLAN
Job Planning will be based on a partnership approach. Consultants are asked to prepare a draft job plan which is then discussed and agreed with the Clinical Director and then presented to the Medical Scrutiny Committee for approval.

Job plans will list all the NHS and any private duties of the consultant, the number of Programmed Activities for which the Consultant is contracted and paid, the consultants objectives and agreed supporting resources.The duties and responsibilities set out in a Job Plan will include, as appropriate:

• Direct Clinical Care duties including on-call work
• Supporting Professional Activities
• Additional NHS responsibilities determined against the agreed Trust tariff allocation
• External duties

The Trusts strategy is to increase the use of its capital resources e.g. Theatre, Endoscopy and OPC to facilitate increased productivity and efficiencies which supports the growth of market share and business development.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• MRCOG or equivalent
• Training & experience equivalent to that required for UK CCT
• Entry onto the Specialist Register in Obstetrics and Gynaecology or within 6 months of CCT date at interview

Experience
Essential

• Competent surgeon (ATSM/SITM etc in benign surgery/laparoscopic surgery or oncology)
• Competent Obstetrician (ATSM/STIM in labour ward/pregnancy care)
• Experience demonstrating potential ability to cope with the demands of a DGH based Consultant Post.
• Evidence of the clinical skills required to fulfil the specialty
• Full BSCCP accreditation

Teaching Skills
Desirable

• Experience in teaching
• Participation in training & supervision of junior medical staff/medical students/staff from other disciplines

Academic Research
Desirable

• Peer reviewed Publications
• Peer reviewed Books/Book chapters
• Higher qualification, MSc, MD

Clinical Governance /Audit Management
Essential

• Evidence of general management training and skills appropriate for the post

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of participation in regular clinical audit and the ability to effect change.
• Demonstrable experience of working to the clinical governance agenda
• Knowledge of organisational aspects of the NHS

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.