Job summary
Two Consultant opportunities have become available within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTH).

We are seeking motivated, enthusiastic and committed Obstetricians to join our friendly and forward-thinking team. These are full-time Consultant posts, with participation in the on-call and hot-week rotas.

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate maternity care and who are keen to contribute to the continued development of our service.

If you are an enthusiastic Obstetrician looking for an opportunity to join a supportive team and make a real difference to women and families, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
Day time obstetric commitments would include antenatal clinic, labour ward sessions, obstetric hot week and caesarean section surgical lists.

The successful candidates will be job planned to support governance and teaching roles to support the running and development of the department.

The posts are for 10 Programmed Activities. The exact distribution of PA will depend on the successful applicant's 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 core 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 applicants would provide obstetric non-resident on call cover and live within 30 mins travel time of the hospital.

About us
LTH is a teaching hospital serving a local population of 450,000 across Greater Preston, Chorley and South Ribble. The Trust has approximately 4,500 births annually and a level three neonatal unit. We provide Bluebell and Rainbow clinics, fetal medicine and services for high-risk pregnancies as the Maternal Medicine Centre for Lancashire and South Cumbria. We are privileged to work closely with a nationally recognised, award winning team of midwives dedicated to improving the birth experience for all women. We offer all four choices for place of birth. There are midwifery led birth units at both Royal Preston Hospital and at Chorley & South Ribble Hospital and a 12 bedded obstetric unit in Royal Preston Hospital. There is a thriving home birth service, provided by a continuity of carer team and the Maternity Unit Network awarded the maternity service with Beacon Status because of the successful midwifery led services.

LTH is delighted to provide undergraduate education for the University of Manchester and the University of Lancashire. We provide academic and pastoral support to over 350 medical students in their clinical years 3, 4 and 5. We have three well equipped education centres to support undergraduate and postgraduate training.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team
• Job description

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• Must be entered on the specialist register (or entry within 6 months)
• ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification e.g. PGCert
• Medical Leadership
• Maternal Medicine ATSM
• Advanced antenatal care ATSM

Experience and Skills
Essential

• Experience working within NHS
• Ability to deal with common obstetric emergency presentations
• Teaching experience (undergraduate or postgraduate)

Desirable

• OSCE Examiner
• Obstetric USS skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).