Job overview

Our dedicated Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department are looking for the perfect candidate to join us as a Consultant.

Within your role, you will ensure the continued delivery of high-quality Obstetric and Gynaecological care to patients within the Trust and community and contribute to the further development of  the service.

There may be an occasional requirement to complement the existing general Gynaecology and Obstetrics services and an opportunity to take on extra clinics or theatres. You will be expected to join the on call team on a rota basis.

The appointed consultant would be expected to contribute to the ongoing service improvement programme developing:

• Our Maternity Culture Transformation programme
• Implementing evidence based new ways of working when necessary.

Main duties of the job

• Working collaboratively with nursing and midwifery colleagues, lead service developments across all O&G services, in line with the Better Births Review and ensuring that learning from reports such as Kirkup and Ockenden are embedded in practice.
• To provide an on-call commitment for Central Delivery Suite and emergency Gynaecology cover as 1:10 on call. The post holder will be expected to be contactable and able to reach the hospital when needed within 30 minutes.
• To ensure services are delivered effectively and within budget regarding the Trusts' waiting times standards.
• To liaise closely with other departments and outside agencies in contributing to the objectives of our services.
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Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King’s Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.

We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.

In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as ‘Good’ in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on this role.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Person specification

Professional Values & Behaviours, Skills, and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Practises with the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework (or equivalent for dentists).
• Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.

Leadership & Team working

Essential criteria

• Awareness of their leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex, or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.

Education & Training

Essential criteria

• Can act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach, or mentor for medical and non-medical practitioners.

Research & Scholarship

Desirable criteria

• Critically appraises and understands the relevance of the literature, conducting literature searches and reviews; disseminates best practice including from quality improvement projects.
• Publication of research in Peer Reviewed Journals

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Medical degree with Full GMC Registration and license to practice
• MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
• Relevant CCT or CESR and be on specialist register (confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
• ATSM Labour ward - Advance Practice and or Labour Ward Lead) /Equivalent Experience - Evidenced, Certified, & Approved
• ATSM in Acute gynaecology & Early Pregnancy/ Equivalent Experience - Evidenced, Certified, & Approved

Desirable criteria

• ATSM in Obstetric/Maternal Medicine/High Risk Pregnancy/ Equivalent Experience - Evidenced, Certified, & Approved
• ATSM in Benign Gynaecology – Abdominal Surgery
• Training and Interest in Colposcopy, Vulval Diseases

Entry Criteria

Essential criteria

• Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
• Clinical training and experience in General Obstetrics and Gynaecology to that required for a UK CCST
• Statement regarding appropriate training and experience including that relating to a special interest
• Registration of RCOG CPD programme

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values.