Consultant in Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology

Job summary

Consultant in Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology Division: Women and Children's Division Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum/pro rata Interview date -15th January 2027 *One of your referees should be the Medical Director / Chief Medical Officer of your most recent NHS employer (or their nominated deputy), or equivalent for applicants from outside of the NHS. For applicants from outside of the NHS, referees to validate a period of three consecutive years of employment.

For internal candidates, your referees should be your Clinical Director and Clinical Lead. For applicants who are still in a training post, or have completed training within the past year and have not worked in a non-training NHS role since then, a reference from EACH of your two most recent Educational Supervisors.

We are recruiting for a Consultant in Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

This post is for a substantive Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to support the existing team of consultants. The successful candidate will provide General Obstetric and gynaecology service and support the maternal medicine and general gynaecology service at Medway Hospital. This will be signed off by the Chief Executive officer and will be effective from commencement of the appointment.

The job plan will be reviewed annually following the Appraisal meeting and prospective agreement that sets out a consultant's duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. Our values are B old, E very Person Counts, S haring and Open and T ogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process. To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme. We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job description

Job responsibilities - Category A on call rota: o The candidate is expected to contribute to on-call Obstetric Rota. 2.2 PA for on-call cover 1:20 weekdays and 1:20 weekends (resident on-call (08:30-22:00) o Predictable Weekdays 1.0PA, Weekends 0.2PAs Weekdays non-predictable 0.2 PAs Weekend non-predictable 0.2 PAs . o The job plan will attract an extra 5% on-call supplement (Category A). o On-site resident on-call from 08:30-2130. Off-site on-call from 21:30 till next morning (24 hours in total). There is no prospective cover.Therefore, you need to swap your on-call if you wish to take it as annual leave.

Person Specification

Qualifications · Essential

Full GMC registration with license to practice MRCOG or equivalent qualification On the specialist register or within six months of having CCT at the time of AAC ATSM in maternal medicine

Knowledge · Essential

Knowledge about risk management and clinical governance Knowledge of appraising performance & dealing with poor performance Experience of teaching junior medical staff. Evidence of involvement in teaching and education

Experience · Essential

Experience in running a high risk/busy antennal clinics Ability to work independently in clinics, theatres and on-call Experience in Gynaecological surgery

Desirable

ATSM in benign gynaecology surgery

Skills · Essential

Good Leadership skills Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and patients Good organisational skills. Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team. Commitment to continuing medical education.

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).