Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
About us
The Obstetrics and Gynaecological Department is part of the Women and Children’s Clinical Service Centre and is based at Queen Alexandra Hospital. The maternity service has 88 beds and will be responsible for approximately 6000 deliveries in 2024. There are four Midwife led birth centres in the district, one of which is co-located with the Consultant Unit.
Additionally the Gynaecology Department sees approximately 6500 new patients per year and performs over 3000 elective procedures. There is a 12 bed Gynaecological Inpatient Unit, Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit and Gynae Emergency Assessment Unit. We share day unit facilities with other specialities. There are sub speciality units of Gynaecological Oncology and Urogynaecology, and accredited Colposcopy and Endometriosis centres.
The Consultant clinical duties:
The direct clinical care will include general antenatal clinic, elective caesarean section list, general gynaecology clinic, gynaecology theatre list and ward cover. Each consultant also participates in the Hot Week rota on average 5 times a year when normal daytime elective activity is cancelled to allow for covering the Labour Ward or Gynaecology Emergency Unit.
On call requirements
The post holder will be required to participate in the obstetric and gynaecology on call rotas including resident on call until 10pm week days and six hours resident on Saturdays and Sundays when covering obstetrics and weekday nights from home when covering gynaecology.
This is a temporary Locum Consultant position and will be based at Queen Alexandra Hospital.
Essential
Clinical Experience
Essential
Desirable
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
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