Consultant Obs & Gyn interest in Fetal Medicine £12,000 Welcome bonus

Overview

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology with an interest in Fetal Medicine. This post offers a £12,000 welcome bonus. Closing date: 02 October 2025. Location: Ipswich.

This post is for Ipswich with a £12,000 Welcome Bonus. An opportunity has arisen to join our team of enthusiastic, motivated and committed Consultants in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, contributing towards enhancing maternal safety within our unit. The post is a new role following successful allocation of national funding after the Ockenden bid process. The successful candidate will have a strong obstetric focus, experience and interest in fetal medicine, and a complementary interest in maternal medicine would be advantageous to support the existing consultant body in obstetric services. Applicants will have completed CCT or equivalent (CESR) and must be on the Specialist Register.

Main duties of the job

The key duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

• Clinical Leadership and administrative responsibility for the proper functioning of the Obstetric and Gynaecology Department
• Develop standards, procedures and robust systems to ensure safe, high quality and efficient patient care from entry into the department to admission or discharge
• Supervision of the junior medical staff in the Unit with one-to-one learning on formal and informal rounds and ad hoc sessions
• Risk Management to ensure safe and quality care of women and their families
• Active participation in educational programmes for junior medical staff, including formal teaching sessions and clinical audits relevant to the needs of the Unit
• Teach and train staff in other medical disciplines, nursing and support staff as appropriate
• Maintain an up-to-date job plan and personal development plan
• Register and participate in the appropriate CPD scheme with the RCOG
• Issuing advice to GPs on suitability of patients for admission to hospital
• The consultant's role will initially be developed in collaboration with the Clinical Lead for the Obstetric and Gynaecology Department

About us

We are ESNEFT and provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. We offer a range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone, and we focus on improving processes to reduce delays for staff and patients. We are investing in our commitment with Epic, a leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier, to transform patient life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care

Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines

Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the Obstetric & Gynaecology Department

Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care

Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team

Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks within your area of responsibility

Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining causes of success and failure and maintaining high standards

Provide a role model of professional leadership, underpinning the corporate values and behaviours of the organisation

Ensure that junior doctors' training conforms to College requirements

Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust's agreed policy

Mentoring is offered to new and current consultant employees of the Trust

Person Specification Interview

• Full registration with the General Medical Council
• 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
• ATSM in Fetal Medicine
• ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice or equivalent
• MOET/ALSO or equivalent training
• PROMPT trained and faculty
• Subspecialist training in Fetal Maternal Medicine or equivalent
• ATSM in Antenatal Care/ High Risk Pregnancy or equivalent

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£105,504 to £139,882 a year on experience