Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of responsibilities and duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCOG or equivalent
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC.
• CCT in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of commencing the post.
• Applicants should have a CCT or be within six months of achieving this at the date of interview or be listed on the GMC’s specialist register to be eligible for application for a substantive post. CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview.

Desirable criteria

• Higher academic qualification (e.g., MD or MS).

Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in general obstetrics
• Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision

Desirable criteria

• Experience in routine and complex abortion care, including the provision of surgical abortion to 23+6 weeks and provision of feticide

Other

Essential criteria

• Agreement to travel to and work in other Bristol NHS Foundation Trust sites necessitated by the role
• Meets professional health requirements

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Up to date knowledge and experience of relevant specialty
• Knowledge of NHS priorities with reference to specialty

Desirable criteria

• Broad range of IT skills

Clinical Governance and Audit

Essential criteria

• Understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participation
• Positive approach to evidence based practice
• Evidence of recent and regular engagement with icontinuing professional development (CPD) scheme

Research

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the principles involved in research

Desirable criteria

• Additional academic experience and qualifications e.g. PhD

Management & Leadership

Essential criteria

• Evidence of management training and evidence of learning from it
• Ability to organise efficient and smooth running of a specialist service
• Ability to cope with and effectively organise the workload of a consultant
• Ability to practice independently as a consultant
• Ability to take on responsibility and show evidence of leadership
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of management/leadership experience and/or qualifications and courses

Interpersonal, Communication and Team Working Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, clinical colleagues, support staff and other colleagues
• Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
• Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries
• Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions
• Ability to be a flexible team member

Any Other Personal Abilities And Aptitudes

Essential criteria

• Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances
• Awareness of personal limitations

Desirable criteria

• Additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• Trained as a Consultant Appraiser

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

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The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

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Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.