Job vacancy: Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Fetal Medicine
Grade: MC70
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 259-MED7544131RLH

Employer: Barts Health NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal London Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £100,870 - £111,441 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/10/2025 23:59

Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine

MC70

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leadership and Teamworking

· 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.

· Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes – appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others.

· Develops effective relationships across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams – promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and interprofessional team working.

· Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way.

Patient safety and Quality Improvement

· Takes prompt action where there is an issue with the safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary.

· Applies basic human factors principles and practice at individual, team, organisation and system levels.

· Collaborates with multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.

· Advocates for, and contributes to, organisational learning.

· Seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in safety and quality service improvements reviews.

· Leads new practice and service redesign in response to feedback, evaluation and need, promoting best practice.

· Evaluates and audits own and others’ clinical practice and acts on findings.

· Reflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities.

· Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice; designing projects and evaluating their impact.

· Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, critical incidents or complaints and implements appropriate changes.

· Engages with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes.

· Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development.

· Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns where necessary.

· Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments.

Person specification

Education

Essential criteria

Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee
Full GMC registration
MRCOG or equivalent qualification (confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)

Desirable criteria

Post-graduate degree (MD or PhD)
ATSM in Fetal Medicine
Master/Diploma in Fetal Medicine

Experience

Essential criteria

Knowledge of appraising performance and dealing with poor performance
Clinical training and experience in a tertiary Maternal & Fetal Medicine Unit
Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable criteria

Special interest in fetal cardiology

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to manage complex fetal medicine cases, including multi-disciplinary liaison
Competences in complex diagnostic invasive procedures

Desirable criteria

Competences in complex therapeutic invasive procedures (e.g., intrauterine transfusions, shunts, endoscopic procedures)

Personal

Essential criteria

Commitment to delivering outstanding personalised care ensuring all women have safe positive experiences
Good interpersonal skills and a caring attitude to patients
Demonstrates appropriate senior leadership qualities
Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Ability to work within a team
Outstanding multidisciplinary teamwork
Awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses

Desirable criteria

Leadership course

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals’ who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Heath NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

London Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage Foundation

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Christopher Kennedy
Job title: Divisional Director
Email address: [email protected]

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Specialist Doctor in Fetal Medicine

MC70

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Experience

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Skills

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Personal

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