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Job summary

Main area
Obstetrics
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
PRH/OBS/CON/T4/009
Employer
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Princess Royal Hospital
Town
Telford
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust logo

Consultant Obstetrician with interest in High Risk Pregnancy

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

•    Antenatal clinics – high risk pregnancies eg: twins, SGA, rainbow 
•    Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work, days and nights)
•    Elective caesarean section lists
•    Opportunity for special interest clinics eg: fetal medicine scanning, breech clinic /ECV dependent on the skills of the postholder
•    Participation in ATAIN and PMRT reviews

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician with a special interest in managing high risk pregnancies. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. This post is an Obstetrics role covering antenatal clinics, caesarean section lists, intrapartum care and obstetric SPA eg: supporting the Governance Team. Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site.  Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites.  
There is the opportunity for the postholder to undertake specialty clinics dependent on their skills and the needs of the department eg:  breech / ECV or fetal medicine scanning. 

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
•    8.0 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
•    1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) - includes CPD, audit, appraisal, guidelines, teaching and research.
•    0.5  Corporate SPA to deliver an obstetric lead role eg: Governance support

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MBBS, MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCOG or equivalent
  • 2 x SITMs/ATSMs in Obstetrics eg pregnancy care, fetal care, supportive obstetrics, prenatal diagnosis or equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • SITM/ATSM or relevant experience to support declared special interest
  • Higher degree

Entry Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mr Andrew Sizer
Job title
Divisional Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
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