We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our outstanding Obstetric Medicine Team. The team currently consists of a leadership team involving one Obstetric Physician, lead Obstetrician and Consultant midwife with additional input provided by other Obstetric Consultants with an interest in Obstetric Medicine, sub-specialty physicians, Obstetric Anaesthetists, specialist obstetric medicine midwives, transfer services and critical care. We are looking for an individual with the clinical skills and enthusiasm necessary to join and make a significant contribution to this team as well as to a relevant medical subspecialty area dependent upon the interests and qualifications of the successful candidate. We would also welcome applications from candidates wishing to work less than full-time within this role and/or job share opportunities.
• Provide expert opinions on patients with a wide range of complex obstetric medicine problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre alongside obstetric and subspecialty physician colleagues.
• Provide consultant-based maternal medicine input into antenatal and post-natal ward rounds- providing expert opinions on patients with a wide range of peri-partum medical complications, as expected in a tertiary unit.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
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The successful candidate will join the current Obstetric Medicine consultant team in the day to day running of the Maternal Medicine Centre and the North East, North Cumbria Maternal Medicine Network. This will involve providing senior clinical decision-making input to the care of women with complex medical conditions or medical conditions related to pregnancy throughout their patient journey from pre-conception care, through to antenatal, peripartum and postpartum periods. This is likely to involve inpatient and outpatient workloads in a variety of settings such as antenatal clinics, remote regional MDTs, Delivery Suite, Maternity Day Assessment Unit as well as ward-based settings,
This role involves routine engagement and liaison with our multidisciplinary team colleagues in the 8 spoke sites of the NENC Maternal Medicine Network to ensure excellent quality of care for obstetric medicine patients regardless of their care location within the network.
This advert closes on Wednesday 7 May 2025
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