This is a 6 PA appointment for a Consultant Obstetric Physician. This post is a new post to support the Yorkshire and the Humber Maternal Medicine Network and provision of Maternal Medicine at LTHT. 6 PAs will be allocated with the role of Obstetric Physician. Candidates wishing to discuss a full time (10PA) post with 4 PA in another specialty are encouraged to contact to discuss options to assess feasibility.
The post will be based at both St Jamess University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary with a key role in the delivery and ongoing service development of the Yorkshire and Humber Maternal Medicine Network. Womens Clinical Service Unit Womens Clinical Service Unit in Leeds provides comprehensive secondary care for the local population and enjoys a position as a regional centre for all subspecialties. There are 20 obstetric Consultants within the Womens Clinical Service Unit. Obstetric Departments The St Jamess Maternity Unit, which is located in Gledhow Wing, deals with approximately 4,700 deliveries per year.
The Leeds General Infirmary Maternity Unit, located within Clarendon Wing, has around 4,900 deliveries per annum. Each Unit has a General Antenatal Outpatient Department, an Antenatal Day Unit, Maternity Assessment Unit, Fetal Assessment Unit and Obstetric Ultrasound Department. Consultant presence is currently around 85 hours per week at each unit. Fetal Medicine is based at LGI.
Antenatal OutpatientsIn addition to high risk antenatal clinics, there are a variety of specialist clinics run in conjunction with the relevant Physicians on either the St Jamess or LGI site. These include a Cardiac Clinic, Renal Clinic, Diabetic Clinic, Substance Abuse Clinic, Endocrine Clinic (thyroid, adrenal and pituitary), Teenage Pregnancy Clinic, Preterm Labour Clinic, Obstetric Haematology Clinic Rheumatology clinic and Neurology Clinics.The Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit is located at St Jamess and, although it comes under the auspices of Gynaecology, there are naturally close links between the Obstetric Departments and EPAU. A recurrent miscarriage clinic is run from the EPAU providing both a diagnostic service and support in early pregnancy. Fetal Medicine The Fetal Medicine Unit runs clinics five days a week at LGI offering invasive prenatal diagnosis, diagnosis and management of congenital anomalies, rhesus disease including in-utero transfusion.
Maternal Medicine Network The Yorkshire and Humber Maternal Network is a collaborative network of two Maternal Medicine Centres (Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust and Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust). Each centre hosts its own Maternal Medicine Obstetric Consultants and Obstetric Physicians. The Network provides a collaborative approach for these teams to work together across Y&H as an MDT to develop, lead pathways and provide care across Yorkshire and Humber.
