Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service (MCS) provides Maternity, Gynaecology, Neonatal, Genomic medicine care to families in Greater Manchester and the Northwest part of England. It also hosts the Greater Manchester Sexual Assault Referral Centre. The MCS has three main hospital sites Saint Mary’s ORC, Wythenshawe and North Manchester. Using a single EPR system (EPIC) the MCS works as an integrated care teams and all sites. The MCS is seeking to employ new members of the Consultant team.
We Are Pleased To Be Offering 4 Substantive Posts
2 substantive posts in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, any special interest will be considered based at North Manchester General Hospital.
1 substantive post with duties in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with an interest in complex obstetric surgery , based at Wythenshawe Hospital.
1 substantive Obstetric only consultant post based at Saint Mary's Hospital Oxford Road Campus.
The initial job plans consist of 10 PAs. We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our team and develop our service. Previous experience at Consultant level is desirable but not essential. Great care has been taken to ensure that there is appropriate access to professional development opportunities.
Duties
You will work within a large team of consultants who provide a broad range of high quality of services to our women and their babies. The duties are:
- To support and complement both the secondary and tertiary Obstetric and Gynaecology services provided by MFT Trust.
- To take a leading role in improving the quality of services in MFT.
- To take clinical responsibility for a defined cohort of women under their care, both when outpatients and inpatients, and provide cover for women under the care of other consultant colleagues as required
- To deliver outpatient clinics as agreed on the job plan.
- To participate in the consultant rota patterns for the daytime and out of hours working at the main site of employment
- To provide out of hours care as described in individual job plan
- To undertake the necessary administrative work relating to the post.
- To be responsible for the obstetric and gynaecology training of junior staff and undergraduate students and to actively participate in clinical teaching and training of the wider multidisciplinary team
- To take an active role in Clinical Governance, and lead and participate in audit projects relevant to clinical care.
- To promote research and academic activity within the department.
- To attend Trust and Departmental induction and complete all mandatory training.
- Working will be required across sites within the Trust and successful candidates must be willing to be flexible in this re
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Professor Ed Johnstone Job title: Clinical Head of Division- Obstetrics Email address: edward.johnstone@mft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0161 276 6427
Appointments to visit St Mary’s @ Wythenshawe Hospital may be made by contacting Dr Elaine Church, Site Lead for Obstetrics email Elaine.Church@mft.nhs.uk or contacting her PA on 0161 291 2559.
Appointments to visit St Mary's (Oxford Road Campus) and St Mary’s @ NMGH may be arranged via Divisional PA Anna Martin on 0161 276 6427
Informal discussions with Clinical Head of Division, Professor Ed Johnstone may be arranged via Divisional PA Anna Martin on 0161 276 6427.
