Consultant - Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Special Interest in Fertility

at  West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The post holder is expected to take part in an alternate week resident nights on-call for Obstetrics and will be expected to take an equal share in the Consultant weekend on-call rota and a full share of bank holidays. This on-call commitment may change subject to job planning. The post holder is expected to do 2:4 (two nights every four weeks) resident night on call 20.00-08.00 hours, with prospective cover. The Consultant weekend on call (08.00 -20.00) rota is 1:10 (one weekend, every 10 weeks) with prospective cover.
The post holder will contribute to the consultant weekend on call (0800- 20:00). The post holder will not be part of the non-resident Consultant weekend (20.00 -08.00) on call rota. Consultants have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper functioning of the department. They are expected to undertake management and administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the running of their clinical department.
The appointee will be expected to take responsibility for maintaining their own continuing medical education to the standard set by the relevant Royal College, and to plan their continuing professional development jointly with the Trust to develop the clinical service. All Consultants are expected to take part in annual appraisal and job planning, and to agree a personal development plan each year which reflects the developmental needs of both the individual and the service. Consultants are expected to assume responsibility, both singly and corporately, for the management of junior medical staff. They are expected to be responsible for approving and monitoring junior staff rotas, leave and locum arrangements.
Consultants are expected to be involved with the professional development, both clinical and personal, of their trainees. In this respect, each Consultant acts as a personal educational supervisor to one or more trainee doctors. Consultants are required to participate in establishing learning agreements and formally appraising junior staff and will themselves be appraised in accordance with the policies of the Trust. The Consultant is a member of clinical support services and is responsible to the Chief Executive via the Chief Operating Officer and Medical Director through the Divisional Director, Womens and Childrens Services for the satisfactory conduct of their professional dutie

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