Role Summary
We are pleased to be inviting applications for a locum consultant post. The successful candidate will join the existing team of eight whole time equivalent obstetrician and gynaecologists.
The ideal appointee will be a generalist obstetrician and gynaecologist with an interest in labour ward. Experience in colposcopy/vulval disease would be welcomed. We are also keen that the appointee has leadership aspirations/skills with a willingness to lead the labour ward. Support and development for this role would be provided.
Further details of the role can be found in the information pack.
About the Role
We will work with you to help you be the best version of you at work.
This might include funding for a care certificate, a degree or leadership qualifications. Or it might include days off to study, engage in CPD or rotational placements to help you hone your skills. Wherever you are heading in the NHS, we'll help you get there.
Looking after you is important to us.
We strive to help our staff create a healthy work-life balance through flexible working schemes and our family friendly policies.
If you're starting out in the NHS, you’ll start with 27 days paid annual leave (plus bank holidays), rising to 33 days plus bank holidays. Our Medical workforce has separate arrangements.
You'll benefit from access to our own comprehensive occupational health services, including counselling, physiotherapy, onsite wellbeing activities and groups.
Salary is not the only financial benefit
You'll have access to an extensive range of staff discounts on shopping, fitness and leisure options and you can spread the cost of technology and home appliance purchases from major retailers. You will also have access to other benefits including:
- National discount services such as the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts.
- Salary sacrifice options including our OFSTED rated outstanding nursery onsite at Exeter
- Car lease schemes.
- The NHS Pension scheme (one of the most generous and comprehensive in the UK).
- Cycle to work scheme
These are just a few of the benefits available – if the role is something you are interested in, we'd love to hear from you.
About Us
For more information on the Job Description and Responsibilities please click the link below.
More detail about the role
Locum Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist –
Fixed term appointment (9 months) to cover maternity leave
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to appoint a locum consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist for 9 months in the first instance to join a team of 8 WTE consultant obstetrician and gynaecologists.
Our doctors have challenging careers and a work-life balance like nowhere else. At work, they’re part of supportive teams, in roles that deliver everything you would want from a medical career. In their spare time, they are out surfing, walking and cycling and enjoying the most amazing scenery that Devon has to offer, with beautiful beaches just a stone’s throw away from the hospital.
The ideal candidate will be generalist obstetrician and gynaecologist with an interest along with leadership aspirations / skills to lead the labour ward plus additional interests that complement those of the department. We are flexible in order to attract the highest quality applicants.
Our acute hospital is big enough to provide real opportunities for innovation and research, but small enough for your work to make a real impact. We have close-knit teams with quick lines of communication and that means we make things happen.
We perform highly against clinical standards, have a proven track record of staff satisfaction and meet our financial targets, so our doctors can focus on giving great care to patients.
The recent Devon-wide review of acute services recommended closer working between local hospitals and as networking evolves we expect these posts will be linked with those in other trusts within Devon and, most likely, Exeter.
So if you would like to have a rewarding life as well as an amazing career come and join us.
Career Gateway Reference: 185-358-1223
Working Pattern: Please see attached information pack
Interview Date: To be confirmed
For further information about this post and to make arrangements to visit the department, please contact Jonny Morgan, Group Manager on 01271 311812 or Debbie Kneale, Service Manager on 01271 322428.
Preference will be given to staff with ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications have been received.
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Benefits
The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was established in April 2022, bringing together the expertise of both the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust.
Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford). Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within people’s own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).
Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.
It’s never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as you'll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.
