Senior Clinical Fellow – Complex Obstetrics

Company: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
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Location: Wolverhampton
Job Description:

Main duties of the job

  1. To support the inpatient service in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at New Cross Hospital.
  2. Outpatient workload: duties involve antenatal/gynaecology clinics and elective operating theatre lists.
  3. Research, education, audit and continuing professional development
    1. To take responsibility for continuing professional education in accordance with guidelines set out by the appropriate college/faculty/professional body.
    2. To initiate and participate in research and audit programmes in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
    3. To work in collaboration with colleagues in developing skills to provide new ways of working across different professions, organisations i.e. community/primary care.
  4. In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
  5. Duties will involve labour ward and emergency gynaecology cover, antenatal/gynaecology clinics and elective operating theatre lists. The post holder will be responsible for the clinical care of Obstetric and Gynaecological patients under supervision as necessary.
  6. The post holder will be responsible for the maintenance of proper case records and investigations on patients, and correspondence with General Practitioners and others as required.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.

We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information please see attached a detailed job description and personal specification.

  1. To support the inpatient service in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at New Cross Hospital.
  2. Outpatient workload: duties involve antenatal/gynaecology clinics and elective operating theatre lists.
  3. Research, education, audit and continuing professional development
    1. To take responsibility for continuing professional education in accordance with guidelines set out by the appropriate college/faculty/professional body.
    2. To initiate and participate in research and audit programmes in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.
    3. To work in collaboration with colleagues in developing skills to provide new ways of working across different professions, organisations i.e. community/primary care.
  4. In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met.
  5. Duties will involve labour ward and emergency gynaecology cover, antenatal/gynaecology clinics and elective operating theatre lists. The post holder will be responsible for the clinical care of Obstetric and Gynaecological patients under supervision as necessary.
  6. The post holder will be responsible for the maintenance of proper case records and investigations on patients, and correspondence with General Practitioners and others as required.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 7 years’experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and evidence of commitment to the specialty
  • Able to undertake on-call work on the senior registrar tier in Obstetrics/Gynaecology Perform competently – Rotational instrumental birth – Intermediate level caesarean section (eg. At full dilatation,gestation 28-32 weeks) – ERPC – Repair of obstetric anal sphincter injury (corresponds with RCOG training matrix ST1-7)

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent
  • Full GMC registration
  • MRCOG

Management & Leadership Skills

Essential

  • Experience of teaching including skill drills
  • Good organisational ability and a willingness to be flexible in accordance with the demands of team working

Desirable

  • Completed PROMPT course

Research & Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of clinical research/audit/guidelines and service improvement projects

Experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 1 year’s UK experience at Senior Registrar level

Ability & Skills

Essential

  • Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies

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Posted: August 20th, 2026