Clinical Research Fellow in Fetal Medicine

CLINICAL FELLOW (ST5-) available in Fetal Medicine at SWBH

“Right now we are building our future”

The Trust is seeking to recruit an ST4/ST5Level doctor for this exciting Clinical Fellow post to join a busy gynaecological team at City Hospital Birmingham starting as soon as possible. This is not a Deanery/Health Education England funded training post and the post does not come with an NTN.

Closing Date: 22/03/2023

Interview Date: 31/03/2023

This post may close earlier if enough suitable applications are received

The successful candidate will be based both at City Hospital and Sandwell Hospital working within a team of 16 Specialist registrars (on both sites). This appointment will support the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Team through the provision of emergency on call (nights and weekends) on both sites. This post provides intermediate grade support and promotes the continuing provision of high quality Obstetrics and Gynaecology at City Hospital. The appointee will have experience in the diagnosis and management of Obstetric and Gynaecological problems. The post holder would be an active member in in a level 2 Fetal Medicine unit. We regularly perform invasive procedures including amniocentesis, Chorionic villus sampling and feticide along with the scans for high risk pregnancies and pregnancies affected by fetal anomalies. Fetal ECHO studies are performed for high risk pregnancies. The post holder will have an opportunity to attend the scan lists and could perceive ATSM in Fetal Medicine/intermediate scan training. There is a scope for working towards advanced labour ward practise. He /she would be actively involved in the fortnightly MDTs and monthly educational meetings. The post will have dedicated research sessions (4+) per week with an opportunity to complete a post doc degree

Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.

We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff;

Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do;

Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives;

We run services from Sandwell, City and Rowley Regis Hospitals, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham Treatment Centre, the Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.

Our next milestone is opening the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), a once in a career opportunity to shape care transformation within and beyond the hospital walls. MMUH will host the busiest Emergency Department in Europe, with state of the art facilities and future development of a Learning Campus

Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues

Interested applicants who wish further information should contact DR Maheshwari Srinivasan (Consultant Obstetrician and gynaecologist)maheshwari.srinivasan@nhs.net AND Dr Ashwini Bilagi ( Consultant fetal medicine )a.bilagi@nhs.net