Consultant Obstetrician with an interest in Perinatal Mental Health

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician with a special interest in perinatal mental health. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. This post is an Obstetrics role covering antenatal clinics, postnatal debrief clinics, caesarean section lists, intrapartum care. The obstetric SPA includes delivering multi-disciplinary training (PROMPT) and leading bereavement services.Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site. Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites. Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

o Antenatal clinics - perinatal mental health, postnatal debriefo Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work, days and nights)o Elective caesarean section listso Participation in ATAIN and PMRT reviewso Delivery of MDT training (PROMPT)o Bereavement lead role

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) - all beautiful and unique.Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.