Job Description
The post is based at Burnley General Hospital and the post holder will be required to take part in the first on-call rota.
The Lancashire Womens & Newborn Centre is located on the Burnley General site and we provide satellite clinics across East Lancashire to ensure ease of access for the local population. We provide a full range of clinics in both obstetrics and gynaecology and all members of the team have a sub speciality interest. We have an outstanding reputation as a training unit and this appointment offers exciting opportunities in light of the major changes that have taken place in the Obstetrics and Gynaecology departments.
Candidates must have full registration with the GMC and meet all the necessary requirements of the person specification.
JOB SUMMARY
THE POST
The post is a LAS ST1/2 in Women’s Health contracted on the 2016 terms and conditions, mainly based at the Lancashire Women’s and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital. It may involve rotation to the Royal Blackburn site. We also provide out patient service to Rossendale
Hospital, 8 miles away.
Duties of the Post
1. The post holder will be expected to carry out a range of duties encompassing many aspects of Women’s Health Service. These duties may include labour ward, elective caesarean sections lists, duties within the early pregnancy advisory unit, gynaecology outpatients and inpatients,
Postnatal ward, antenatal clinic and theatre lists as well as audit, research and teaching.
2. The post is for 48 hours per week in the hospital in the employment of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The post holder will be responsible to Mr Martin Maher, Clinical Director.
3. There is an on call commitment on the 1st on call rota, this is a full shift rota including blocks of nights.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust and the Burnley Hospitals NHS Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 520,000. Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital. The Royal Blackburn Hospital and Phase V at Burnley
General Hospital are significant PFI developments. In 2006 a service reconfiguration, ‘meeting patients needs’ was implemented which resulted in the Blackburn site becoming the centre for all acute services in East
Lancashire. The ED at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and since 2012 has become a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with the trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington.Burnley is the site for the East Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre with an in-patient obstetric unit. There is a midwife led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn In 2012 the Royal Blackburn Hospital was designated as one of the Lancashire Vascular Centres.
The Trust has close links with a number of Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.
OVERVIEW OF EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from the merger of Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley NHS Trust and the Burnley
Hospitals NHS Trust. East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of approximately 520,000.
Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Hospital and Burnley General Hospital. The Royal Blackburn Hospital and Phase V at
Burnley General Hospital are significant PFI developments.
In 2006 a service reconfiguration, ‘meeting patients needs’ was implemented which resulted in the Blackburn site becoming the centre for all acute services in East Lancashire. The ED at Blackburn is the only ED for East Lancashire and since 2012 has become a Trauma Unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with the trauma centre at the Royal Preston Hospital. The ED is supported by Urgent Care Centres at Blackburn and Burnley and a Minor Injuries Unit at Accrington.
Burnley is the site for the East Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre with an in-patient obstetric unit. There is a midwife led birthing unit off the
Hospital site in Blackburn. In 2012 the Royal Blackburn Hospital was designated as one of the Lancashire Vascular Centres. The Trust has close links with a number of Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.
ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL
The Royal Blackburn Hospital provides acute services in 503 + 70 day case beds. The hospital is situated just off junction 5 of the M65 and is our main hospital site receiving all emergency patients dealing with all emergency
inpatient care. All blue light ambulances attend this site.
Services at this site include:
- ED with co-located UCC
- ITU, HDU and POCU
- Radiology including MRI, CT and isotope scanning
- Acute Surgical Services (general surgery, vascular surgery, urology, T&O, ENT, Maxillofacial and Surgical Triage Unit11 operating theatre complex with integrated day case unit, 24 hour emergency theatre, angiography suite
- Endoscopy Unit
- Acute Medical beds, Medical Assessment Unit and fast flow wards. Cardiac unit with 2 cath labs
- Centralised Paediatric service
- Learning & Development Centre
BURNLEY GENERAL HOSPITAL
Services at this site include:
- Womens and newborn centre including 5 operating theatres, consultant led maternity unit, midwife led birthing centre, level 3 neonatal intensive
care
- Urgent Care Centre: A new purpose built building is under construction which will include a children’s’ assessment and observation area
- Elective orthopaedic centre (28 beds and 5 operating theatres)
- Twin theatre day case unit
- Endoscopy unit
- Paediatric day surgery unit
- Radiology services
- Ophthalmology unit
OTHER SITES
The East Lancashire Hospice is situated within 1 mile of the Royal Blackburn Hospital and has 10 palliative care beds. In addition, there are community hospitals in Pendle, Accrington and Clitheroe and Rossendale Health Hub provides services from a number of CIRT centres. (check this).
The Trust also provides integrated hospital and community maternity services and a range of paramedic and direct access diagnostic services. These services are provided from many other locations in addition to the main sites, including health centres and community hospitals. The Trust provides satellite consultant outpatient clinics from some of these locations.
LOCAL AREA/POPULATION
The Trust is co-terminus with the local districts of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. The main
urban areas are Blackburn, Accrington, Darwen, Burnley and Rossendale and several other small townships. Each of the local districts containssubstantial rural areas including parts of the West Pennine Moors, the Ribble Valley, the Forest of Bowland, Gisburn Forest and Pendle Hill; some of the most outstandingly beautiful countryside in Northern England.
The district is well served by road and rail. There is a major railway line running east to west that connects Preston, Blackburn and Accrington to
Burnley and Leeds. There are good rail links to Manchester, Preston and Leeds and the main intercity network. The district is served by the M6 and
M61 to the west, the M66 and M62 to the south, and the M65 to the east. An extension of the M65 linking the M6 and M65 passing within one mile of
the major hospitals was completed in 1997.
The district is within reach of the universities of Manchester, Lancaster, Liverpool and Leeds including UCLAN with which ELHT has forged strong
links. As well as being close to many urban centres, Blackburn and Burnley are also within easy distance of the Lancashire coast, the Lake District
and the Yorkshire Dales.
The district itself is well provided with leisure activities, for both spectators and participants. There are well developed parks, sports grounds and
sports centres in the urban community. There are excellent schools in the locality, both state and fee paying. The housing in the area is both to a
high standard and is reasonably priced. The local population looks to the district’s health services for most of their health needs.
DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES
In comparison with England and Wales as a whole, the Trust has a higher proportion of the population between the ages of 0-14 and a lower proportion of the population between the ages of 15-64. This trend is set to increase with projected increases of about 5% in the population between 0-14. From census data, when compared with the rest of the region, this district has the third highest proportion of households where the head of the household was born in the New Commonwealth or Pakistan.
JOB SUMMARY
THE POST
The post is a LAS ST1/2 in Women’s Health contracted on the 2016 terms and conditions, mainly based at the Lancashire Women’s and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital. It may involve rotation to the Royal Blackburn site. We also provide out patient service to Rossendale
Hospital, 8 miles away.
Duties of the Post
1. The post holder will be expected to carry out a range of duties encompassing many aspects of Women’s Health Service. These duties may include labour ward, elective caesarean sections lists, duties within the early pregnancy advisory unit, gynaecology outpatients and inpatients,
Postnatal ward, antenatal clinic and theatre lists as well as audit, research and teaching.
2. The post is for 48 hours per week in the hospital in the employment of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The post holder will be responsible to Mr Martin Maher, Clinical Director.
3. There is an on call commitment on the 1st on call rota, this is a full shift rota including blocks of nights.
THE DEPARTMENT
The Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit comprises of 2 Obstetric Wards, a Maternity Day Assessment Unit, a Birth Suite with 20 rooms (3 of which have pools), 3 Obstetric Theatres and an Early Pregnancy Advisory Unit. Within the Gynaecology Services there is a purpose built day-case
facility and Gynaecology Ward, plus a Gynaecological Assessment Unit where all gynaecological emergencies are triaged. The Urogynaecology Service has an international reputation for excellence and you will have the opportunity to work alongside the Consultants delivering outpatient services which include Fertility, Hysteroscopy, Oncology and Colposcopy. The facilities for Colposcopy are in a purpose designed suite which would be suitable for other outpatient procedures. The department currently has 3 dedicated operating theatres. Equipment is available for advanced minimal access surgery. There is excellent support from consultants in other specialities. Full laboratory, radiology and pharmacy services are available within the hospital. The department provides a large range of Obstetric and Gynaecological services. There are more
than 6,000 deliveries a year and approximately 11,000 Gynaecology referrals each year between the 14 Consultants. There is a Community Gynaecologist who runs a Pregnancy Advisory Service,
dealing with a further 900 referrals a year.
There are currently 22 Consultants in post in the unit; (12 of whom run the Obstetric on Call)
1. Mr M J Willett – Divisional Director
2. Mr Martin Maher – Clinical Director
3. Mr S Hill
4. Mrs E Martindale
5. Mrs K Bhatia
6. Miss U Krishnamoorthy
7. Mrs F C Hamer –
8. Miss F R Clarke
9. Dr H Collier
10. Mr M Abdel-Aty
11. Dr H M Ribbans
12. Mrs M Golash
13. Dr J Ash
14. Mr J Shanks
15. Miss C Mckenzie
16. Miss J Nugent
17. Mrs R Smith
18. Ms Shankaralingaiah Nethra
19. Dr S Davies
20. Dr Samantha Cox
21. Dr Lindsey Sellars
22. Mr Michael Cocker
Staff include 16 + specialty training doctors, 8 GPST, 4 Specialty Doctors, 1 Senior Clinical Fellow, 2 FY2’s and 2 FY1’s. Currently we also have Medical Students from UCLAN and Lancaster medical schools.
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