Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust • Slough SL2 4HL
About this role
Maternity services at Wexham Park Hospital The maternity service at Wexham Park Hospital caters to a large, multicultural and multinational population.
We attend to over 5000 deliveries per year. The consultant led labour ward has 10 delivery rooms, a pool room, a dedicated emergency obstetric theatre and a smaller second theatre for cases such as manual removal of placenta or perineal tear repair.
Our caesarean section rate is 35 - 38% along with approximately 25 - 30% epidural rate for labour analgesia. Obstetric anaesthetic antenatal clinics are provided for the high risk parturient. HDU care can be provided on labour ward or within the main ICU which is close by.
The Birthing Centre, situated near ward 22, is a midwifery led birthing suite suitable for low risk pregnancies.
Provision of analgesia during labour including
- Performing and managing epidurals and combined spinal epidurals
- Initiation and maintenance of either morphine PCA (in the case of intra-uterine death) or remifentanil PCA
- Provision of anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section (category 1 – 3), operative delivery in theatre and for any postnatal surgery for example manual removal of placenta or perineal tear repair
- Postnatal follow up of all patients on ward 22 who have had an anaesthetic interventionand documentation of review on EPIC.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role requirements.
To discuss the post further, including an in-person meeting and visit to the department, applicants should contactDr Nimisha Patel/ Dr Roshana Parbhoo (Consultant Anaesthetists)0300 6153195.
This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Jun 2026