Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology with Special Interest Colposcopy

Job title:

Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology with Special Interest Colposcopy

Company

British Medical Journal

Job description

Applications are invited to apply for Consultant post to join the Women Health Division at Royal London Hospital. We are looking for dynamic individuals with the drive and enthusiasm to achieve service development and transformation, as we strive to provide outstanding, cutting-edge care to women of East London and beyond.Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with Special Interest in ColposcopyThe Royal London Hospital is one of the largest and busiest hospitals in the UK, providing services to more than half a million patients each year. With a turnover of £1.4 billion and a Workforce of around 24,000, Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.The Royal London Women’s Health is the tertiary referral centre for fetal and maternal medicine services within Barts Health NHS Trust and beyond, providing specialist multidisciplinary clinics for women with medical conditions who are pregnant, including specialist haematology, rheumatology, cardiology, renal, diabetes and neurology clinics. The Fetal Medicine unit gets tertiary referrals from as far as Harlow and Basildon and has been successful in its application to train Subspeciality Fellows in Fetal Medicine. The Fetal Medicine performs invasive Fetal procedures as Chorionic Villous sampling and intraperitoneal transfusions. Royal London has recently been accredited as the hub of the regional maternal medicine network.Main duties of the jobIn 2019, the Gynaecology department had 1265 Emergency Admissions (including 311 EGU procedures). We had 11033 OP Appts (including 3864 rapid access EGU appointments) and 968 Elective Surgical procedures. We have an excellent early pregnancy unit and also offer Manual Vacuum aspiration for miscarriages. Besides performing all minimally access procedures and open gynaecology surgery for benign gynaecology, since 2015 we have been awarded the status of an accredited Endometriosis centre (accreditation renewed annually for complex, deep endometriosis) and we get tertiary referrals from within and outside NE London.This is an exciting time to join the team at Royal London Hospital who are renowned for their cutting edge innovative services, including personalised care. The post holders will be expected to work closely with the obstetrics and gynaecology leadership team delivering national and local initiatives, in order to deliver outstanding care to the women of Tower Hamlets and beyond. It is intended that the post holder will be competent in high-risk obstetrics and able to work in a busy, tertiary unit.About usBarts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.Job description
Job responsibilitiesPlease refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.Person Specification
Education
Essential

• Full GMC registration
• MRCOG or appropriate qualification
• ATSM Advanced LW practice ATSM Labour Ward Lead ATSM Colposcopy/BSCCP accreditation
• Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of advisory appointments committee)
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of the Advisory Appointments Committee.

Desirable

• PhD MD or equivalent
• Evidence of research

Experience
Essential

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in relevant specialty
• Experience as independent colposcopist
• Experience of working with stakeholders
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

• Active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training
• Active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training

Skills
Essential

• Experience of teaching and supervising junior medical staff
• A track record in Quality improvement
• Experience in Clinical Audit

Desirable

• Formal training in quality and improvement methodology

Personal
Essential

• Good interpersonal skills and a caring attitude to patients
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses.
• Good organisational skills
• A clear vision of safe maternity culture
• Commitment to delivering outstanding personalised care ensuring all women have safe positive experiences.
• Outstanding multidisciplinary teamwork

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Expected salary

£105504 – 139882 per year

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 23:43:44 GMT

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