Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology with Special Interest Colposcopy (2024)

Barts Health NHS Trust

The closing date is 28 October 2024

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Job summary

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 Colposcopy

The 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 job

In 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 us

Barts 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.

Date posted

10 October 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

259-MED01473RLH

Job locations

Royal London Hopital

Whitechapel Rd.

London

E1 1FR

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please 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

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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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