Employer: Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Croydon University Hospital
Town: Thornton Heath
Salary: Clinical activities relevant to NHS post
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Senior Clinical Fellow - Early Pregnancy Unit
Croydon is a busy, exciting and diverse place to work. The borough has one of the youngest populations in London and continues to grow.
Croydon Health Services cares for local people at Croydon University Hospital, Purley Memorial Hospital and in clinics and people’s homes all across the borough.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organisation where everyone of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset and so through Listening into Action – our way of engaging staff - we empower everyone at any level to initiate and bring about real improvements in our care.
Join us and be a part of the team that is making Croydon proud. #choosecroydon
Job Overview
This is a fixed term post in Obstetrics & Gynaecology with effect as soon as possible.
The post offers senior registrars or post CCT fellows an opportunity to consolidate their training in benign gynaecology, benign surgery and acute gynaecology. The successful applicant will receive training in the management of benign gynaecological conditions including medical, surgical, and psychological components of the disorders. The doctor will also be expected to maintain the local database and take part in research activity. In addition, he/she will take a leadership role in the management of the Acute Gynaecology Service and gain skills in gynaecology scanning. Obstetrics skills will be maintained by participation in the on-call rota.
Main Duties of the Job
The duties under Consultant supervision include the following:
* Taking part in regular EPU Clinics with multidisciplinary team
* Coordinate and manage acute gynaecology pathway, including ‘hot clinic’
* Perform and supervise surgical management of gynaecology emergencies
* Attending main theatre and day surgery and performing procedures under consultant supervision
* Manage the monthly MDT meetings
* Engage in research activities, either existing or candidates own research.
* Supervision and day-to-day care of junior doctors working in EPU
Working for Our Organisation
Croydon Health Services provides integrated NHS services to care for people at home, in schools, and health clinics across the borough as well as at Croydon University Hospital and Purley War Memorial Hospital.
CUH provides more than 100 specialist services and is home to the borough’s only Emergency Department and 24/7 maternity services, including a labour ward, midwifery-led birth centre, and the Crocus home birthing team.
Purley War Memorial Hospital (PWMH) in the south of the borough offers outpatient care, including diagnostic services, physiotherapy, and ophthalmology services run by Moorfields Eye Hospital, alongside an onsite GP surgery.
Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals, and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon, and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
On-Call Duties
The unit offers a two-tier system for junior doctors. The successful applicant will work on the middle-grade rota. The job includes nights and weekends on call. There is a regular weekend on-call and approximately three nights monthly.
Emergency Cover
The Junior Doctor accepts that he/she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the Duty Consultant, in conjunction where practicable with his/her colleagues, both senior and junior.
It has been agreed between the professions and the DHSS that while junior staff accept that they will perform such duties, it stresses that additional commitments arising under this sub-section are exceptional and that Junior Staff should not be required to undertake work of this kind for prolonged periods on a regular basis.
Person Specification
* GMC registered
* Relevant NHS and overseas experience
* Relevant Clinical knowledge
* MBBS or equivalent, MRCOG
* Relevant ATSM (experience in obstetric ultrasound)
* Relevant training for the post
Skills and Experience
* Previous experience in O & G
* More than 4 years as registrar
* Training relevant to post
Equal Opportunities Statement
We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates as there is an under-representation at senior level within Croydon Health Services NHS Trust.
Benefits
We offer many flexible and part-time working opportunities and all of our substantive & Fixed Term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, including parking, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery, and a cycle to work scheme. We value diversity and promote equality of opportunity.
Details on Application Process
Please note that no job offer or volunteer placement will be made until satisfactory references have been received. You are asked to provide email addresses for all referees and ensure their accuracy before submitting your application.
If you need to discuss any reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act, require the application form in a different format, or would like advice regarding the recruitment process, please email the South West London Recruitment Hub.
In submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process, if applicable, should you be appointed.
We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.
Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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