A Vacancy at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow (Senior Registrar) in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a hugely exciting opportunity for ambitious and focussed individuals looking to develop and further their careers in an outstanding organisation. Most of our fellows' progress to consultant positions within the UK and abroad. We have fellows from many countries including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, the Middle East and India.
You will participate in our ST6-7 Obstetrics & Gynaecology rota which includes cover for first on-call obstetrics and gynaecology (with ST1-5 and consultant support); obstetric elective lists; wards; and clinics. This role is designed to support our obstetrics and gynaecology services, ensuring a safe and fully staffed rota. In turn, post-holders will gain exposure to a breadth of learning opportunities across our services as well as opportunity to develop experience in specialist interests. As senior registrars there are opportunities to develop your leadership skills and undertake quality improvement projects and audits. We expect that this post will expose you to the breadth of obstetrics and gynaecology cases and prove an invaluable experience.
We have a variety of specialist lines across our Senior Registrar rota, details of the specific line available can be discussed with the hiring manager.
Our Maternity Unit delivers around 6600 women per year, with a mixture of general and specialist pathways being delivered antenatally and postnatally. We provide a comprehensive Gynaecology service, containing a dedicated Early Pregnancy and Acute Gynaecology Unit, a standalone Gynaecology Outpatient environment, and elective operating at St Thomas' and Queen Mary's Hospiital Sidcup.
We have an exceptional reputation for education with protected time for teaching and consultant led educational supervision, and excellent opportunities to develop skills in all areas of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (clinical, research, educational and service improvement leadership). There is an international reputation for research and development in maternal medicine, assisted conception and prematurity.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
You will be First on call (with an ST1-2 and an ST3-5) for obstetrics and the first on-call for gynaecology, with consultant at home as part of the trainee rota which is EWTD compliant and has protected time for training. You will be expected to participate on the year ST6-7 rota. To apply you must have MRCOG Part 3 plus at least 24 months experience as a Registrar (ST3-5) in a recognised RCOG unit.
Applicants must be fully registered with the GMC.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Apr 2025