Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties:
The clinical fellow will work on the general obstetrics and gynaecology rota. This involves working a 1 in 8 on call rota on the junior registrar rota (ST3-5) comprising of 1 in 8 weekday days (Monday-Thursday 0830-2100), 1 in 8 weekday nights (Monday to Thursday 2000-0830) and 1 in 8 weekends of days (Saturday and Sunday 0830-2000) and nights (Friday, Saturday and Sunday 2000-0830). During the period of time where the fellow is covering the Acute Gynaecology Unit, there may be a weekend where they cover the AGU on call. When not on call, daytime duties will be on the junior registrar rota, providing care to women in the wide range of services offered by the department; these duties will include antenatal, postnatal and gynaecology ward rounds, gynaecology and antenatal clinics, gynaecology theatres and elective caesarean section lists. The daytime delivery suite cover is by a junior registrar (ST3-5) and consultant. The daytime gynaecology cover is provided by acute gynaecology fellows who run the acute gynaecology unit between 0830 and 2100 daily. St George's maternity unit has a strong track record of training in intrapartum fetal monitoring using a fetal physiology and the clinical fellow would be expected to attend weekly training sessions.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
* Full registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) or eligible for full registration if applying from abroad
* MRCOG part 1
* Up to date adult and neonatal resuscitation training
Desirable criteria
* Full MRCOG
* Evidence of publications
* ALSO course or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for ST3-5 level
* Experience in delivering care in a high risk delivery suite
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable criteria
* Demonstrate a range of ideas for further research within specialist areas
* Evidence of developing evidence based services in obstetrics e.g., audit, guidelines or service development.
Skills
Essential criteria
* Able to function at ST3-5 level on delivery suite
Desirable criteria
* Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience
* Able to perform acute gynaecology procedures (diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic salpingectomy, SSM)
Personal
Essential criteria
* Organisational and IT skills
* Ability to work in a team
* Able to demonstrate leadership skills
* Good interpersonal skills and a caring attitude to patients
* Commitment to continuing medical education
Desirable criteria
* An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
* The machine readable zone
* An ultra violet image
* An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* Job description (PDF, 240.6KB)
* Person Specification (PDF, 160.6KB)
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