Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
Consultant in Obs & Gynae with experience in Benign Gynaecological Surgery
Women and Children Division
Consultant
£99,532 - £131,964 per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a Consultant in Obs & Gynae who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a substantive full-time NHS Consultant appointment at the Women’s Care Group at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent.
This post is in a busy department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The successful candidate will provide a Consultant-led and delivered care in different aspects of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The candidate is expected to have worked independently in clinical settings managing gynaecological outpatients for benign conditions, outpatient procedure clinics day surgery and inpatient theatres.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide support to the busy Obstetric and Gynaecology unit. The on-call commitments will include Gynaecology hot week emergency cover as well as supporting the on-call rota for delivery suite. During on-call, all other clinical committmkents are cancelled. Private practice should cease during on-call. Extra support is available from senior consultsnrts in complex cases. Your weekly obstetric session and gynaecology theatre sessions should serve to maintain your skills in emergency obstetrics and emergency gynaecology.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical lead for Gynaecology, within 3 months commencement of the date of appointment. This will be signed off by the Chief Executive officer and will be effective from commencement of the appointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration – on Specialist Register or have less than 6 months until specialist registration
- MRCOG or equivalent qualification
- ATSM in benign gynaecological surgery/ equivalent
Knowledge/experiance
Essential criteria
- Experience in working in busy O&G department
- Experience in managing complex cases in benign gynaecology
- Experience in independently performing advanced minimal access gynaecological surgery
- Experience in independantly managing common obstetric and gynaecological emergencies
- - Must be on the specialist register or within 6 months from obtaining CCT at the time of interview
- - Experience in managing Obstetric care and and complex benign gynaecology
- - Experience in independent management of common complications in obstetrics and gynaecology
- - Knowledge about risk management and clinical governance
- - Experience of teaching junior medical staff
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Hany Habeeb
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Mr P Krishnamoorthy, Clinical Lead for Gynaecology Services -
OR
Samantha Chapman, General Manager for Women’s Health - [email protected]
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