Job summary
- Main area
- Gynaecology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 321-CON-MS- 6330570-S5
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Gynaecologist with an Interest in Colposcopy
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
Applications are invited to apply for the above post in the Gynaecology Departments at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is a substantive consultant post. The department is seeking a capable and motivated doctor who wishes to effect change and improve care for patients within this service
The post holder will join an existing team of NHS gynaecologists/ Gynae-oncologists and University of Oxford Clinical Academics, who together provide both a local gynaecology service to the population of Oxford and a highly specialist tertiary service in Gynae-oncology, urogynaecology, reproductive medicine and endometriosis. This post is a Trust wide position and some clinical sessions may be at the Horton Hospital in Banbury in addition to the John Radcliffe Hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust provides gynaecology services across three sites (John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, Horton Hospital Banbury and the Churchill Hospital, Oxford). The successful applicant may be required to work across all sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake colposcopy (including some GA lists), general gynaecology clinics and outpatient hysteroscopy. Surgical lists and clinics may be at the John Radcliffe or the Horton Hospital in Banbury
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust provides gynaecology services across three sites (John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford, Horton Hospital Banbury and the Churchill Hospital, Oxford). The successful applicant may be required to work across all sites. The post holder will be expected to undertake colposcopy (including some GA lists), general gynaecology clinics and outpatient hysteroscopy. Surgical lists and clinics may be at the John Radcliffe or the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching and examining clinical students, and training junior doctors. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep themselves fully up-to-date with his/her relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
Management
The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his /her patients and the running of his/her clinical service under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.
Person specification
Professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary medical qualification
- MBBS/MBCHB
- MRCOG/FRCOG
- Full GMC registration
- Relevant CCT or equivalent (equivalence must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC) at the time of starting in post
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligi-bility for entry within 6 months of the date of AAC
Desirable criteria
- Higher medical degree
Professional Training
Essential criteria
- At least one gynaecology ATSM or equivalent
- BSCCP accreditation
Desirable criteria
- ATSM or equivalent in hysteroscopic surgery
communication
Essential criteria
- Good written English. Highly developed communication and interper- sonal skills, including ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and midwives
Personal attributes
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the OUH Trust Values
- Enthusiasm to work under pressure
- Supportive and tolerant
- Caring attitude to patients
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development
- Willingness to work flexibly across different sites within the Trust
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Transport: Full Driving license
Work Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of competence in the management of colposcopy patients
- Evidence of competence in managing benign gynaecology patients
- Competence in operative outpatient hysteroscopy
Organisataion and management experience and Professional - extra skills or achievements
Essential criteria
- Effective administrative and time management skills.
- Evidence of leadership of service improvement project leadership within a gynaecology setting
- Evidence of having implemented change within the clinical setting
- Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Training in clinical management
- Evidence of authorship of clinical guidelines at a local or national level
Teaching and Research skills
Essential criteria
- Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training for O&G trainees
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of ability to teach practical skills eg colposcopy, hysteroscopy
- Peer reviewed publications within the preceding 5 years
Clinical Governance
Essential criteria
- Evidence contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of undertaking serious incident investigations
- Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie De Zoysa
- Job title
- PA to Gynaecology Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865221263
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