Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus on call)
- Job ref
- 151-WPHCON-15
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wexham Park Hospital
- Town
- Slough
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
O&G Consultant UroGynaecology
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This post is for a substantive Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a special interest in Urogynaecology and will work closely with 3 other Consultants in the Trust with this special interest.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has 2 acute hospital sites, Wexham Park Hospital (WPH) and Frimley Park Hospital (FPH), both with busy Maternity Units and Emergency Departments and a range of other services. In addition, a new “state of the art” pure elective unit (Heatherwood Hospital) was opened in 2022. FHFT serves a population of nearly 900,000 and is the only acute Trust is its ICS which is Frimley Health ICS.
The post holder will undertake their on-call and Obstetric commitments at Wexham Park Hospital. It is anticipated that the post holder will undertake their Urogynaecology clinics at Heatherwood Hospital. This will include urodynamics and procedure clinics including cystoscopy, Botox and outpatient incontinence interventions. Inpatient surgical operating sessions will be scheduled at both WPH and Heatherwood Hospitals plus opportunity to operate at FPH. The Trust gained full GIRFT accreditation in 2023.
Main duties of the job
The allocation of programmed activities will be based on 8.5 for direct clinical care and up to 1.5 for supporting professional activities. The job plan will be agreed with the Chief of Service and the Chief Executive or his/her representative following discussion within the Directorate. The pattern of work may alter in the future to meet changing needs and annual review meetings will take place in line with the consultant contract, job planning and appraisal arrangements.
The proposed timetable, which has some degree of flexibility will include per week:
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Urogynaecology Gynae Clinic
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1.0 PA |
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Gynae/Urogynaecology Theatre list
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1.5 PA |
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Urogynae special interest
e.g. urodynamics / outpatient cystoscopy & procedures |
1.0 PA |
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Urogynaecology MDT/admin/ virtual patient contact
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1 PA |
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Gynaecology OPD
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0.25 PA |
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Antenatal Clinic
|
1 PA |
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Out of hours (including resident consultant night 1.3/month)
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2.8 PA |
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SPA’s
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1.5 PA |
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the on-call rota for Obstetrics and Gynaecology at WPH which includes a 1 in 20 “hot week/Consultant of the week” commitment and as well as working 5 weekends a year participating in both non-resident on-call weekends and 12 hour Consultant resident shifts on the Labour Ward Saturday and Sunday daytime.
Teaching: Participate fully in ST1/2, FY2 and specialist registrar teaching, undergraduate teaching of students from Southampton University, Brunel University and University of Surrey Medical Schools and the American University of the Caribbean. Some of this teaching will occur in the specially designed “Dry Skills Laboratory” and Simulation Suite located in the Postgraduate Centre.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Entry on Specialist Register (CCT or entry expected within 6 months of interview date) or, for Mediated Entrants, entry on Specialist Registrar prior to application • MRCOG or equivalent
- • MRCOG or equivalent
- • ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice and evidence of relevant experience in specialist areas of interest
Desirable criteria
- • Clinical research in the fields of special interest • Publications relevant to the fields of Obstetrics
- • Participation in multidisciplinary team activities • Experience of Obstetric Governance and Patient Safety and Quality reviews
- • Ability to manage and lead specialist unit, directorate and working parties as appropriate • Research or publications in area of special interest
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Have a commitment to working within Trust policies and procedures as guided by the Chief of service
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of Obstetric Governance and Patient Safety and Quality reviews
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Desirable criteria
- • Ability to manage and lead specialist unit, directorate and working parties as appropriate
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
- Balvinder Sagoo
- Job title
- Deputy Chief of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006-150026
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