Clinical Fellow - ST3-5

Job description

Job responsibilities

Junior Doctors:

The junior doctors in the obstetrics and gynaecology service are on 3 rotas as follows:

1. ST6/7 rota (1 in 8 rota)

• 4 deanery trainees
• 1 subspecialty trainee in feto-maternal medicine
• 3 clinical fellows

1. ST3-5 rota (1 in 8 rota)

• 5 deanery trainees
• 1 MTI trainee
• 2 clinical fellow

1. The Acute Gynaecology rota (1 in 8)

• 4 Acute Gynaecology Fellow
• 2 Day Assessment/ Fetal Medicine Unit
• 1 colposcopy fellow
• 1 oncology fellow

In addition there are 4 clinical fellows at equivalent to ST1/2 grade provide weekday cover (0900-1700) and 1 in 4 weekend cover (0900-1300).

ESSENTIAL

DESIRABLE

Qualifications and Training

Full registration 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

Full MRCOG

Evidence of publications

ALSO course or equivalent

Experience

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

Demonstrate a range of ideas for further research within specialist areas

Evidence of developing evidence based services in obstetrics eg audit, guidelines or service development.

Skills

Able to function at ST3-5 level on delivery suite

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.

Able to perform acute gynaecology procedures ( diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic salpingectomy, SSM)

Personal

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

An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses.

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

With nearly 8,500 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St Georges Hospital in Tooting one of the countrys principal teaching hospitals is shared with St Georges, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St Georges Hospital also hosts the St Georges, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals across the region.

St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

A number of our services are members of established clinical networks which bring together doctors, nurses and other clinicians from a range of healthcare providers working to improve the quality of services for patients. These include the South London Cardiac and Stroke Network and the South West London and Surrey Trauma Network, for which St Georges Hospital is the designated heart attack centre, hyper-acute stroke unit and major trauma centre.

We provide healthcare services at:

Hospitals:

St Georges Hospital, Tooting

Queen Marys Hospital, Roehampton

Therapy centres:

St Johns Therapy Centre

Health centres:

Balham Health Centre

Bridge Lane Health Centre

Brocklebank Health Centre

Doddington Health Centre

Eileen Lecky Clinic

Joan Bicknell Centre

Nelson Health Centre

Stormont Health Clinic

Tooting Health Clinic

Tudor Lodge Health Centre

Westmoor Community Clinic

Prisons:

HMP Wandsworth

We also provide services in GP surgeries, schools, nurseries, community centres and in patients own homes.

By delivering vibrant programs ofresearch and education, we make sure that our staff are able to consistently provide the excellent clinical care for our patients. We are committed to providing the highest quality education programs for our staff, partners, GPs and student doctors and nurses, and to driving lasting improvements in patient care across south London by through research and innovation.

As a leading UK teaching hospital we aspire to improve patient safety, patient experience and outcomesthrough excellence in our provision of education andtraining for the staff, students and trainees with whom we work. We have formed a strong alliance with StGeorges, University of London (SGUL), to enable innovative developments in practice, research andeducation.

We aim to:

• Ensure development of a competent and capableworkforce
• Be a national leader in multi-professional training
• Implement innovative training pathways
• Be a field leader in patient safety training
• Play a leading role in the South London LocalEducation and Training Board (LETB)
• Ensure the infrastructure and facilities support thedelivery of excellent education

Research

Research interests on the combined Medical School and Hospital site are wide-ranging and increasingly strong, (a 70% increase in external grants and contracts announcements has been achieved since 1997) encompassing a spectrum from basic science investigations to applied clinical and health services research. It is the Schools explicit intention to link basic and clinical research in order to capitalise on their co-location on a single site. The School has a strong tradition of giving younger investigators the intellectual space to develop their careers. Positive interdisciplinary and interdepartmental interactions are the norm.

Operational Management

In addition, the Clinical Directorates are supported by the following support function Directorates: Finance Human Resources Operations, Information & Computing, Estates and Nursing.

Person Specification

Qualifications & training

Essential

• Full registration 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

• Full MRCOG
• Evidence of publications
• ALSO course or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• 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

• Demonstrate a range of ideas for further research within specialist areas
• Evidence of developing evidence based services in obstetrics eg audit, guidelines or service development.

Skills

Essential

• Able to function at ST3-5 level on delivery suite

Desirable

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience
• Able to perform acute gynaecology procedures ( diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic salpingectomy, SSM)

personnel

Essential

• 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

• An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Georges University Hospital

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)