Senior Clinical Fellow - Reproductive Medicine w/General O&G

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join the Reproductive Medicine team within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department at the West Middlesex University Hospital Site

We wish to appoint a suitably trained and experienced doctor, ideally with some NHS experience, as a Senior Clinical Fellow with a special interest in Reproductive Medicine. The post will provide specialised training towards the independent management of subfertility patients in a secondary setting and will include training in follicle tracking, ovulation induction and secondary level assisted reproductive techniques such as super-ovulation and IUI. We also have a joint IVF satellite service with The Fertility Centre at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and the post will involve training in the planning, monitoring and cycle management of these patients. The IUI, oocyte collection and embryo transfer procedures are undertaken at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and it will be important to work closely with the team there. There may be opportunities to do some procedures in The Fertility Centre but no formal training in oocyte collection etc will be offered. During the post, the Fellow will have the opportunity to undertake regular audits within the department and will be registered with the HFEA and aid in submitting the annual S/O and IUI audits.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a committed and enthusiastic trainee to join our friendly team providing subfertility services to our local population. The successful applicant will be trained up over the first few weeks in follicle tracking, ovulation induction (O/I) and superovulation and intra uterine insemination (S/O and IUI) with a view to independent practice following this.

The post holder will also be supported in performing acute emergency gynaecology procedures such as complex SMM under ultrasound guidance, laparoscopic salpingectomy/salgingotomy for tubal ectopic pregnancies and other acute gynaecology procedures. Training will provided in hysteroscopy and Gynaecological Endocrinology as well as secondary level Subfertility management. The IUI and oocyte collection and embryo transfer procedures are undertaken at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and it will be important to work closely with the ACU team there. There may be opportunities to do some procedures in the ACU but no formal training in Oocyte Collection etc will be offered.

The Fellow will have the opportunity to undertake regular audits within the department and will aid in submitting the annual S/O and IUI audits.The post-holder will be involved with research within the subfertility, early pregnancy and gynaecology departments and if interested, there will be the opportunity to submit for ethics approval to conduct their own original research in future years if the post is extended.

About us

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.