Senior Clinical Fellow in Fertility Centre

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Clinical Fellow, The Fertility Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen within The Fertility Centre at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust for an experienced Clinical Fellow.The position would provide an opportunity for the successful candidate to develop advanced clinical competence in the management of infertility and assisted conception, supervised by Mr Dimitrios Nikolaou and the other fertility Consultants.

The clinical role involves day to day assessment and management of infertility, ultrasound scanning, assisted conception procedures and outpatient clinics. The duties of this post would include, among else, coordination of clinical, teaching and research meetings, maintaining ongoing audits and clinical guideline development. Previous experience and basic competency gynaecology ultrasound is desirable but not essential. The appointment is for 12 months subject to a satisfactory review at 6 months.

The position is full time and available to start fromMay 2024

Main duties of the job

To discuss the position or arrange and informal visit please contact Mr Dimitrios Nikolaou, Mr Norman-Taylor or Miss Maclaran (Service Director). Candidates are advised to read the attached job description, which includes the selection criteria and details on how to apply.

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 arePROUD to Carefor 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.

Date posted

29 April 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£37,068 to £57,570 a year + London Weighting.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

289-SCD-SCF-0394

Job locations

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

369 Fulham Road

London

SW10 9NH


Job description

Job responsibilities

This full time post will be crucial for the day to day running of the unit, with intimate knowledge of the care of the patients. The work will be mainly clinical work in the fertility unit, but also sessions in the gynaecology fertility clinics.

The post holder will liaise very closely with the consultants and their NHS and private secretaries to facilitate and coordinate the journey of each patient.

There is no on-call componentfor this post the hours are Monday Friday 0900-1700.

Duties will include:

  • Being present and prepared each morning for the briefing sessions lead by the consultant for the day. This preparation includes knowing the patients for the planned procedures.
  • Trans abdominal and transvaginal scanning
  • Being present and prepared for the multidisciplinary team meetings. This includes preparing patients for presentation and discussion, knowing the details of their case and arranging for the appropriate professionals, (urologist, endocrinologist etc.) to be present or their contribution to be presented during the meeting. Also recording the findings in the medical records and writing the patients as necessary.
  • Setting up and coordination of fertility treatments, especially IVF.
  • Organising and managing the NHS funding of fertility treatment in collaboration with the patient liaison officer. This includes completing and submitting application forms for funding.
  • Database update and clinical audit including the database for the Reproductive Ageing and fertility preservation programme. It is an essential part of the job to maintain databases according to the instructions of the supervisor, PR and service director..
  • To review all patients of the Unit who have been admitted as inpatients on the gynaecology ward on a daily basis. The coordinator will see these patients at least once a day and keep the consultants up to date.
  • Outpatient sessions in general infertility and IVF
  • Participation in the Quality Management program within TFC is a fundamental part of the post holders duties.
  • Performing some procedures in the treatment room, such as saline scans, endometrial scratch and intrauterine insemination. There will also be opportunities for training in egg collection and HyCoSy.
  • Ensure the continued running of the service.
  • Maintaining the spreadsheet with the staff allocation for clinics and treatment room (rota) and liaising with the appropriative administrators for booking clinics and theatres.

The post holder will be responsible to the consultants who form the clinical lead team, i.e. Mr Nikolaou Mr. Norman-Taylor and Miss Kate Maclaran and accountable to Mr Dimitrios Nikolaou.The post-holder will always be supervised, either directly or indirectly and will always report to the nominated Consultant for each session, wither outpatient or theatre.

A formal review of clinical progress will be carried out at regular intervals using the units competency tool.

Job description

Job responsibilities

This full time post will be crucial for the day to day running of the unit, with intimate knowledge of the care of the patients. The work will be mainly clinical work in the fertility unit, but also sessions in the gynaecology fertility clinics.

The post holder will liaise very closely with the consultants and their NHS and private secretaries to facilitate and coordinate the journey of each patient.

There is no on-call componentfor this post the hours are Monday Friday 0900-1700.

Duties will include:

  • Being present and prepared each morning for the briefing sessions lead by the consultant for the day. This preparation includes knowing the patients for the planned procedures.
  • Trans abdominal and transvaginal scanning
  • Being present and prepared for the multidisciplinary team meetings. This includes preparing patients for presentation and discussion, knowing the details of their case and arranging for the appropriate professionals, (urologist, endocrinologist etc.) to be present or their contribution to be presented during the meeting. Also recording the findings in the medical records and writing the patients as necessary.
  • Setting up and coordination of fertility treatments, especially IVF.
  • Organising and managing the NHS funding of fertility treatment in collaboration with the patient liaison officer. This includes completing and submitting application forms for funding.
  • Database update and clinical audit including the database for the Reproductive Ageing and fertility preservation programme. It is an essential part of the job to maintain databases according to the instructions of the supervisor, PR and service director..
  • To review all patients of the Unit who have been admitted as inpatients on the gynaecology ward on a daily basis. The coordinator will see these patients at least once a day and keep the consultants up to date.
  • Outpatient sessions in general infertility and IVF
  • Participation in the Quality Management program within TFC is a fundamental part of the post holders duties.
  • Performing some procedures in the treatment room, such as saline scans, endometrial scratch and intrauterine insemination. There will also be opportunities for training in egg collection and HyCoSy.
  • Ensure the continued running of the service.
  • Maintaining the spreadsheet with the staff allocation for clinics and treatment room (rota) and liaising with the appropriative administrators for booking clinics and theatres.

The post holder will be responsible to the consultants who form the clinical lead team, i.e. Mr Nikolaou Mr. Norman-Taylor and Miss Kate Maclaran and accountable to Mr Dimitrios Nikolaou.The post-holder will always be supervised, either directly or indirectly and will always report to the nominated Consultant for each session, wither outpatient or theatre.

A formal review of clinical progress will be carried out at regular intervals using the units competency tool.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 3 years experience in general O&G
  • Infertility/IVF Management

Desirable

  • Egg Collection Experience
  • Experience in minimal access surgery

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant Medical Degree
  • Full Registration with the GMC
  • MBBs

Desirable

  • MRCOG

Skills

Essential

  • Good broad based knowledge / surgical experience in O&G.
  • Appropriate clinical and technical skills and abilities. Willingness to learn and use Hospital Information Support System (HISS)
  • IT experience- word, excel, internet.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with patients and all staff appropriately
  • Gynaecological ultrasound

Desirable

  • Counselling experience
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • 3 years experience in general O&G
  • Infertility/IVF Management

Desirable

  • Egg Collection Experience
  • Experience in minimal access surgery

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant Medical Degree
  • Full Registration with the GMC
  • MBBs

Desirable

  • MRCOG

Skills

Essential

  • Good broad based knowledge / surgical experience in O&G.
  • Appropriate clinical and technical skills and abilities. Willingness to learn and use Hospital Information Support System (HISS)
  • IT experience- word, excel, internet.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise with patients and all staff appropriately
  • Gynaecological ultrasound

Desirable

  • Counselling experience

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).

Additional information

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

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

369 Fulham Road

London

SW10 9NH


Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

369 Fulham Road

London

SW10 9NH


Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Service Director/ Consultant

Kate Maclaran

kate.maclaran@nhs.net

02033152718

Date posted

29 April 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£37,068 to £57,570 a year + London Weighting.

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

289-SCD-SCF-0394

Job locations

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

369 Fulham Road

London

SW10 9NH


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