Clinical Fellow in Gynaecology Rapid Access

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide High Quality Care to Patients in Obstetrics, and Gynaecology

- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.

- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.

- To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.

- To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.

Research, Teaching and Training

- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.

- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.

- To participate in regular post-graduate gynaecology teaching sessions.

Performance Management

To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:

- Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates.

- Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates

- Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team

- Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.

- Clinical audit

Medical Staff Management

- To participate in team objective setting as part of the annual job planning cycle.

- To support more junior medical staff where required/appropriate.

Governance

- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.

- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.

- To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national initiatives.

- To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.

- To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Divisional Director/ Clinical Director.

- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

Strategy and Business Planning

- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.

- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Divisional Director/Clinical Director.

Leadership and Team Working

- To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national initiatives.

- To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Imperial College as required.

- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.

- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.

- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• On GMC's register with a Licence to Practice
• Part 1 MRCOG
• At least 4 years training in Gynaecology

Desirable

• Part 2 MRCOG

Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Experience in Gynaecology and Gynaecology rapid access
• Achieved RCOG ST4 to ST8 competencies or equivalent
• IT Skills and computer literacy

Teaching & Training

Essential

• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates/postgraduates and junior medical staff

Audit

Essential

• Understanding of principles of clinical audit

Desirable

• Evidence of interest and experience in participating in audit

Interpersonal skills

Essential

• Excellent written and spoken communications, ability to build rapport, work with others, persuade and negotiate
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
• Able to work as part of a team

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

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Hammersmith Hospital

72 Du Cane Rd,

London

W12 0HS

Employer's website

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