SHO for Gynaecology

Job summary

The appointee will be required to undertake all aspects of clinical care within this very busy department supporting the consultants in the management of the gynaecological elective and emergency workload. If appointed you will be working in a busy and demanding but supportive department where you will have access to a wide variety of clinical caseloads.

The emergency gynaecology workload has increased with the reconfiguration of Emergency Departments across North West London. There is an emergency gynae/early pregnancy unit at Northwick Park and an early pregnancy unit at Ealing Hospital. Acute pelvic sepsis is common and emergency theatre cases varied, providing opportunities for experience in managing such cases.

Ealing has facilities for clinics, gynaecology theatres, day case and in patient wards. NPH is a busy acute hospital in Harrow with a purpose built maternity unit including delivery suite, obstetric HDU, in-patient facilities, day assessment and clinic facilities. There is a level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care unit. Gynaecology in patient and theatre facilities are located within the main hospital. Both hospitals have comprehensive imaging facilities including CT and MRI suites.

Main duties of the job

There is a committed educational department with weekly SHO tutorials, MDT's, weekly oncology MDT's, weekly emergency gynaecology MDT.

The rota covers

o Gynaecology clinics

Theatres

o Labour ward

Gynaecology on calls

Early Pregnancy Unit

The rota is Band 1a and compliant with EWTD.

In clinics the ST1/2 is additional to the service needs and will be allocated new patients and supervised as part of the learning process.

In theatre the role of the ST1/2 is educational and they may or may not assist. Career grades will be encouraged to learn procedures in greater detail; GP VTS trainees will be encouraged to learn about what may happen to patients they refer in the future.

Depending on service needs, there may be the opportunity to attend Northwick Park Hospital to gain experience in Obstetrics.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.