Consultant in Gynaecology - Specialist Interest in Gynae Oncology

Consultant in Gynaecology - Specialist Interest in Gynae Oncology Consultant

Main area Gynaecology Grade Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (On calls required) Job ref 200-CW-370-CA

Site St Georges Hospital Town London Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 06/11/:59

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for south west London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services.

With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.

Co-located with St George's, University of London and with both organisations now in a formal strategic alliance with King's Health Partners, the trust delivers with its partners high quality research and education both of which contribute to the healthcare provision of tomorrow.

Acute and tertiary health services are delivered from over 1,000 beds across two sites, by around 8,000 staff.

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a major acute hospital that offers very specialist care for complex injuries and illnesses, including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke. It has a helipad which opened in spring 2014 and the work of its emergency department can currently be seen on Channel 4's '24 Hours in A&E' programme. The hospital also provides all the usual care you would expect from a local NHS district general hospital.

We also provide services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton. These include outpatient rapid diagnostic and treatment facilities, a minor injuries unit, limb fitting services and 70 elderly, intermediate care and rehabilitation beds.

As well as hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist, maternity and community services to children, adults, older people and people with learning disabilities. These services are provided from St John's Therapy Centre, 11 health centres and clinics, schools, nursing homes and people's own homes. The trust also manages the healthcare service at HMP Wandsworth.

Job overview

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to be part of our Gynaecology oncology services. The job is advertised as a full-time substantive position.

The appointed individual will be part of the Gynaecology on call consultant team and able to deliver unit oncology services. We require an individual with expertise in gynaecological oncology, transvaginal scanning, outpatient hysteroscopy, general gynaecology skills.

Although the post is gynaecology based the successful candidate will be expected to provide assistance with our high-risk Placenta Accreta Service (PAS) when needed and on call.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should demonstrate strong skills in working independently and within the care group in collaboration with other relevant clinical departments within a multidisciplinary team. The post is suitable for candidates who hold the RCOG subspeciality training in Gynecology, Oncology orthose with strong background and previous experience in the field.

Working for our organisation

• With nearly 9000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
• Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital hosts the St George's, 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 George's 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, totaling 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.
• 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 Southwest London and Surrey Trauma Network, for which St George's Hospital is the designated heart attack centre, hyper-acute stroke unit and major trauma centre.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed description of the roles and responsibilities applicants are advised to see attached Job Description and Job Plan.

Person specification Qualifications & Training

• Full registration the General Medical Council (GMC) or eligible for full registration if applying from abroad
• Currently on the specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 3 months of the closing date
• RCOG ATSM/SITM in Gynaecology Oncology
• Training in transvaginal scanning, outpatient hysteroscopy
• An MD or PhD
• Subspeciality training in gynaecology Oncology
• Consultant experience in working at a cancer unit
• BSCCP accreditation
• Publications

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
• Evidence of experience in gynaecological cancers
• Evidence of experience in transvaginal scanning
• Evidence of experience in gynaecological surgery including laparoscopic surgery for gynaecological cancers
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Evidence of developing evidence-based services in obstetrics and gynaecology e.g. audit, guidelines or service development.
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.
• Evidence of peer-reviewed publications in the field of oncology
• Evidence of undertaking quality improvement work
• Evidence of initiating research and training programmes

Skills

• Able to function at consultant level when on-call
• Able to deliver independently as unit cancer surgeon
• Relevant and ATSM modules
• Skills in ambulatory gynae clinics

Personal

• Organisational and IT skills
• Ability to work in a team
• Good interpersonal skills and a caring attitude to patients
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• An awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses.
• Demonstrate a range of ideas for further research within specialist areas

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust - being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful - and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email or via NHS Jobs.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of you pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require atleast one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.