Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ST6)

Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ST6) NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Main area Obs and Gynae Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Mat Cover) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (6-12 months contract) Job ref 200-CW-372-KM

Site St Georges Hospital Town Tooting Salary £76,582 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/: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

The senior clinical fellow will work on the general obstetrics and gynaecology rota. This involves working a 1 in 8 on call rota on the senior registrar rota (ST6) comprising of 1 in 8 weekday nights (Monday to Thursday ) and 1 in 8 weekends of days (Saturday and Sunday ) and nights (Friday, Saturday and Sunday ). They will also work 4 long days on Delivery Suite (08.00-20.30) per 8 week cycle.

Main duties of the job

The day time duties will be on the senior registrar rota and will be tailored to the interests of the successful applicant. These will include antenatal, postnatal and gynaecology ward rounds, gynaecology and antenatal clinics, gynaecology theatres and elective caesarean section lists. It would be expected that the fellow would be given time for special interest sessions in their chosen field and would be encouraged to register for the relevant SITM. The daytime gynaecology cover is provided by acute gynaecology fellows who run the acute gynaecology unit between 0830 and 2100 daily. St George's maternity unit has a strong track record of training in intrapartum fetal monitoring using a fetal physiology and the senior clinical fellow would be expected to attend weekly training sessions.

Opportunities for special interest:

There are opportunities to develops a special interest would exist in fetal monitoring, advanced labour ward practice, ambulatory and benign gynaecology, and medical education.

Working for our organisation

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

At gesh we are committed to supporting flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss any flexibility they may need during the recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a full breakdown on the main responsibilities for the Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology position please see attached the full Job description.

Person specification Qualifications and Training

• Full registration the General Medical Council (GMC) or eligible for full registration if applying from abroad
• Up to date adult and neonatal resuscitation training
• Evidence of publications
• MOET course or equivalent

Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for ST6-7 level
• Experience in delivering care in a high risk delivery suite
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Demonstrate a range of ideas for further research within specialist areas
• Evidence of developing evidence based services in obstetrics eg audit, guidelines or service development.

Skills

• Able to function at ST6-7 level on delivery suite
• Able to perform acute gynaecology procedures ( diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic salpingectomy, SSM)
• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience.

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.

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.

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.

Name Ayona Wijemann Job title Consultant in Obstetrics and Maternal Medicine Email address Additional information

Provisional interview dates for post:

5 /6th October 2026

14th October 2026