Consultant Gynaecologist - North East England, United Kingdom - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Consultant Gynaecologist - Special Interest in Cancer Unit/Diagnostics (Consultant) - Obstetrics and Gynaecology - The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Tyne and Wear

The post is aimed at a highly flexible candidate who is able to offer excellent care in diagnostic cancer services and complex operating.

The interested candidate will understand national NHS targets and offer efficient cancer care through a multidisciplinary approach and liaising with the regional oncology MDT.

The expansion will attract an individual who is patient centred and keen to work with the team to flexibly cover theatres, 2 week wait cancer clinics to enable best use of resource and deliver a 52 week service.

Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee.

This expansion post aims to consolidate cancer diagnostics: delivering a flexible 52 week service and fully utilising theatres, 2 week wait clinics and diagnostics to achieve an excellent service for our patients.

The candidate should demonstrate independent working and excellent laparoscopic skills to drive improvement within the cancer service.
Dr Michelle Russell (Clinical Director)

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Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country.

This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment.

We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients.

We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Provide expert opinion on patients with general gynaecology problems and take independent responsibility for their clinical care.

• Manage general gynaecology and the diagnostic cancer service. Contribute to the general organisation and running of the Gynaecology services within the Trust, working in close collaboration with colleagues.
• Participate in the departmental on-call for general gynaecology with a 1 in 12 rota.
• Co-Lead the diagnostic oncology service.
• Assist the Heads of Department, Directorate Manager and Clinical Director in the timely investigation of complaints – working to provide reports within the timeframe set out by Trust policy
• Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
• Participate fully in all aspects of Clinical Governance including audit and risk management.
• It is a condition of employment that so far as is reasonably practicable, all employees must minimise the risk of infection to themselves, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors and, in so doing, must:

o be familiar with, and adhere to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control
o include infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development

o take personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care acquired infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently by you and your colleagues.

Undertake administrative duties in relation to the care of his/her patients and in relation to the running of the Departments of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology in co-operation with the Heads of Department, Specialty Manager and Clinical Director.

The Trust welcomes and encourages research as a high profile activity that compliments the service provided. The emphasis being studies that fall within the National Institute of Health Research Portfolio.

Participate in the teaching of undergraduate medical students from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in all parts of the course but specifically in stage 3 and 5 during the attachments in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

• Active involvement in the clinical supervision of all postgraduate trainees in the department with specific responsibility for a small number of individuals as educational supervisor under the direction of the college tutor.
• The incumbent will be expected to contribute to the teaching of ATSM and subspecialty trainees.
• Participate in the teaching and training of any other health care professionals within the directorate

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