Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology - Chertsey, United Kingdom - Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Chertsey, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology:
Deputy Colposcopy Lead and Two Week Rule Gynaecology

The department is developing rapidly and this post is part of the second phase of medical recruitment.

The department has existing clinical leads for both Colposcopy and Two Week Rule gynaecology, and it is expected that the successful post holder will support both clinically and managerially.

The post holder will have a long term commitment to the Colposcopy service and will work with the existing teams to support and develop the services.

The department is a Cancer unit with links to the regional unit that is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital.

There are existing local MDTs at ASPH and regional MDT for Oncology at Royal Surrey.

The post holder will support the remainder of the department in providing high quality care across Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

This substantive post attract 10 PAs in an 8.

5:1.5 split and includes a 1 in 16 non-resident on call rota and a 1 in 16 consultant of the week duty.

Flexibility in job planning is a key part of the role. We pay particular attention to work-life balance and the job plan reflects this. Applicants wishing to work part time will also be considered.

Please note that Interviews will be held in person.

Deliver clinical, educational, managerial services of the highest professional standard at Consultant level.

Work with consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality, well-led service for patients in accordance with Trust policies and practices.

Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients.

The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department.

Assessment of in-patients as per Consultant of the Week (CoW) model

Provide consultant cover in ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings and ante-natal clinics.

Consultants will be expected to review potential admissions and develop triage strategies to ensure early investigations and treatment of patients is achieved.

Have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover.

Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties.

Engage with co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care.

Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit and clinical governance activities involving a multi-disciplinary workforce. a

Participate in the professional training of the staff. Teaching and training will require verification of teaching certification.

Undertake any other duties appropriate for a consultant.

Ashford and St.

Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH.

We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre.

We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce.

Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

The remit of the post holder is to join the current team of two gynaecological oncologists (one part time) who lead our Gynaecology Cancer and TWR sessions and our existing Consultant Colposcopy lead, with support from a clinical nurse specialist and a senior clinical fellow.

This is a new consultant post that will work in collaboration with the existing leads for TWR gynaecology and Colposcopy.

The successful post holder would be required to take on the role of deputy clinical lead for Colposcopy and have long term commitment to the ASPH Colposcopy service.

Additionally, the post holder will have a central role in supporting the departmental TWR service and will work with the existing lead in managing the PTL and supporting both the local and regional gynaecological cancer MDT meetings.

The job plan will support the provi