Job summary
Consultant in Obs & Gynae with experience in Rapid Access Gynaecology
Consultant
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum/pro rata
*One of your referees should be the Medical Director / Chief Medical Officer of your most recent NHS employer (or their nominated deputy), or equivalent for applicants from outside of the NHS.
For applicants from outside of the NHS, referees to validate a period of three consecutive years of employment.
For internal candidates, your referees should be your Clinical Director and Clinical Lead.
For applicants who are still in a training post, or have completed training within the past year and have not worked in a non-training NHS role since then, a reference from EACH of your two most recent Educational Supervisors.
We are recruiting for a Consultant in Obs & Gynae who shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a substantive full-time NHS Consultant appointment at the Women's Care Group at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent.
This post is in a busy department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The successful candidate will provide a Consultant-led and delivered care in different aspects of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The candidate is expected to have worked independently in clinical settings managing gynaecological outpatients for benign conditions, outpatient procedure clinics day surgery and inpatient theatres.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide support to the busy Obstetric and Gynaecology unit. The on-call commitments will include Gynaecology hot week emergency cover as well as supporting the on-call rota for delivery suite. During on-call, all other clinical committmkents are cancelled. Private practice should cease during on-call. Extra support is available from senior consultsnrts in complex cases. Your weekly obstetric session and gynaecology theatre sessions should serve to maintain your skills in emergency obstetrics and emergency gynaecology.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical lead for Gynaecology, within 3 months commencement of the date of appointment. This will be signed off by the Chief Executive officer and will be effective from commencement of the appointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will provide support to the busy Obstetric and Gynaecology unit. The on-call commitments will include Gynaecology hot week emergency cover as well as supporting the on-call rota for delivery suite. During on-call, all other clinical committmkents are cancelled. Private practice should cease during on-call. Extra support is available from senior consultsnrts in complex cases. Your weekly obstetric session and gynaecology theatre sessions should serve to maintain your skills in emergency obstetrics and emergency gynaecology.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical lead for Gynaecology, within 3 months commencement of the date of appointment. This will be signed off by the Chief Executive officer and will be effective from commencement of the appointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration - on Specialist Register or have less than 6 months until specialist registration
- MRCOG or equivalent qualification
- ATSM in benign gynaecological surgery/ equivalent
Knowledge/experiance
Essential
- Experience in working in busy O&G department
- Experience in managing complex cases in benign gynaecology
- Experience in independently performing advanced minimal access gynaecological surgery
- Experience in independantly managing common obstetric and gynaecological emergencies
- Experience in managing Obstetric care and and complex benign gynaecology
- Experience in independent management of common complications in obstetrics and gynaecology
- Knowledge about risk management and clinical governance
- Experience of teaching junior medical staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration - on Specialist Register or have less than 6 months until specialist registration
- MRCOG or equivalent qualification
- ATSM in benign gynaecological surgery/ equivalent
Knowledge/experiance
Essential
- Experience in working in busy O&G department
- Experience in managing complex cases in benign gynaecology
- Experience in independently performing advanced minimal access gynaecological surgery
- Experience in independantly managing common obstetric and gynaecological emergencies
- Experience in managing Obstetric care and and complex benign gynaecology
- Experience in independent management of common complications in obstetrics and gynaecology
- Knowledge about risk management and clinical governance
- Experience of teaching junior medical staff
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
