Consultant Gynaecological Oncology

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 10 February 2025

Job summary

You will be joining a team consisting of 4 Consultants, 3 of whom are subspecialty accredited Gynaecology Oncologists and 1 Consultant Gynaecologist, Cancer and Colposcopy Lead. The team is currently based at Cheltenham General Hospital, although outpatient clinics are held at Gloucester Royal Hospital, Worcester Royal Hospital and Hereford County Hospital.

The gynaecology (GO) service is based at CGH and is co-located with the oncology centre, elective colorectal surgery, urological surgical oncology, the robotic suite (X,XI, 3 consoles, SimNow), interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and elective intensive care. Frozen section is performed on site. PET scanning is based in an adjoining facility. There is no general surgical or gynaecological take based at CGH. Our paradigm is for maximal surgical effort cytoreductive surgery, and these cases are routinely admitted to ICU for a minimum of 24 hours with no cancellations due to bed capacity having occurred in the last 4 years. We are currently submitting our case for HIPEC to the board and have agreed as an MDT that it is important that we offer this a centre. Pinpoint and Firefly are available for sentinel node detection. A handheld ICG scanner is available for open cases.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be a subspecialty accredited Gynaecological Oncologist. The postholder will provide specialist Gynaecological oncology services, including theatres, outpatient clinics, colposcopy and On-call together with appropriate teaching and supervision of resident doctors and medical students.

Integral to the responsibilities of this post are the following objectives:

To ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To work in accordance with our trust's procedures and operating policies
To support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children Division and our Trust
To work within the framework of team decisions
To take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services
To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility

About us

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershireas well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

The Gynaecological Oncology service covers patients from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire with a population of approximately 1.4 million.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.

*Figures based CCG data on the number of people registered at a GP surgery in Gloucestershire

Date posted

13 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-25-CONSGYNONC

Job locations

Cheltenham General Hospital

Sandford Road

Cheltenham

GL53 7AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential qualifications:

Full GMC registration

MBBS or equivalent

MRCOG

Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)

RCOG Subspecialty Accreditation in Gynaecological Oncology or equivalent

Desirable qualifications:

Qualification in healthcare management or leadership

ATSM in vulval disease

Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to specialty

Essential clinical experience:

Clinical training and experience in Gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT

Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).

Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team

Ability to lead emergency Gynaecology services in and out of hours

Desirable clinical experience:

Experience in change management and innovation

Experience in robotic surgery

Experience in vulval disease, including multidisciplinary working

Motivation and attitude:

Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships.

Enthusiasm for teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team.

Ability to provide a role model and to inspire and develop junior medical, and nursing staff.

Ability to work independently as well as part of the directorate and to balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole.

Evidence of self-motivation and ability to organise own CME and CPD needs.

To attend outlying hospitals as required and ability to fulfil travelling requirements associated with the post

Prepared to stay within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the base hospital when on call.

Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for emergency Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology

Personal skills:

Caring attitude to patients

Honesty and reliability

Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances

Ability to work under stress

Communication skills, written and verbal

Ability to work in multi-professional team

Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm

Enquiring, critical approach to work

Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, communities and other agencies

Essential Research and publications:

Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems

Desirable Research and publications:

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

MD or equivalent

Essential Information Technology:

IT skills: Word processing, excel database, literature searching

Leadership and Management:

Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice
Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project

Quality management

Ability to manage risk

Ability to manage change

Ability to deal with complaints

Commitment to CPD / CME

Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal

Essential Teaching:

Training in teaching skills

Experience of facilitating multi-professional simulation training

Ability to teach clinical and operative skills

Desirable Teaching:

Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates