Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

A dynamic department with 20+ motivated consultants supported by resident doctors. The obstetric unit is busy, dealing with high risk pregnancies with around 5000 deliveries / year. Consultant Gynaecology clinics are held at Medway Maritime, Sittingbourne and Sheppey Hospitals.

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.

There are surgical wards used for elective cases and emergency admissions. An Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic is held on weekdays in conjunction with a Gynaecology Assessment Unit. The EPAC is led by senior nurse who performs transvaginal scanning.

Regular inpatient and day case operating lists run throughout the week.

Emergency cases are booked on CEPOD list. Majority of benign gynaecology surgeries are laparoscopic. There are opportunities to advance laparoscopic skills, hysteroscopy skills and urogynaecology surgeries.

There are specialist clinics for Infertility, Colposcopy, Outpatient Hysteroscopy and Urodynamics.

The post will be based at the Medway NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, although you will be expected to work at any of the Trusts sites (Sittingbourne and Sheppey Hospital) .

The job is a combined Obstetrics and Gynaecology rota. On call are full shifts.

You will be supported by On call consultant who is resident on site 08.30 hrs 21.30 hrs andnon resident from 21.30 08.30hrs.

There is routine ward work, Consultant rounds, antenatal clinics, gynaecology outpatient clinics and operating sessions.

We have Medical students from Kings College School of Medicine, and Kent and Medway Medical School. Post holder is expected to actively participate in teaching for these medical students.

Post holder should actively participate in the different multidisciplinary meetings in the department. (CTG meetings, Audit, Perinatal, etc)

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.

The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

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.

Qualifications

Essential: - Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise; - IELTS, or graduate of a UK Medical School (essential); - MBBS (or equivalent); - MRCP/MRCS or ALS

Desirable: - MRCOG completion

Knowledge and Experience

Essential: - O & G knowledge at Registrar level; - Understanding of audit; - Minimum 2 years UK experience at registrar level (or equivalent).

Skills