Consultant Gynaecologist

Eurofins; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement

Pension Plan

Life Assurance Scheme

Job summary

Eurofins is seeking an experienced medically qualified gynaecologist to lead intimate care and women’s health studies on a flexible basis. You will act as PI/Medical Investigator, review protocols, oversee safety and regulatory sign-off, and collaborate with the Eurofins Alba clinical team to ensure ethical, high-quality study conduct.

Responsibilities include professional input on adverse events, study documentation and participant safety, while maintaining up-to-date credentials and ethical

Qualifications

• Medically qualified gynaecologist with GMC registration.
• Strong knowledge of women’s health and clinical assessment principles.
• Ability to prescribe or authorise emergency medication where allowed.
• Understanding of participant safety, confidentiality and ethics.
• Ability to document observations clearly and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Act as Principal Investigator or Medical Investigator for intimate care and women's health studies.
• Review study protocols, amendments and documentation.
• Review, approve and sign study reports requiring gynaecological oversight.
• Provide specialist gynaecological input for related studies.
• Oversee protocol-specific gynecological assessments and safety reviews.
• Advise on participant suitability and safety findings.
• Maintain professional competence and collaborate with Eurofins Alba team.
• Undertake other consultant duties as required.

Skills

Gynaecology expertise

Clinical assessment

Documentation

Participant safety

Medical oversight

Education

GMC registration

Job description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.

If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins.

Job Description

We are looking to connect with experienced professionals who can support ourClinical Studies of Intimate Care and Personal Care Products on a flexible basis. Flexibility and the ability to work around evolving study schedules are important.

• Acting as the nominated Principal Investigator or Medical Investigator for intimate care, personal care and women’s health-related studies, where required by the study design, sponsor requirements or applicable regulatory expectations. This may include specialist clinical oversight, review of adverse events or clinically significant findings, participant safety considerations, and approval/signature of study documentation where appropriate.
• Reviewing study protocols, amendments and relevant study documentation.
• Reviewing, approving and signing study reports or documentation where professional gynaecological oversight is required, and "approval" claims will be made.
• Providing specialist gynaecological oversight for studies involving intimate care products, feminine hygiene products, personal care products or related cosmetic products.
• Conducting or overseeing protocol-specified intimate health or gynaecological assessments at agreed study timepoints.
• Recording clinical observations and assessment outcomes accurately.
• Advising on participant suitability, intimate health considerations and clinically relevant findings.
• Reviewing and interpreting clinically relevant findings, including irritation, discomfort, tenderness, redness, abnormal symptoms or other intimate health observations.
• Where required for study conduct and participant safety, providing appropriate specialist medical input regarding the availability, prescribing, authorisation, administration or oversight of prescription-only medicines and emergency medications, including anaphylaxis arrangements. This must be undertaken only where within the consultant’s professional scope of practice, legal authority, training and agreed study/site procedures, including any applicable requirements for controlled drugs.
• Reviewing and management of deviations, adverse events or clinically significant findings or participant-reported symptoms and advising on appropriate follow-up or escalation.
• Providing expert consultancy on equipment, room layout and study procedures, particularly given increasing requirements relating to decontamination and clinical environments.
• Providing advice on appropriate gynaecological instruments, equipment and any requirements associated with study conduction area.
• Maintain current professional competence, registration, training and knowledge within their field of expertise, including relevant gynaecology, women’s health, intimate care, participant safety, clinical research, ethical practice and professional standards.
• Working with the Eurofins Alba clinical team to ensure studies are conducted to appropriate ethical, quality and safety standards.
• Undertaking any other consultant duties commensurate with the nature and responsibility of the role as reasonably required.

Qualifications

• Medically qualified gynaecologist with current registration with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Strong knowledge of women’s health, intimate care and clinical assessment principles.
• Ability and authority, where required, to prescribe or authorise relevant emergency medication in accordance with professional registration, legal requirements and site procedures.
• Understanding of participant safety, confidentiality and ethical clinical practice.
• Ability to document clinical observations clearly and accurately.
• Ability to provide specialist gynaecological input for intimate care, personal care and women’s health-related studies.
• Ability to conduct or oversee protocol-specific gynaecological evaluations where required.
• Ability to assess clinically relevant intimate health observations relating to comfort, tolerance, irritation potential, suitability and participant safety.
• Strong observation and documentation skills.
• Ability to communicate gynaecological findings clearly to the clinical study team.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accurate study-related documentation.
• Professional, ethical and participant-focused approach.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with the Eurofins Alba clinical and laboratory teams.
• Flexible and reliable approach to study scheduling and on-site attendance.
• Ability to work independently while following agreed study procedures.
• Current or recent experience practising as a gynaecologist or within a relevant women’s health clinical role.
• Experience working with patients, participants or volunteers in a professional clinical setting.

Additional Information

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:

• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
• Annual Leave Sellback Scheme
• Additional Annual Leave at Employees set service dates
• Company Pension Plan
• Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
• Healthcare Cash Plan (6+ months service)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity Schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
• Health and Wellbeing Programmes
• Worldwide career opportunities
• We also have in place rewards recognising the great work ouremployees deliver, their dedicated service and celebrating special life events.

What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.
Your data
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Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.

Weembracediversity!Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to our initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!