Junior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This role involves providing high-quality health care, participation in clinical governance, and engaging in teaching and research. Applicants must possess relevant medical qualifications and previous NHS experience is preferred.

Benefits

Comprehensive training and development programs

Supportive work environment fostering diversity

Qualifications

• Must have full current GMC registration.
• Previous NHS Service is essential.
• Completed ALS, ATLA or APLS is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality health care in Women's Health.
• Participate in clinical audit and educational meetings.
• Contribute to the development of service protocols.

Skills

Research and audit methods

Clinical governance

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualifications

MRCOG part 1

BSc or other further post graduate qualification

Job description

Junior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

The purpose of this post is to provide extensive training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

• To participate in on call rota as a JCF.
• To participate in audit and research.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
• To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality health care for patients referred to the
Women's Health department for diagnosis and treatment.
To participate in educational and audit meetings and meet
CPD requirements.

To provide cover for colleagues during periods of annual leave.

To support the Hospital's Clinical Governance Strategy and to participate in clinical audit.

To provide prompt effective advice for General Practitioners if necessary.

To contribute towards the development of protocols within the hospital and in conjunction with the community services as necessary.

To participate in departmental meetings and activities.

To contribute to the development of the service.

To provide continuing training for Clinical staff as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

Widening access (anchor institution) and employability

Improving the experience of staff with disability

Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Department of Women's Health Services provides a comprehensive Obstetrics and Gynaecology service rated 'Good' by Care Quality Commissioners for local residents. In addition to the full range of general services there are also a number of established subspecialty activities in the fields of Fetal Medicine, Minimal Access Surgery, Gynaecological Endocrinology and Gynaecological Oncology.

The Department is fully committed to women's choice and autonomy, and midwifery management of normal pregnancy. There is currently a particularly skilled group of midwifery managers leading the process of change in midwifery practice. The obstetric practice is, however, generally high risk due to the nature of the local population, requiring significant medical involvement in a substantial proportion of pregnancies.

The Gynaecological services are very busy and well supported across the trust. All the major operating is conducted in Lewisham Hospital site while Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich mainly functions as Day case surgery. All theatres are well equipped with minimal access operating systems in newly refurbished operating theatres. The Gynaecological services has well established minimal access surgical team across the trust providing expertise in advanced laparoscopic surgeries

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualifications MRCOG part 1
• Full current GMC registration

Desirable criteria

• BSc or other further post graduate qualification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Previous NHS Service

Desirable criteria

• Completed one of the following courses: ALS, ATLA or APLS

Research Knowledge

Essential criteria

• A knowledge of research and audit methods

Desirable criteria

• GCP certification

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 384.3KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)
• Visa and Certificate of Sponsorship Information for Applicants (PDF, 3.8MB)

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