Kingston & Richmond Hospital is a very busy and popular acute general hospital. We serve a population of about 320,000 in Kingston, Esher, Richmond, Roehampton, Putney and other parts of South West London. We provide a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare particularly in 'patient-focused' care and maternity services. Following an inspection of key services and the Trust's leadership in spring 2018, the Care Quality Commission gave Kingston Hospital an 'Outstanding' rating for Overall Quality, Caring and Well-led and 'Good' rating for Safety', 'Effectiveness' and 'Responsiveness'.
We are looking to appoint a dynamic Locum Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician with an interest in gynae-oncology to complement our existing team. We have a busy outpatient gynaecology service offering the full range of diagnostic and therapeutic outpatient gynaecological services. This is a maternity cover post to support our gynae-oncology team. The gynae-oncology team includes two consultants, two clinical nurse specialists in gynae-oncology, and a dedicated administrative co-ordinator. The successful candidate will be expected to support the local MDT, alongside our substantive gynae-oncologist, gynaecology radiologist, histopathologist and MDT co-ordinator and be involved in the regional MDT.
The area surrounding the hospital is one of the most attractive "green" areas in the outer London region, almost entirely surrounded by river, three Royal Parks and open countryside. It is 12 miles from the centre of London and 10 miles from Heathrow airport. There are good road and rail links with Central London and there is a large commuter population.
This post includes gynaecology clinic, gynaecology operating, colposcopy, and acute gynaecology cover. The post holder will also contribute to the well-established and busy Obstetric service with day-time labour ward cover and caesarean section lists. They will participate in the out of hours on call cover for both obstetrics and gynaecology. We are currently providing 98 hours of onsite delivery suite cover per week.