Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant in SRH to join our well established team at Barts Health. You will work with Consultant, SAS and nursing colleagues across the full spectrum of SRH. Any necessary training and support will be provided and you will also have a role in supporting SRH trainees, CESR candidates and DFSRH trainees. You will primarily work at Royal London and Mile End Hospitals, but there may also be the chance to work at our Stratford Centre of Excellence. This is a substantive 10 PA post.
Main duties of the job
·The post holder will have a commitment to be available for 10 PAs each week. They will work as part of the Consultant body to support delivery of care, and training of the multidisciplinary team. They will work across the whole remit of SRH. This will involve work within the abortion service including performing surgical procedures in clinic and with GA in theatre, as well as FGM, menopause, complex contraception and integrated sexual health.
·The post holder will deliver general integrated sexual health clinics during which supervision and training will be provided to other clinical staff working in the clinic. The post holder will work with our TPD and training co-ordinator to deliver SRH teaching in clinic and elsewhere. There may also be the opportunity to participate in teaching of undergraduate medical students.
·The post holder will be an educational supervisor for CSRH trainees working on theBarts rotation
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To provide evidence – based care.
• To have regard at all times to the clinical and quality standards set out within Trust guidelines.
• To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with colleagues within the department, other clinical specialities within the Trust particularly gynaecology, General Practitioners, community services, and all healthcare agencies.
• To maintain and promote team and multi-disciplinary work, working closely and regularly with the consultant medical staff.
• To provide cover for annual and study leave colleagues so far as is practicable,
• Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.
• The post holder will be expected to devote substantially the whole of his/her professional time to this appointment and to give it priority on all occasions..
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. FSRH SSM in ultrasound or equivalent if CCT is not in CSRH
2. Full General Medical Council (GMC) registration with a licence to practice
3. LoC in IUT and SDI if CCT is not in CSRH
4. MFSRH
5. On specialist register or a Specialty or portfolio pathway Trainee who is within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC’s specialist register by date of interview
6. Faculty Registered Trainer or meets eligibility criteria
7. STIF intermediate or equivalent
Desirable criteria
8. Dip GUM
9. GCP
Experience
Essential criteria
10. Experience of working in an abortion service
11. Experience of working in an integrated sexual health service
12. Experience of safeguarding adults and children procedures and management
13. Experience of providing services to young people including under 16s
14. Experience of provision of complex contraception
Desirable criteria
15. Experience of gynaecology ultrasound
16. Experience of working in multi- ethnic & multicultural communities
17. Experience in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
18. Experience of conducting research in the field of sexual health/HIV
Skills
Essential criteria
19. Ability to develop good working relationships
20. Evidence of ability to provide surgical abortion up to 14 weeks
21. Good organisational skills
Desirable criteria
22. Ability to provide surgical abortion >14 weeks
23. Good teaching skills
24. Ability to provide MVA
Knowledge
Essential criteria
25. Ability to support service development
26. Ability to provide level 1-2 STI management including genital dermatoses
Commitment to Clinical Governance / Improving Quality of Patient Care
Essential criteria
27. Evidence of leading quality improvement
28. Evidence of interest and experience in teaching all members of MDT
29. Experience leading the clinical audit process and an understanding of its aims
30. Clinical governance: Understanding of the clinical governance process
31. Track record of engaging in clinical governance