Job overview
Do you have a keen interest in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and want to optimise your chance to get into training?
Then this could be the perfect ‘fit’ for you!
We are offering the right candidate an opportunity to gain experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Our team would guide and support you in building on clinical skills and attributes essential in obstetrics and gynaecology.
If you are an overseas trainee with obstetrics & gynaecology experience and you are looking for an opportunity to enter training, this job is suitable for you.
Main duties of the job
What we Offer:
The opportunity to take an active role in the day to day running of the department – outpatient Gynae and antenatal clinics, main and day case theatre lists.
Chance to develop skills in minimal access skills and ambulatory gynaecology and colposcopy.
Chance to participate in audit & Research projects
Consultant support
Your life outside HHFT is important and the Trust are happy to consider applications with flexible working patterns that cater to individual requirements; this can be discussed at interview
Role Description:
This is a full time post available at Junior Doctor (MT03) level for a period of 6 months commencing as soon as possible with possible extension for further 6 months.
Working for our organisation
Services are based mainly within the Royal Hampshire County Hospital (RHCH), Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH), and Andover War Memorial Hospital (AWMH). Additional outpatient services
are provided across Hampshire.
Maternity
There are 2 similar sized consultant-led maternity units at BNHH and RHCH which together deliver 5500 women. In addition, Hampshire Hospitals’ Maternity Centre at Andover offers midwifery-led care and birth with a community birth rate above the national average. Antenatal care is provided within the hospital and the community by hospital staff, midwives, general practitioners and consultants. There are weekly antenatal clinics for diabetes, fetal and maternal medicine, specialist midwifery and external cephalic version.
Neonatal Services
Both acute sites provide Level 2 intensive care for babies above 27 weeks’ gestation. Mothers who are less than 27 weeks are usually transferred antenatally, or if delivered locally, stabilised and subsequently transferred to a Level 3 unit.
Gynaecology
General gynaecology clinics are held on most days on all sites. The Trust consistently meets its 18 week RTT and cancer targets. Several of the consultants have established ‘see and treat’ services and the Trust wishes
to develop this further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Full registration with GMC
2. Foundation year competencies
3. IELTS or equivalent if overseas
Desirable criteria
4. MRCOG Part 1 or equivalent
5. PROMPT or equivalent course
6. K2 or other CTG Training
Skills and Ability
Essential criteria
7. Good communication skills
8. Ability to interact well intellectually and personally with colleagues, patients and their relatives
9. Skills in working with cross-functional teams
10. Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
11. Evidence of self motivation
Clinical Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Able to clerk a patient, arrange basic investigations, discuss with registrar and manage emergency patients and escalate appropriately
13. Competent in assisting in the management of an unwell patient