Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology - Gynaecological Cancer

We are looking to appoint a full-time Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a specialist interest in Gynaecological Cancer, including diagnostic and treatment activities (2week-wait clinics, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, surgery).

If successful you will contribute to the leadership of the Gynaecology Oncology service, with attendance at relevant MDTs and the MSE steering group. Working across the MSE to deliver service change and quality improvement.

You will be expected to cover labour ward on a rotational basis along with antenatal and ambulatory gynaecology clinics, elective and emergency theatres. You'll also be actively involved in the clinical governance aspects of the directorate and the trust, including risk management and CNST.

So, if you are looking for a role that gives you the opportunity to be at the helm of positive change, please apply today.

• Provide a consultant-led service in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (O&G)
• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team to offer expert opinion and considerate advice to women with complications in any stage of pregnancy and acute gynaecology.
• Provide training for trainees in the specialty of O&G
• Evolve and write, in line with Trust governance policies, pathways for patients seen within the O&G service.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to undertake a senior role in the general provision of Obstetric and Gynaecological Services at Basildon Hospital and MSE.
• Provide senior leadership in the management of high-risk patients antenatally, intrapartum and postpartum in close co-operation with other specialties.
• To provide gynaecological oncological services in outpatients, theatre and emergency care.
• Facilitate the triage of emergency gynaecology operations as per NCEPOD recommendations to avoid operating out-of-hours (i.e., 17h00 to 08h00) whenever feasible. Consultant in Obstetrics and attend all theatre cases to perform surgery, unless satisfied a trainee is competent to perform the operation with indirect supervision.
• Assessment and delivery of immediate medical attention of deteriorating elective post-op gynaecology patients.
• Obstetric on call commitments as part of the departmental on call rota (1 in 14).
• Support obstetric colleagues with advice/ surgical assistance
• Support the Emergency Surgical Consultant with consultant gynaecological opinion/ ultrasound.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest trusts in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well-led, high-performing and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve.

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

We will deliver safe and high-quality services and be an employer of choice for our workforce.

We are ‘one team, working together’.

For more details of this rewarding and interesting role with a team that is not only dedicated to delivering a top-quality service to all we care for, but also invested in your career, please refer to the main job description and person specification

The job description has been approved by the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology