Senior Clinical Fellow in Emergency Obstetrics and Fetal MedicineNHS

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellows (Senior Registrar) in the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. This post is initially for 6 months, with opportunity to extend to 12 months and further if there is satisfactory progression.

This is a hugely exciting opportunity for ambitious and focused individuals looking to develop and further their careers in an outstanding organisation. Most of our fellows progress to consultant positions within the UK and abroad.

We are a leading NHS organisation both nationally and internationally, and offer PG Doctors the opportunity to develop in our range of outstanding sub-specialist areas.

Main duties of the job

Our Maternity Unit delivers around 6400 women per year, with a mixture of general and specialist pathways being delivered antenatally and postnatally. We provide a comprehensive Gynaecology service, containing a dedicated Early Pregnancy and Acute Gynaecology Unit, a standalone Gynaecology Outpatient environment, and elective operating at St Thomas' and Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup.

We have an exceptional reputation for education with protected time for teaching and consultant led educational supervision, and excellent opportunities to develop skills in all areas of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (clinical, research, educational and service improvement leadership). There is an international reputation for research and development in maternal medicine, assisted conception and preterm birth.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Job description

A unique opportunity has arisen to join a fellowship consisting of eight highly-trained and motivated senior clinicians who have almost completed their training and are looking for clinical leadership experience prior to acquiring their consultant jobs or who are in the process of completing their CESR qualifications. This post combines working within our world-renowned maternal and fetal medicine units and our busy high-risk emergency obstetric unit. This job is ideal for those who want to build on their fetal and maternal medicine experience, by participating in both the inpatient and outpatient management of numerous complex pregnancies requiring a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach. Applicants for this job are expected to have an excellent grounding in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and are currently working in the UK, or another similar healthcare setting, as a Senior Registrar for at least 24 months.

These roles provide an ideal opportunity to pursue special interest training, for example: maternal-fetal medicine, fetal medicine/intermediate training in obstetric ultrasound, high risk obstetrics, etc. This position is ideal for those wanting to progress their CESR/portfolio pathway applications or are already post-CCT and wish to prepare for maternal/fetal consultant jobs.

The post-holder will be encouraged to register for and to complete relevant RCOG SITMs. It will also be suitable for those who have completed RCOG SITMs and wish to maintain and further their skills in a tertiary centre with excellent facilities and infrastructure under renowned supervisors. The post-holder should have also completed the MRCOG Part 3 Exam and have minimum 24 months UK/similar healthcare setting experience at Senior Registrar (ST6-7) level.

About us

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best-known hospitals, Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield, as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and, as part of King's Health Partners, we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have on of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

As the only NHS Trust in London with women's and specialist children's services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. Our directorate provides high quality care to patients across Southeast London, as well as delivering a range of specialist services both nationally and internationally. We treat approximately 40,000 gynaecology patients and deliver 6,400 NHS births and 350 private births a year.