Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist in Fertility and Gynaecology to join a friendly and dynamic team based at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital.
This is a permanent post
This is a busy DGH with around 4500 deliveries a year in the beautiful county of Shropshire. You will support the running of the Fertility Unit at a senior level, and undertake oocyte retrieval, embryo transfer and surgical sperm retrieval. You will also run gynaecology clinics and outpatient hysteroscopy sessions independently, and assist in gynaecology theatres. This is a great opportunity to gain senior experience in the field of O&G in this consultant led and delivered service.
Contribution to an out of hours on call rota for the IVF unit (1 in 4 weekends) is core to this role.
Main duties of the job
Clinical
- Day to day running of the Fertility Unit
- Gynaecology theatre sessions with a consultant
- Independent gynaecology and outpatient hysteroscopy clinics
- Participation in the department teaching, audit, and educational activities
- Dedicated CPD/SPA time to focus on your ATSM or CESR application if appropriate
- To enhance clinical skills, especially in the assessment and management of acutely ill patients.
- To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
- To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
- To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
Working For Your Organisation
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The indicative job plan may be modified to suit the needs of the post holder as well as the service. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the 1 in 4 Fertility on call rota which is a job planned activity. There will be approximately 60 flexible sessions in this post which will be used to cover annual leave for colleagues and well as other vacant clinical sessions at the direction of the clinical lead for Fertility or the Gynaecology CD. The overall post will be 10PAs.