Consultant Gynaecological Oncology

at  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

You will be joining a team consisting of 4 Consultants, 3 of whom are subspecialty accredited Gynaecology Oncologists and 1 Consultant Gynaecologist, Cancer and Colposcopy Lead. The team is currently based at Cheltenham General Hospital, although outpatient clinics are held at Gloucester Royal Hospital, Worcester Royal Hospital and Hereford County Hospital.
The gynaecology (GO) service is based at CGH and is co-located with the oncology centre, elective colorectal surgery, urological surgical oncology, the robotic suite (X,XI, 3 consoles, SimNow), interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and elective intensive care. Frozen section is performed on site. PET scanning is based in an adjoining facility. There is no general surgical or gynaecological take based at CGH. Our paradigm is for maximal surgical effort cytoreductive surgery, and these cases are routinely admitted to ICU for a minimum of 24 hours with no cancellations due to bed capacity having occurred in the last 4 years. We are currently submitting our case for HIPEC to the board and have agreed as an MDT that it is important that we offer this a centre. Pinpoint and Firefly are available for sentinel node detection. A handheld ICG scanner is available for open cases.
The postholder will be a subspecialty accredited Gynaecological Oncologist. The postholder will provide specialist Gynaecological oncology services, including theatres, outpatient clinics, colposcopy and On-call together with appropriate teaching and supervision of resident doctors and medical students.
Integral to the responsibilities of this post are the following objectives:
To ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies
To support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children Division and our Trust
To work within the framework of team decisions
To take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services
To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
The Gynaecological Oncology service covers patients from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire with a population of approximately 1.4 million.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.

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ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Full GMC registration
• MBBS or equivalent

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Qualification in healthcare management or leadership
• ATSM in vulval disease
• Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to specialty

ESSENTIAL CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

• Clinical training and experience in Gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team
• Ability to lead emergency Gynaecology services in and out of hours

DESIRABLE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:

• Experience in change management and innovation
• Experience in robotic surgery
• Experience in vulval disease, including multidisciplinary working

PERSONAL SKILLS :

• Caring attitude to patients
• Honesty and reliability
• Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
• Ability to work under stress
• Communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to work in multi-professional team
• Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, communities and other agencies

Please refer the Job description for details