Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology-Special Interest Subfertility

It is expected that the appointee will bring appropriate skills to the unit to assist in the development and improvement of gynaecology services; including subfertility clinics. The post holder will have responsibilities in the early pregnancy unit, subfertility clinics, with expertise to offer multiple out-patient gynaecological procedures inviting best practice tariff procedures. The post also requires the appointee to cover gynaecological theatres and emergency gynaecological operating out of hours. The post holder is expected to participate in the ongoing progressive transformation of services and will be expected to improve the existing service. The job plan will also include advice and guidance/referral assessment service, which is expected to improve the referral quality of patients being referred to hospital for gynaecological services, Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream, In Gynaecology, you will be required to run gynaecology clinics including one stop clinics and out-patient procedural clinics including out-patient fertility clinics. Trust aims to develop same day access to scanning for all emergency gynaecology patients to expedite their treatment pathway and reduce hospital admissions. The post holder is expected to participate in this change in services with ability to further transform out-patient gynaecological services. The post holder is also expected to train junior doctors in intermediate and advanced gynaecological surgery during working hours as well as out of hours. Senior consultants are accessible for support and this is encouraged.
Labour ward work, management of high-risk pregnancies and complex obstetrics theatre lists during on calls is pivotal to services and the post holder is expected to contribute to safe maternity services in line with the recent Ockenden review. Contribution to care of both inpatient and outpatient service is required. Willingness to work flexibly and to adapt to the changing needs of the service is essential. Multidisciplinary antenatal clinics may require cross cover.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

· Hold the CCT or Specialist Registration.
· Be competent in acute and elective general gynaecology services
· Be competent in Gynaecology scanning.
· Be competent at day case and in-patient surgery
· Demonstrate sound intellectual skills, evident by a professional training base, supplemented by a managerial qualification or experience.
· A willingness to accept responsibility, whilst providing high visibility leadership to a committed workforce.
· Understanding and experience of working on service improvement projects impacting service delivery
· An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with the ability to deploy them to best effect within a senior clinical and management team.
· A willingness to guide and advise colleagues in developing their service, whilst acknowledging their individual responsibility for such matters within the group.
· Good inter-personal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with good knowledge of and ability to use spoken and written English.
· An understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities that it implies.
· Knowledge, willingness to participate in clinical audit.
· Be expected to take an active role in clinical governance
· Be expected to play an active role in all activities within the department, clinical, teaching, audit, management and guideline work.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.