Senior Clinical Fellow ST3 + in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The Clinical Fellow posts will work on the middle grade rota providing labour ward and emergency gynaecology cover at the RAEI site to include resident night and weekend shifts. They will work in gynaecology outpatients and antenatal clinics on both Leigh and Thomas Linacre Centre sites.

They will have specific interest sessions that they will undertake on a regular basis which may include Colposcopy and Menopause clinics & benign gynaecological surgery with the ability to develop their expertise in these areas.

Main duties of the job

Planning and Organisational Duties

The appointees will be based at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, but will be required to support the Trust's Obs & Gynae workload wherever it is located. The appointee will work under supervision of their clinical and educational supervisor. The appointee will work independently but would be supported by consultant surgeon. Appointees shall be provided for support career progression and would be allocated a clinical supervisor

The general workload includes dealing with emergency admission while on-call and elective cases.

The appointees will be responsible for:

Providing specialist advice to patients regarding their illness

Participate in on-call rota

Undertake regular ward rounds

Other duties as deemed appropriate by the Clinical Director / Clinical/Educational Supervisor

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.