Consultant in Gynaecology (Reproductive Medicine)

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Consultant in Gynaecology (Reproductive Medicine)

Barts Health NHS Trust are currently welcoming applications for a full time 10PA consultant to join the Centre for Reproductive Medicine, based at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

The Fertility service at Barts Health is one of the largest NHS services and has excellent clinical results. The Centre receives referrals for secondary and tertiary diagnosis and treatment, and offers a wide range of services, including all forms of male and female outpatient diagnostic assessment, assisted reproduction technologies including IUI, IVF, ICSI, sperm and ovum donation, a full range of sperm retrieval techniques, and male and female fertility preservation for acute and chronic conditions including oncological. The Centre also offers specialised menopausal, gynae-endocrinology and andrology clinics, and general benign gynaecological and reproductive surgery

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join the senior team of three Subsepciality trained consultants and two Specialist grade doctors in providing a complete range of services, as well as managing and training junior medical and nursing staff. The post holder will be expected to participate in all activities of the consultant-led general fertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) service, including outpatient clinics, theatre lists and IVF procedures (egg retrievals, embryo transfers, fertility scanning etc.). The successful candidate will also support the senior team in providing on-call cover for the Reproductive Medicine service during nights and weekends on a 1:6 basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To be an active member of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and help deliver the departmental mission of excellence in clinical care and teaching.

To contribute to the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and high-quality evidence-based Reproductive Medicine service, with continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care.

Be responsible for a clinical caseload, ensuring highest quality of clinical care.

To provide clinical leadership within the Reproductive Medicine service.

To participate and lead in Clinical Audit activities, which is an essential and regular part of clinical practice and CPD.

To participate in the Trust’s clinical governance activities, as well as the specific HFEA requirements for a tertiary centre, and to encourage and foster improvements in the quality and standards of clinical services.

To play an active role in facilitating clinical research, including the supervision of junior staff in the development of their research training and programmes.

To liaise effectively and on a timely basis with General Practitioners, Community Services and all health care agencies, as well as clinical colleagues across the Trust.

To continually improve on clinical performance, developing protocols and clinical guidelines.

Participate in the weekly process of vetting of referrals from GPs, secondary referrers and internal referrals.

To have responsibility for ensuring that serious untoward incidents, incidents and near misses are appropriately reported into the Trust’s risk management systems.

To work with departmental and directorate managers to achieve relevant performance targets, e.g., waiting times, booked admissions and other national initiatives.

To undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients in their charge and the running of their clinics.

To attend weekly team multidisciplinary team meetings.