Sub-Specialty Trainee in Gynaecological Oncology (ST6-7)

Job overview

The post will be as a full-time year 6/7 SpR in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, primarily working within the Department of Gynaecological Oncology.  The post-holder will predominantly work in the Gynaecological Oncology service receiving further training to complete Sub-Specialty training.

As this is an SST post, an additional application questionnaire must be completed. After submitting your application on Trac, please note down your application reference number. Please then complete the attached Application Questionnaire and send it to [email protected] with your TRAC APPLICATION NUMBER.

Main duties of the job

They will gain experience in managing Gynaecological cancer patients by participating in multidisciplinary meetings and managing Oncology patients on the ward and in outpatients. The training programme is a modular training programme covering the RCOG subspecialty training curriculum. The rota does involve some Obstetric cover out of hours but the Obstetric cover is delivered in a way to minimise the impact on Gynaecological Oncology Sub-Specialty training.

The post-holder will participate in the resident on-Call rota for Senior Registrars (ST6/7) in both Obstetrics and gynaecology, when they will be expected to do Obstetrics at a senior level (third-on call). Sub-specialty fellows will be expected to provide active senior medical input into the management of pre-operative/post-operative patients and Gynaecological emergencies.

The post-holder will be expected to have passed MRCOG part 3 (or equivalent) and completed at least 3 years at registrar or equivalent level in an RCOG approved unit. The post will include supervision and teaching of more.

Communication and inter-personal skills are very important in this post and the post-holder will be expected to exhibit the highest possible standards in communication with patients, their families, consultants, junior medical staff midwives and nurses since multi-professional team-working forms the foundation of our patient focussed service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see job description attached for further information.

As this is an SST post, an additional application questionnaire must be completed. After submitting your application on Trac, please note down your application reference number. Please then complete the attached Application Questionnaire and send it to [email protected] with your TRAC APPLICATION NUMBER.