Locum Consultant Gynaecologist - (Gynaecological Oncology Unit)
Accepting applications until: 29-Jun-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Jun-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Guy's & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
- Cyfeiriad
- Great Maze Pond
- Tref
- London
- Cod post
- SE1 9RT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Locum: 8 weeks
- Oriau
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (JP includes working on alternate Saturdays)
Salary
- Gradd
- NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Gynaecological Oncology
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
The Gynaecological Oncology Department is looking for a full-time Locum Consultant for 8 weeks in Gynaecology with an interest in Gynaecological Oncology. The post holder will be expected to provide specialist Gynaecological Oncology unit services at Guy’s and St Thomas’ sites. Experience and a demonstrated ability of diagnosing Gynaecological Malignancy, performing out-patient ambulatory management of women with abnormal vaginal bleeding, diagnostic and therapeutic colposcopy, diagnostic surgery to identify gynaecological malignancy. Experience of research, audit and working within a well-established Gynaecological Oncology multidisciplinary team will be a requirement for the post.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a first class team in an active and progressive central London teaching hospital environment.
Advert
This job is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities per week on average to be carried out on Guy’s & St Thomas’ sites and includes on-call commitments and Saturday work.
This post will provide the appointee with extensive experience in the Urgent Suspected Cancer (USC) service.
Please read Job Description for full scope of the role, but main duties include:
Rapid Access Clinics
Diagnostic Theatres
Ward Round
Multi Disciplinary Team meetings
Clinical Review for patients (including triage and reviewing results)
On call 1:10 midweek nights
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
The team provides tertiary gynaecological oncology surgery for South East London (catchment area 2.1 million), unit level diagnosis and management of women with gynaecological malignancy and diagnostic and therapeutic colposcopy for women living in Lambeth and Southwark. The team are due to move from women’s services to the surgical oncology directorate. The outpatient diagnostic two week wait Rapid Access clinics and Colposcopy clinics are co-located with the benign gynaecology outpatient clinics. The team has many areas of special interest including minimally invasive and fertility sparing surgery, ultra-radical ovarian cancer surgery, sentinel node surgery, the use of ultrasound to diagnose malignant ovarian masses, inherited genetic risk and specialist vulval disease clinics. The two week wait clinics operate a one stop model with same day ultrasound, and ambulatory hysteroscopy – diagnostic and therapeutic, vulval, vaginal and cervical biopsies.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Your proposed job plan is included below, however it is subject to change.
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MON |
TUE |
WED |
THU |
FRI |
SAT |
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AM |
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RAC 1:2 (0.625 PA)
SPA 1:2 (0.5 PA) |
Ward Round (0.25 PA)
GO MDT Meeting (0.25 PA)
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Theatre List 1:2
(1.25 PA) |
RAC (1.25) |
Theatre List 1:2
(1.67 PA) |
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PM
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SPA (1 PA) |
RAC (1.25 PA) |
RAC (1.25) |
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NIGHT |
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On Call 1:2 (0.361) |
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Responsibilities include:
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice.
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To ensure prompt attendance at agreed direct clinical care Programmed Activities.
• To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and to respond to their views.
Research, Teaching and Training
• To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the department.
Performance Management
• To work with medical, nursing and managerial colleagues to ensure high performance in the following areas:
• Clinical efficiency e.g. LOS reductions, reducing cancelled operations and DNA rates, optimal use of the one stop model in the Rapid Access Clinic (RAC) clinic with a high new:follow up ratio,
• Quality of outcomes e.g. infection control targets, reducing re-admission rates.
• Financial management e.g. identification, implementation and achievement of cost improvement programmes and participating in efforts to ensure services are provided cost effectively e.g. managing locum agency spend, monitoring and managing the drug budget to target, ensuring accuracy of clinical data for the team.
• Operational efficiency e.g. day-case rates, waiting list activity and demand management.
Governance
• To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
• Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
• Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the specialty areas.
• To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
• To keep fully informed about best practice in the specialty areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
• To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Leadership and Team Working
• To demonstrate excellent leadership skills with regard to individual performance, clinical teams, the Trust and when participating in national or local initiatives.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and Kings Health Partners as required.
• To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
• Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Clinical Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Clinical training and experience in general obstetrics and gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- BSCCP Accreditation/ ATSM Colposcopy
Meini prawf dymunol
- ATSM/SITM Gynaecological Oncology or prior experience working in a Gynaecological Oncology Unit post
- Experience in Benign abdominal surgery –open and laparoscopic
- Experience in Benign Gynaecological Surgery - Hysteroscopy
- Training in advanced ultrasound skills for assessment of pelvic masses
- Subspecialty training in Gynaecological Oncology
Professional Criteria
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within six months of the date of the AAC MRCOG or equivalent specialist qualification
- Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register
- MRCOG or equivalent specialist qualification
Meini prawf dymunol
- Other relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g. MD, PhD, MS, MSc. In Gynaecology
Clinical Skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- A commitment to and evidence of multidisciplinary practice
- A team approach to care and service management, including appreciation of nursing and therapy roles.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to communicate effectively with colleagues; clinical and non-clinical, patients and their carers/relatives.
- Ability to manage Gynaecological Emergencies
- Ability to perform outpatient ambulatory diagnostic and therapeutic hysteroscopy
Audit Management & IT
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Understanding of principles of audit and its use to drive service improvement
- Experience of service innovation and/or development
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of managing clinical governance targets e.g. CNST
- Experience of achieving quality targets e.g. CQIN, KC65
Research, Teaching skill & experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff
- Research experience, with documentation of publications Experience of contributing to clinical trials
Meini prawf dymunol
- Successful completion of recognised educational supervision training within last 3 years
Leadership / Management skills
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets
Meini prawf dymunol
- Innovation: Demonstrable experience in service innovation
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Mr Gautam Mehra
- Teitl y swydd
- Clinical Lead Gynaecological Oncologist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
Ms Hannah Hardman
Service Manager
Dept of Gynaecological Oncology
Surgical Oncology Directorate
email: [email protected]
Ph: +44 (0) 7762000128
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