Senior Clinical Fellow (Medical Education)
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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.
Job overview
This 12-month fixed term post is an ideal opportunity to for an experienced O&G Registrar (ST5-7 level or equivalent) to develop a special interest in Medical Education. This role would be ideal for those seeking an OOPT opportunity or post-CCT experience in preparation for consultant applications. Previous registrar level experience in Obstetrics & Gynaecology is essential. Understanding of service delivery with an NHS environment will be crucial to success, and therefore previous UK experience is required.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital has a strong commitment to developing and delivering excellence in undergraduate and post-graduate education in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The post offers the opportunity to develop a special interest in Medical Education, and recognize that special interest through ATSM registration (if eligible). Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been recognized as a Regional Hub for delivery of simulation based training. This is a Health Education England initiative to enhance surgical and ultrasound skills as part of the Covid recovery programme. This will build on an existing Laparoscopic and Surgical Skill course which has successfully delivered to hundreds of trainees.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will participate in the 1:8 full shift Registrar rota providing cover for both Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a three-tier system. The on-call team includes a Senior House Officer (two SHOs 0800-1700), two registrars and a Consultant. The consultant is resident from 0800 - 2000 to support high-quality care and outstanding training opportunities. There is a separate dedicated consultant to provide emergency gynaecology care 0800 - 1700 Monday to Friday.
There will be elective work including, but not limited to: specialist antenatal clinics; elective caesarean lists; obstetric scanning; benign gynaecology clinics; 2WW integrated 1-stop clinics; outpatient hysteroscopy; colposcopy; Myosure and MVA service.
Working for our organisation
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:
- 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
- Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
- Improving the experience of staff with disability
- Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
- Making equalities mainstream
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As Clinical Education Fellow, successful candidates will be instrumental in further development and delivery of this programme as it expands. In addition, there would be the opportunities to join the well-established multi-professional teaching faulty which delivers high fidelity training in obstetrics via PROMPT, skills and drills and simulation days.
In addition to post-graduate medical education, there is a thriving affiliation with King's College London MBBS programme. The department regularly has medical students in Stage 2 and 3 of their degree course and hosts elective students. There is a recent committed to supporting physician assistant students. If appointed as Clinical Education Fellow, the candidate would be expected to provide lectures, bedside teaching and provide assessments in formative and summative undergraduate clinical examinations (OSCE).
In addition to development of a special interest in medical education, additional ATSMs are available in: Advanced Labour Ward Practice, Labour Ward Lead, Obstetric Medicine or High Risk Pregnancy. There is also the opportunity to complete the Intermediate Obstetric Scanning Modules or Benign Abdominal and Laparoscopic; Hysteroscopy; Colposcopy; Menopause; Early Pregnancy and Acute Gynaecology.
See job description for more information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Has full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Evidence of good written and verbal communication skills
- MRCOG Part 2+3 (UK) or equivalent
clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent clinical experience at junior registrar level or above within Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Shows an understanding of clinical governance, patient safety and corporate risk
Other Attributes
Essential criteria
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- Ability to work in a team
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
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.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Candidate Information Pack (DOCX, 1.5MB)
- Person Spec - SCF (PDF, 328.4KB)
- Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)