Appointment Of: Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Appointment Of: Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Appointment Of: Senior Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
We are looking for a Senior Clinical Fellow to work at middle grade level within our Obstetrics &
gynaecology department for 12 months from 1 August 2019 to cover maternity leave. If you are looking
to develop your skills at a Trust that has been voted one of the best hospitals in the country to give birth
(Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) national survey of maternity experience) then this post may be for
you.
With over 3,300 babies born each year at King’s Mill Hospital, we are proud to have one of the highest
percentages of normal births in the country, below average caesarean birth rate of 23% and a home birth
rate above the national average.
The maternity unit at King’s Mill Hospital includes the pregnancy day care unit, antenatal clinic, maternity
ward (antenatal and postnatal), the Sherwood Birthing Unit and the neonatal unit. The Early Pregnancy
Assessment Unit (EPU) is situated within the King’s Treatment Centre. The Sherwood Women's Centre
at Newark Hospital provides comprehensive facilities for antenatal and postnatal care, including
ultrasound.
Revolutionary electronic maternity records, introduced in 2008, are unique to our Trust and provide a
secure system where each woman’s records can be instantly accessed by midwives and consultants.
This ensures the latest information is always to hand to provide the highest standard of care.
Your duties will include:
To undertake general clinical care of in-patients and any related documentation. This work
involves the care of adult patients of all ages, including clerking of admissions. Your work will
be generally ward based as far as practicable.
To provide ward based cover in the absence of other junior staff on the ward.
To participate in Consultant ward rounds.
To perform emergency duty in the wards as and offering advice as required.
To undertake outpatient clinics each week.
responsibility for immediate communications with the family doctor on the day of patient
discharge, and should ensure that discharge summaries and out-patient letters are sent to the
general practitioner as soon as possible.
There is plenty of opportunity to supervise Foundation Doctors and CMT doctors and
undertake teaching commitments to undergraduate students. And audit / research is highly
encouraged.
There are excellent facilities in the Postgraduate Medical Education Centre and library based
at King’s Mill Hospital, where there is a well-presented programme of courses and meetings.
Internet/Intranet access is available to all medical staff.
Study leave and a study budget is available for all our Trust Grade doctors
There are weekly journal clubs, x-ray meetings and
Eligibility:
Full registration (with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Successful completion of Part 1 MRCOG
Have evidence of achievement of foundation competences from a UKFPO-affiliated foundation
programme or equivalent
Evidence of achievement of ST1 and ST2 competences in this specialty by time of
appointment
These posts are not recognised for training jointly by the Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists or postgraduate dean.
Section 2 – The Trust
Who we are
In August 2018 we were awarded a Good rating by the CQC with our overall care rated as Outstanding
with four outstanding areas identified in our separate divisions. Our sepsis care, mortality rates, stroke
services and maternity services compare very well nationally and our clinicians are regularly asked to
speak nationally and internationally on our work. But don’t take our word for it – 84% of our inpatients
rated their overall experience as good and our staff satisfaction for the quality of care they provide is
fourth best for acute Trusts across the country. Nine out of ten of our staff would recommend us as a
place to receive care and eight out of ten as a place to work.
We have one of the most modern hospitals in the NHS and are surrounded by beautiful countryside that
inspired DH Lawrence and Lord Byron. We are home to some of the best public and private schools in
the country, with Michelin starred restaurants and award winning theatres and galleries on your
doorstep.
As well as shaping the future structure of care through our work with one of the vanguard Integrated
Care Systems (ICS), we are also shaping the future of treatments and care with our ever expanding and
recognised research portfolio and our newly launched innovation programme.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2001 and gained Foundation Trust
status in 2007. We provide services across our three hospital sites - King’s Mill, Newark and Mansfield
Community, and we also run some services from Ashfield Community Health Village.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides acute healthcare services for 420,000
people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We are a new breed of NHS Foundation Trust and our ambition is to offer world class healthcare to our
patients.
Our commitment is built on the core principles of quality, safety and clinical excellence. Yet it is our
complete dedication to patients that really sets us apart.
We appreciate what good health means to patients. So we shape our services to deliver it. We believe
our patients deserve the best.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals is a leading edge NHS Foundation Trust embracing a £260m turnover
healthcare business. We employ over 4,600 people and deliver best care through some of the best
quality hospital facilities in the country.
Reassuringly these services are delivered by teams of individuals who are totally focused on providing
the best care.
From the passionate support for Newark Hospital to the leading edge design of the new King’s Mill
Hospital, we take great pride in the quality of service we offer our patients.
King’s Mill Hospital
We invested over £273m in the facilities
available at King’ Mill Hospital. Services are
delivered by teams of individuals who are
focused on delivering high-quality care. From
the people who create the choice of food to
the expertise of more than 170 specialist
consultants, from support for Newark
Hospital to the design of the new King’s Mill
Hospital, we take great pride in the quality of
service we offer our patients.
Newark Hospital
We offer an extensive range of consultant-
led patient services, planned inpatient
treatments, day-case procedures,
diagnostics and therapy services as well as
a Minor Injuries Unit/Urgent Care Centre.
The GU Medicine and CaSH clinic is in the
Eastwood Centre.
The hospital has recently opened Bramley
Children’s Unit, a dedicate paediatric
outpatient department and the Fernwood
Community Unit which meets the needs of
the growing number of frail patients who
require a short period of recuperation before
they are ready to return home.
Our hospitals provide a comprehensive range of hospital and community services including planned and
emergency surgery, children’s services, obstetric and gynaecological care.
In the last financial year there were 412,000 outpatient attendances, 102,000 people attended the King’s
Mill Emergency Department and more than 21,000 patients were seen and treated at the Minor Injuries
Unit at Newark Hospital.
More than 3,300 women choose to give birth at King's Mill Hospital each year.
Better Together
The Better Together programme brings together the NHS in Newark and Sherwood, Mansfield and
Ashfield and Nottinghamshire County Council, plus other partners to look at how we can join up health
and social care services more effectively in the future.
To find out all the latest news and information about Better Together click here
Our people
Our dedicated army of over 650 volunteers give up their time to make a difference and enhance the
experience of our patients and visitors.
As an NHS Foundation Trust we are accountable to the Council of Governors which represents the
views of members. We are proud to boast a membership totalling more than 15,000 – allowing our local
communities opportunities to influence decisions and to demonstrate loyalty and support for our
hospitals.
Our purpose
Our values help shape the way we plan and make decisions, the way we recruit, induct, appraise and
develop our staff as well as influence the way we behave with patients, family members and each other.
There are five clinical management divisions, supported by Corporate Services (HR, IT, finance) as follows:
Facilities
Sterile Services
Facilities
Patient Services
MEMD
KTC
Chaplaincy
Fire and Security
Pharmacy
Each Division is headed by a Clinical Chair who works with the Divisional General Manager and Divisional Head of
Nursing to ensure the day-to-day provision of services. Each Division comprises a number of services headed by a
Service Director or Head of Service (usually a Consultant). Service Directors report to the Clinical Chair who in
turn reports to the Chief Operating Officer.
Divisions receive operational support from Finance, Human Resources, Strategic Planning and Information
representatives.
General Information
King’s Mill Hospital is situated close to the Derbyshire Peak District and Sherwood Forest and is within
easy reach of the major cities of Sheffield, Derby and Nottingham, the latter being only 14 miles away.
Road
The region has good road links and is well served by the M1 from London in the south and Leeds in the
north. Our hospitals are also within an hour’s travelling time of Derby, Chesterfield, Buxton, Lincoln,
Grantham, Sheffield, Doncaster, Nottingham, Leicester and Loughborough.
Rail
A rail service operates in the Mansfield and Ashfield area to Nottingham train station. The train stations
at Nottingham and Newark operate services to many locations across the UK. A main line service also
operates from Newark to London taking under 1 hour 10 minutes.
Rail enquiries
Tel: +44 (0)8457 484 950
www.nationalrail.co.uk
The catchment area for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises the central and
northern areas of Nottinghamshire. The main towns in the area are Mansfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield in
the south west, Worksop in the North West, East Retford in the north-east and Newark and Southwell in
the south-east. Textiles, light engineering and, to a diminishing extent, mining, are the industries in the
Mansfield and Ashfield district, with the remainder of the area being predominantly rural. The resident
population served by the Trust amounts to approximately 420,000 and the majority look for the provision
of acute hospital services to King’s Mill Hospital, in Sutton in Ashfield.
Our area
There is a wide range of good quality housing available at reasonable prices in the area. Social, cultural
and sporting activities are in plentiful supply, and there is a good choice of schools in both the public and
private sectors.
Nottinghamshire is a county situated at the heart of England, and known throughout the world as the
legendary home of Robin Hood. Please visit http://visitsherwood.co.uk/ for more information.
Ashfield
Rich in natural, cultural and industrial heritage, Ashfield is the home of a number of historical and
cultural/literary figures, most notably Lord Byron and his daughter Ada Lovelace, regarded as being the
first ever computer programmer. There are miles of traffic free walking and cycling trails to be explored
around the district and links into Derbyshire Dales. The area is also rich in sporting heritage, being the
home of cricketing legend Harold Larwood.
In recent years regeneration projects have transformed Mansfield in terms of retail, leisure, housing and
industry. The 700-year-old open market is complemented by nearby shopping centres, retail parks and
department stores along with boutiques and specialist stores. For further information please visit
http://www.mansfield.gov.uk/article/5532/Visitors.
Visit
https://www.trentbarton.co.uk/destinati
ons/Mansfield for more information.
Newark
Wider area
Nottinghamshire is extremely well located for easy travel to most parts of the country via good road and
rail networks. For example Newark to London takes 1 hour 10 minutes by train.
Things to do in Nottinghamshire
https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/things-to-do
Things to do in Derbyshire
https://www.visitengland.com/things-to-do/derbyshire#derbyshire&peakdistrict
Education and Conference Centre
There is an active purpose built postgraduate education facility and separate reference library at King’s
Mill Hospital. Facilities include high technology equipment, lecture theatre and several seminar rooms.
Visit http://www.kingsmillconferencecentre.co.uk/index.html.
There is also an excellent Clinical Illustration Department which provides Clinical and Non-clinical
photography/illustration, photography of Pathology and Laboratory specimens and desktop publishing
and reprography services. Comprehensive library facilities are also available at the Queen’s Medical
Centre in Nottingham.
Section 3 - The Department
The in-patient gynaecological service is provided from Ward 14 which we share with the surgeons,
gynaecological patients being accommodated in 10 single en-suite rooms and a double room.
There is an Early Pregnancy Unit attached to the gynaecology ward and another clinical area where we
plan to develop a daily emergency gynaecology clinic.
Outpatient procedures such as hysteroscopy, colposcopy, uterine evacuation under local anaesthetic
and endometrial ablation are carried out in a dedicated clinical area adjacent to the gynaecology clinic.
Sherwood Birthing Unit at Kings Mill Hospital is equipped with a 3 bedded triage area, 9 labour and
delivery rooms, 2 high dependency rooms, a pool room and a bereavement suite. There are 2 obstetric
theatres on the Birthing Unit.
The Maternity ward has 32 mixed antenatal and postnatal beds. Consultant led outpatient antenatal care
is provided from the Antenatal Suites at both Kings’ Mill and Newark Hospital; these comprise of an
outpatient clinic area, an ultrasound scanning facility and a pregnancy day care suite.
Community Midwifery teams provide community midwifery care to the women of North Nottinghamshire
which includes community antenatal care, a home birth service with an on call service out of hours and
community postnatal care. Community midwives also work periodically on the Birthing Unit at Kings Mill
hospital as part of the hospital team.
Neonatal Intensive Care at King’s Mill Hospital is a level 2 unit providing care to babies from 28 weeks
gestation to term and beyond. As a level 2 unit we offer short term (usually 24 hours) ventilation when
required and stabilise and organise transfer to a tertiary unit where appropriate (e.g. extremely
premature infants, infants requiring specialist level care). Unit activity is variable in intensity and in
numbers of infants admitted at any one point in time (500 admissions during 2014).
There is an active postgraduate education centre and a well-stocked library with IT facilities.
The hospital is recognised among local trainees as a good place to obtain wide variety of surgical
experience and feedback from the ten Nottingham University medical students placed here has always
been excellent.
Section 4 - Duties and responsibilities
The over-riding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal
actions and continuous improvement.
General
Gynaecology
Carry out daily ward rounds and cover other ward duties such as the review of blood results, VTE
risk assessment and completion of electronic discharge.
See patients in General Gynaecology Outpatient clinics and specialist clinics.
Have the opportunity to attend main theatre and day case lists.
On call duties include review and assessment of all emergency admissions on the ward and Early
pregnancy assessment unit.
Obstetrics:
Perform antenatal and postnatal ward rounds and review patients admitted under their team.
Expected to see patients in clinics.
Cover the labour ward and review women attending triage.
These duties are not exhaustive and may be subject to review to reflect the changing requirements of
the service. If changes to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the
appointee(s), their Consultant colleagues and the Trust.
On-call commitment
There is a requirement to participate in the middle grade out of hours on-call rota.
The successful candidate will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to
be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate, will be
required to have annual appraisal and attend mandatory training as stipulated. A mentor will be
allocated for successful applicants.
Office accommodation will be provided. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the
management of the department by being an active member of the Division. The appointee will attend the
audit and departmental meetings and help to implement the Trust's policy on clinical governance.
The post-holder will be expected to develop their skills in, and contribute to audit and evaluation within
the Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department. Services within the department are evidence-based and
changes to service are informed and assessed through audit and evaluation.
Communication
Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a
responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward. Ensure all
communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of
understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture,
understanding or physical or mental health conditions.
Confidentiality
Information relating to patients, employees and business of the employing body must be treated in the
strictest confidence. Under no circumstances should such information be discussed with any
unauthorised person(s) or organisations. All staff must operate within the requirements of the
Whistleblowing Policy (Freedom of Speech policy).
Major Incident
In the event of a major incident all trust employees will be expected to report for duty on notification. All
Trust employees are also expected to play an active part in training for and preparation or a major
incident or civil unrest.
Place of work
Whilst the duties of the appointment will be primarily at the hospital(s) stated, the appointment will be
made to the employing body and there will be a commitment to attend occasionally at any other hospital
or clinic in the employing body, as may be necessary from time to time, e.g. in emergencies.
All Medical and Dental staff under contract to the Trust will be expected to comply with the appropriate
Trust health and safety policies.
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and all employees are required to act in such a way that at all
times safeguards the health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults. Familiarisation with, and
adherence to, the appropriate organisational Safeguarding Policies and any associated guidance is an
essential requirement of all employees as is participation in related mandatory/statutory training. All
employees must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause. If you do not
understand exactly how this clause relates to you personally then you must ensure that you seek
clarification from your immediate manager as a matter of urgency. Equally, all managers have a
responsibility to ensure that their team members understand their individual responsibilities with regard
to Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
Essential Desirable
References
When providing details of your referees, please ensure that you observe the following:
We require referee details from your supervising Consultant(s) or Head of Service(s) which
cover three years previous employment/training.
Visits
Candidates are invited to discuss the post informally prior to visiting with:
Tel (01623) 622515 ext. 3759 Tel (01623) 622515 ext. 4149