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Job overview

We are seeking a locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with an interest in gynaecology oncology/laparoscopic surgery at Frimley Park Hospital. The post holder will work closely with another colleague on site with the same special interest and with the Tertiary cancer centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will undertake their on-call rota for Obstetrics and Gynaecology commitments at Frimley Park Hospital (FPH). This included a 1 in 20 “hot week/Consultant of the week” commitments and as well as working 5 weekends a year in participating both non-resident on-call weekends and 12-hour consultant resident shifts on the Labour Ward Saturday and Sunday daytime. It is anticipated that the post holder will undertake their outpatient clinics and inpatient surgical operating sessions at both FPH and Heatherwood Hospitals.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in cross site guidelines and governance processes and teaching for both Obstetrics and Gynaecology. They will be expected to participate in both local and network Gynaecology Oncology MDTs and management of the Suspected Cancer Pathways. They will be supported by cancer Nurse Specialists and admin/cancer performance team.

The proposed timetable, each week, which has some degree of flexibility will include:
Rapid Access Clinic 1.0 PA
Colposcopy and Vulval Clinics 0,5 PA 
Hysteroscopy (alternate weeks) 0.5 PA 
Gynae Theatre list 1.0 PA
ANC 1.0PA
SDEC twilight session (Optional) 0.5 PA
MDT 0.25 PA
Post MDT clinic (virtual and face to face ) 0.5 PA
Triage/PTL/admin 0.5 PA
Out of hours (including resident Consultant night 1.3/month) 2.8 PA 
SPA 1.5 PA

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. 

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.