Fairer more consistent care for our Population

Best Value for Public Purse

Our Vision For Five Years From Now

• Patients will wait less time to be diagnosed and treated, and they will have the same high-quality experience and outcomes, regardless of who they are or where they live.
• We will meet rising demand by maximising the use of our available resources.
• More care will be delivered nearer to patients, in their homes or the community.
• Digital technologies will have transformed the way we work and the way we deliver care.
• Our people will feel engaged, energised and empowered by their work.
• We will be known as a place where people enjoy working, training and building a career.
• Our volume of globally renowned research and innovation will have grown significantly.
• We will contribute to system financial balance

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of responsibilities and duties.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MRCOG or equivalent
• Maintain Full registration with the GMC.
• CCT in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of commencing the post.
• Applicants should have a CCT or be within six months of achieving this at the date of interview or be listed on the GMC’s specialist register to be eligible for application for a substantive post. CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview.

Desirable criteria

• Higher academic qualification (e.g., MD or MS).

Training And Experience

Essential criteria

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
• Clinical training and experience in general Obstetrics & Gynaecology equivalent to that required for UK CCT.
• Any ATSM / SITM complementing advanced and benign gynaecology.
• Colposcopy training.

Desirable criteria

• Advanced laparoscopic, hysteroscopy and gynaecological scanning.
• Evidence of MDT working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Other

Essential criteria

• Must reside within 30 minutes or ten miles from the principal place of work

Clinical Knowledge, Skills & Audit

Essential criteria

• Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
• Experience in audit project and written up
• Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
• Knowledge of political context within which we operate.

Desirable criteria

• Completion of a general management course or programme.
• Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.
• Demonstration of quality improvement projects successfully completed.

Research

Essential criteria

• Proven teaching ability.
• Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates.

Desirable criteria

• Proven track record in research.
• Willingness to undertake further research.
• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients.
• Ability to teach effectively
• Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals.

Teaching and Training

Essential criteria

• Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships within a team.
• Ability to inspire, motivate and develop junior medical staff.

Interpersonal, communication and team working skills

Essential criteria

• Be empathetic and sensitive to the needs of others including patients and colleagues.
• An ability to explain complex and sensitive information, sometimes under stressful circumstances to others.
• Must be able to influence and persuade effectively.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to write and present management reports as required.

Desirable criteria

• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients.

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer

actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff.

We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

BFT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Bristol NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please be aware of scams – unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or nhs.net e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments.

Important

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

When providing employment reference details, please provide correct work-related email addresses so references can be sought promptly when we are looking to progress your application. Your referee must all be known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.