Senior Clinical Fellow in Twin Pregnancy (Registrar level) | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 03 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £57,570 per annum plus London Weighting |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, W12 0HS |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6197067/290-TDPD-330 |
Summary
The post is based at Queen Charlottes and Chelsea hospital (QCCH) a world leading tertiary obstetric unit and St Marys hospital (SMH) working alongside the well-established Imperial prematurity clinic and March of Dimes international preterm research centre. The fellowship will combine clinical exposure to the management of twin pregnancies and the prevention of preterm birth with ample time for audit, quality improvement and research projects. The fellowship is suitable for Obstetric and Gynaecology trainees who have completed ST4/5 and have the necessary experience to participate in the senior registrar rota at QCCH who are looking to gain experience in obstetric ultrasound, preterm birth prevention, twin pregnancy and research.
This is a 1 year post as senior clinical fellow in twin pregnancy. You will be part of the senior registrar out of hour on call component at registrar level involving full on call for both obstetrics and gynecology to participate in a 1 in 10 on call rota. The hospital is covered at night by an obstetric consultant (resident until 11pm then from home thereafter), a non resident Gynaecology consultant, a Senior Registrar (Specialist trainee 6/7), Registrar (Specialist Trainee 3-5) and SHOs (Specialist trainee 1/2). You will also be expected to provide 1 day per week of clinical service provision on labour ward, MDAU, ANC etc.
The main focus of the job will be to setup and run cervical length surveillance clinics for twin pregnancies at QCCH and SMH, identifying those patients that may benefit from intervention in the form of progesterone pessaries or cervical cerclage. You will not be expected to perform the cerclages but close liason with the preterm birth leads at SMH and QCCH for organising cerclages will be necessary. Training in measuring cervical length will be provided within the preterm birth prevention clinic at the beginning of the post.
Other responsibilities of the role include auditing twin outcomes at QCCH and SMH and applying for clinical ethics to store clinical data for research purposes for all twin pregnancies seen in the clinic.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
1 registrar level post involving on call for both Obstetrics and gynecology. Total of 20 Registrar posts on current rota.
The hospital is covered at night by a consultant (resident until 11pm then from home thereafter), a Senior Registrar (Specialist trainee 6/7), Registrar (Specialist Trainee 3-5) and SHOs (Specialist trainee 1/2).
Duties and responsibilities:
The successful candidate would work under the supervision of the Prematurity team in collaboration with the existing preterm birth prevention clinic and fetal medicine unit. The main responsibilities of the role would be:
• To work within the Obstetrics multidisciplinary tea
• To take part in the on-call rota with a 100% slot at QCCH
• Provide 1 full day equivalent per week of clinical service provision (Labour ward, ANC, MDAU etc)
• Set-up and run a cervical length surveillance clinic for twin pregnancies at QCCH and SMH hospitals and organise cervical cerclage where necessary
• Collect prospective Audit data for twin pregnancies at SMH and QCCH
• Encourage where possible participation of twin pregnancies in current ongoing research studies
This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024