Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Together with the others to provide Maternity & gynaecology services for women attending Princess Royal University Hospital. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties required for the proper functioning of the department.

• Shared responsibility with colleagues for providing 24hour, 7 day a week cover for the obstetrics & gynaecology on an on-call rota basis. Responsibility for covering colleague’s periods of annual leave and short-term sickness/absence, in line with departmental policy.

• Clinical supervision of other junior medical and non-medical staff.

• Responsible for carrying out teaching undergraduate student, contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.

• To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.

• To contribute to the Clinical Audit Programme.
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• To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.

• Excellence within own department/area of responsibility.

• To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.

• You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

• You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

• You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.

• You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

• The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

• All employees must hold an 'nhs.net' email account which will be the Trust's formal route for email communication. You are therefore required to check this regularly and to deal with such communication promptly.