£85k pa, depending on experience and qualifications, plus International Supplement
Enjoying unique lifestyle opportunities, St Helena Island is a self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Although better placed to develop economically and socially as a result of opening our international airport in 2017, we are not at the stage of self-sufficiency and therefore remain dependent on UK government aid. The 28-bed General Hospital in the capital, Jamestown, covers all areas of acute medical and surgical care.
Working with other doctors, the nursing team and allied health professionals on the island, you will lead the obstetrics and gynaecological service, to include both in- and out-patient services, imaging, and surgical procedures. Specialist duties will include obstetric support to midwives; emergency and elective Caesarean Sections; management of hypertension, diabetes, and other chronic conditions during pregnancy; and specialist gynaecological services including colposcopies, LLETZ, endometrial ablations, and hysterectomies. You will also develop a wider range of women’s health services, including well woman and menopause clinics.
Your role will include taking a lead on screening services on the island; this includes breast cancer, cervical cancer, and ante- and post-natal screening. With no medical paediatric service on St Helena, you will provide clinical support to the child and school nursing team, as well as to the midwives, auditing the effectiveness of O&G services and designing service plans. You must also take on training of other healthcare staff, clinical governance work and clinical outcome data collation and reporting. You will participate in health promotion and preventative care programmes including brief interventions and other lifestyle management support for patients. You will need to be very flexible in regard to your hours.
Having full registration and good standing with a recognised national medical registration authority, you must hold MRCOG or equivalent and have accreditation as a specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Proficiency in obstetric/gynaecological ultrasonography BSCCP or equivalent in colposcopy will be essential.
In addition, you must demonstrate our core values of fairness, integrity and teamwork and use your diverse expertise and experiences to ensure your time on the Island has the broadest benefit to St Helena. As an officer funded through the Technical Co-Operation Programme you will be expected to share your knowledge and skills beyond the workplace contributing to workforce, community and capacity development in St Helena.
- Annual Pension Contribution of 7.5% of salary
- Annual Leave of 30 days per annum plus Public Holidays
How to Apply:
An application form is available below, where further information can also be found, or you may contact Kedell Worboys on 0203 818 7610 or via email: shgukrep@sthelenagov.com.
To be considered for this role, you must complete our application form. Failure to do so will mean that your application will not be considered. Please do not submit your CV.
The Public Service positively accepts applications from all members of the community regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and will consider all applications on the basis of merit, in accordance with the person specification.
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