Job overview

Locum Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

We are seeking a Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in gynaecological cancer and diagnostics to join our team at SASH. This post is available for a period of 12 months initially with the option to extend by mutual agreement.

The successful candidate will be a core member of the gynae cancer multidisciplinary team, supporting the MDT lead and the wider team to deliver gynae cancer pathway transformation priorities. These include the delivery of a one-stop clinic approach to support Faster Diagnostic Standards (FDS) and improving accessibility and earlier diagnosis. Completion of the ATSM in Gynaecological Cancer is essential. The aim is to provide a service of the highest quality, ensuring that standards are maintained and developed through continuous improvement, clinical audit, evidence-based research, job planning and appraisal and to work flexibly with colleagues to achieve the hospitals business and clinical strategy.

 Further details / informal visits please contact

Miss Sharmila Sivarajan                                         Miss Karen Jermy

Clinical Director (O&G)                                         Clinical Lead – Gynae Cancer

[email protected]                                                 [email protected]

( T: 01737 768511 x 6777                                           ( T: 01737 768511 x 1755

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities. 

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon residents, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill, a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and outpatient and diagnostic services. In addition, Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’, and we are one of the best-performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all we do.
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and whether patient care is the organisation’s top priority.
• Our workforce is amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey.