Women's Health Consultant

It is Dr Karen Morton's vision to be the Women's Health service of choice across the United Kingdom, providing intermediate care to women and girls who can go straight to the experts when they need advice and guidance most!

Providing expert care for women

Enhancing The Primary Care Workforce

Saving NHS money

Improving productivity across the UK economy

Main duties of the job

The work involves providing consultations remotely for GP practices and Primary Care Networks who have entered into a service level agreement with Dr Morton's to provide excellent care and consultations to women. We complete all our consultations by prescribing if needed, referring on if appropriate (within agreed guidelines eg fertility is excluded) and arranging investigations.

The role will require commitment to a minimum of 4 hours per week (can be in 2 hour blocks) with flexibility to scale hours up or down dependant on need and sickness/ holiday cover for the rest of the team. Shifts are rostered via an app on a first come first serve basis up to 2 months in advance.

About Us

Dr Karen Morton is a 'doctorpreneur', developing a health tech solution for everyone, but for women in particular. After years of dealing with a multitude of gynaecological issues over the phone she concluded that medicine had been slow to embrace communication technology and was somewhat stuck in a past era where it was traditional for all patients to come and sit in front of the doctor when they have a problem. This was whether they needed to be examined or not.

The Dr Morton's mission is to deal with the gender health inequality and the impact it undoubtedly has on career progression. We are a team who advocate that employers and individuals should receive immediate access to a woman's health expert. Dr Morton's provides direct access to expert gynaecologists, free at the point of care. Our customers are the Practices and PCNs which we serve.

The Primary Care model in the UK is no longer fit for purpose and this is the first step to supporting GP practices with specialist services, with women's health needs at last being addressed head-on.

Date posted

12 February 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£40 an hour increasing to £65 ph after 3 months

Contract

Locum

Duration

12 weeks

Working pattern

Home or remote working

Reference number

U0136-23-0002

Job locations

201 Chapelier House
Eastfields Avenue
Point Pleasant
London
SW18 1LR

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Dr Karen's Women's Health Service (AKA Dr Morton's) are looking for experienced and enthusiastic Specialty Doctors currently working in Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology to start with us as soon as possible. This will include Trust Doctors and Associate Specialists with more than 10 years experience in the speciality, and Career Trainees at ST6 and ST7 level.

This post will provide excellent clinical experience working with a very supportive friendly group of gynaecologists and specialist GPs. We are looking for doctors who thrive in a remote working environment and who are happy to work in the evenings and at weekends.

Dr Morton's is in a period of rapid growth, extending their Women's Gynae Health (WGH) service into Integrated Care Systems, Primary Care Networks and their individual practices.

We want to make a difference, as indicated above, by providing women with fast and accessible direct access to experts in the field of Women's Health.

Dr Morton's GPwSI and Gynaecologists work directly with the PCNs and as such will work from within the GP clinical system, either SystmOne or EMIS.

In addition to our NHS work we also provide consultations to women as subscribers or PAYU users and are launching a partnership with Adora Digital Health to provide consultations on menopause matters for their customers. We also look after Women's health issues for a major health insurer, and work with other businesses to provide gynaecological and women's health advice and treatment to employee's and affiliates.

Main Duties

The work involves providing consultations remotely for GP practices and Primary Care Networks who have entered into a service level agreement with Dr Mortons to provide excellent care and consultations to women. We complete all our consultations by prescribing if needed, referring on if appropriate (within agreed guidelines eg fertility is excluded) and arranging investigations.

The role will require commitment to a minimum of 4 hours per week (can be in 2 hour blocks) with flexibility to scale hours up or down dependant on need and sickness/ holiday cover for the rest of the team. Shifts are rostered via an app on a first come first serve basis up to 2 months in advance.

Requirements

MRCOG and either 10 years experience in a gynaecological department or ST6 or ST7

Demonstrate knowledge of working in the NHS as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job.

Knows when to seek help and when to act on own initiative.

Able to learn new tech platform/systems if not already familiar with SystmOne or EMIS

Up to date knowledge of and an interest in menopause management

Full compliance with mandatory training and certification of the same

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Working with online consultation tools and remote consultation methods

Desirable

• Familiarity with Primary care clinical systems e.g., SystmOne and EMIS

Qualifications

Essential

• MB ChB or equivalent registerable qualification
• Eligible for Full registration with the General Medical Council

Desirable

• MRCOG
• Specialist menopause training or willingness to learn!
• At least six years postgraduate experience or equivalent

Personal Skills

Essential

• Effective communicator, adhering to Brand values Expert advice with kindness, and using words you can understand.
• Wanting to make a success of the vision.
• Ability to work effectively with other professionals.
• Self-motivated to be able to manage own time and work autonomously.
• Problem solving and using own initiative, with help where tech is involved!
• Flexibility and kindness towards colleagues
• Able to cover colleagues on Annual leave and at short notice if unexpectedly sick etc

Desirable

• Primary care Experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name
Dr Karen’s Women’s Health Service

Address
201 Chapelier House
Eastfields Avenue
Point Pleasant
London
SW18 1LR

Employer's website
https://www.drmortons.co.uk