Position Overview
A Vacancy at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.
The post is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital site with provision of out-reach clinics. To ensure the continued delivery of high-quality Obstetric and Gynaecological care to patients within the Trust and community, enthusiastic candidates with experience in general obstetrics and gynaecology are welcomed to join the existing team of consultants and complement the existing service provision in general gynaecology and obstetrics. Competence in gynaecological scanning and experience in running postmenopausal two week wait gynaecology clinics would be provide a good basis for this post.
A range of general and specialist obstetrics and gynaecological services are offered by the consultants and supported by doctors, nurses, and midwives. These include urogynaecology, gynae-oncology, ambulatory (out-patient) gynaecology, early pregnancy assessment, colposcopy, high risk obstetrics and intrapartum care.
Responsibilities
* Contribute to the ongoing service improvement programmes, Maternity Culture Transformation, and elective restoration pathway by implementing evidence based new ways of working when necessary.
* Participate in providing dedicated emergency cover for Delivery Suite (labour ward) and emergency gynaecology separately in the daytime and on-call rota overnight and weekends currently on a 1:10 rota.
* Participate in on-call sessions on Labour Ward to achieve the desired 60 hours consultant presence recommended by RCOG.
* Deputise from time to time for absent colleagues as per policy.
* Participate in day-to-day supervision, training, and assessment of junior medical and other staff.
* Involved in the management of inpatients and outpatients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, community antenatal hubs and outpatients at the North Cambridgeshire Hospital, Wisbech.
* Shared office space and secretarial support will be provided.
Qualifications
* Experience in general obstetrics and gynaecology at consultant level.
* Competence in gynaecological scanning.
* Experience running postmenopausal two week wait gynaecology clinics.
* Knowledge of evidence based new ways of working for obstetrics and gynaecology.
* Ability to provide emergency cover and participate in on-call rota.
* Experience in supervising and training junior staff.
* Commitment to RCOG recommended 60 hours consultant presence.
About the Trust
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust provides acute, specialist, maternity and community services for around 375,000 people across West and North Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are united in delivering safe, high‑quality and compassionate care. Each year, our teams support tens of thousands of patients, including over 94,000 Emergency Department attendances, more than 25,000 day‑case procedures, nearly 32,000 elective and non‑elective inpatients, and over 1,700 births across 22 wards and around 500 beds. As part of the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, we work closely with partner hospitals to share expertise, innovate and create new opportunities for collaboration, learning and career development. We are helping shape the future of local healthcare, with plans for new state‑of‑the‑art hospitals in King’s Lynn and Gorleston through the Government’s New Hospital Programme, and ongoing digital investment such as implementing an electronic patient record. The QEH holds teaching hospital status and is research active, recruiting more than 1,800 participants to NIHR portfolio studies last year. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC in Caring, Well‑Led and Effective, with Maternity Services also rated ‘Good’, and with around 4,000 staff and volunteers, we offer a strong community ethos and a focus on learning, wellbeing and development. The QEH is a place where your contribution matters — and where you can help shape the future of healthcare.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 Apr 2026.
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