Consultant Obstetrician with interest in Maternal Medicine
Closing date: 04 May 2026
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Obstetrician with a special interest in Maternal Medicine and Intrapartum care. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. This post is an Obstetrics role covering antenatal clinics, caesarean section lists, intrapartum care and obstetric SPA such as Labour Ward Lead. Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights. All acute services including the labour ward are based at the Princess Royal site. Elective activity can be provided at both the Princess Royal Hospital and Royal Shrewsbury Hospital sites.
Main duties of the job
* Maternal Medicine antenatal clinics
* Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work, days and nights)
* Elective caesarean section lists
* Opportunity for special interest clinics eg: breech clinic / ECV depending on the skills of the postholder
* Participation in ATAIN and PMRT reviews
About us
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales. Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust's catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys). Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes' drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
Job responsibilities
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full–time job plan is based on a 10 day working week. The plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant's duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a consultant's professional practice, including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities. For a full–time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week into: 7.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care – including clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work; 1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) – including CPD, audit, appraisal, guidelines, teaching and research; 1.0 Corporate SPA to deliver an obstetric lead role eg: Labour Ward Lead.
Qualifications
* MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
* MRCOG or equivalent
* SITMs/ATSMs in Obstetric / Maternal Medicine or equivalent
* ATSM Labour Ward Lead or proven interest / experience
Entry Criteria
* Full Registration and licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)
* Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview)
* Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
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.
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