A Vacancy at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with an interest in Early pregnancy. You will join a team of 27 consultants working across the field of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in a busy District General Hospital. As well as early pregnancy clinic and scanning sessions this post is a balanced Obstetrics and Gynaecology role covering antenatal clinics, General gynaecology clinics, and Gynaecology elective theatres. The post holder will also lead Prompt training sessions to support the development of the acute obstetric care. Acute care will be resident Obstetrics days and nights, resident Gynaecology days and non resident gynaecology on call. 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.
Key Duties
* Antenatal clinics – General.
* Acute obstetrics training: Prompt
* Resident Obstetric shifts (acute work) (days and nights)
* Resident Gynaecology shifts (acute work)
* Non-resident on-calls (Gynaecology)
* Gynaecology clinics – General
* Gynaecology theatres
* Early pregnancy clinics
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) – all beautiful and unique. 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 Plan
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 PA working week. The job 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 (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
1. 8 Programmed Activities (PAs) of Direct Clinical Care – includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
2. 1.5 Core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) – includes CPD, audit, appraisal, guidelines, teaching and research.
3. 0.5 Corporate SPA to deliver Prompt training.
The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.
This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Nov 2025.
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