Overview
Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
This post is for a locum consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. This is a whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. The Trust is recruiting to a new post, created in response to Ockenden recommendations and the Trust's commitment to women's health. The post holder will help to change how we deliver women's services at the Trust and build on the development of women's healthcare over the last 3–4 years.
Responsibilities
* To participate in the provision of an obstetric and gynaecological service to Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals in cooperation with the other Consultants in post.
* Help ensure the department meets its cancer targets.
* To act as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and to maintain a safe, friendly and efficient service.
* To assist in providing 60 hours dedicated Consultant time on the delivery suite and to participate in alternative models of achieving this.
* To assist in delivering elective Caesarean section lists and termination services (providing you have no moral objection to terminations).
* To share in the administration and management of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology services.
* To share in the direct supervision of junior medical staff, physician associate students, midwifery and nursing staff and medical students taking responsibility for their ongoing education and training.
* To participate in clinical audit, adverse event review, guideline development review, external review and service development.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
* Acute Care — Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
* Primary Care — Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
* Community Services — Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
* Specialist Regional Services — We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
A chievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: Thursday 9th October 2025
Closing date: Friday 31st October 2025
Shortlisting date: Wednesday 5th November 2025
Proposed Interview date: TBC
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
* MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
* Clinical supervisor qualification
* MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
* Formal teaching qualification (e.g. PG cert / MEd)
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice
* Training and experience to independently manage gynaecology emergencies during on-call
* Evidence of administrative experience
* Evidence of continuing participation in Clinical governance in maternity and Gynaecology
* Evidence of continuing supervision of junior medical staff and / or medical students
* Familiarity with current trainee and medical student curriculum
Desirable
* ATSM in fetal medicine labour ward lead, high risk pregnancy or Maternal medicine
* Intermediate US scan training in fetal medicine
* Formal training / experience in management
* Evidence of root cause analysis training
* Formal leadership qualification
Skills
Essential
* Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies.
* Supportive and tolerant
* Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
* Caring attitude to patients, prioritising patient safety
Desirable
* Evidence of submission of clinical / quality improvement projects for poster / oral presentation at regional or national events
* Evidence of involvement in research e.g., recruited NIHR trials participants
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