Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Closing date: 14 December 2025
This post is for a locum consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. It is a whole‑time, 12‑month fixed‑term role offering an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
The Trust is recruiting for a new post created in response to the Ockenden recommendations and the Trust’s commitment to women’s health. The post holder will help change how we deliver women’s services and build on the development of women’s healthcare undertaken over the last 3‑4 years.
Main duties of the job
Maternity Services and Gynaecology Services are based at Ormskirk Hospital. Clinics are conducted at Southport Hospital and May Logan Community Centre. We are driving care together, taking services closer to women and conducting more community clinics.
Duties include:
* Participate in the provision of an Obstetric and Gynaecological service to Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals in cooperation with other Consultants in post.
* Help ensure the department meets its cancer targets.
* Act as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and maintain a safe, friendly and efficient service.
* Assist in providing 60 hours of dedicated Consultant time on the delivery suite and participate in alternative models to achieve this.
* Assist in delivering elective Caesarean section lists and termination services (providing no moral objection to terminations).
* Share in the administration and management of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology services.
* Share in the direct supervision of junior medical staff, physician associate students, midwives, nursing staff and medical students, responsible for their ongoing education and training.
* 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 staff across 21 sites. We strongly believe our communities should have access to Five Star Patient Care.
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 allows patients needing acute beds to continue rehabilitation, freeing space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre 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 Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* 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 responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
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
* MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification
* Formal teaching qualification (e.g. PG Cert/MEd)
Knowledge & Experience
* 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
* 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
* 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 towards patients, prioritising patient safety
* 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 trial participants
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a year, pro rata (Grade YM 73)
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