
Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Good Leadership skills
- Skills
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and patients
- Skills
Good organisational skills.
- Skills
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- Skills
Commitment to continuing medical education.
- Knowledge
Knowledge about risk management and clinical governance
- Knowledge
Knowledge of appraising performance & dealing with poor performance
- Knowledge
Experience of teaching junior medical staff.
- Knowledge
Evidence of involvement in teaching and education
- Experience
Experience in running a high risk/busy antennal clinics
- Experience
Ability to work independently in clinics, theatres and on-call
- Experience
Experience in Gynaecological surgery
- Qualifications
Full GMC registration with license to practice
- Qualifications
MRCOG or equivalent qualification
- Qualifications
On the specialist register or within six months of having CCT at the time of AAC
- Qualifications
ATSM in maternal medicine
Desirable
1 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
ATSM in benign gynaecology surgery
Job overview
Consultant in Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology
Division: Women and Children's Division
Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum/pro rata
Interview date -15th January 2027
*One of your referees should be the Medical Director / Chief Medical Officer of your most recent NHS employer (or their nominated deputy), or equivalent for applicants from outside of the NHS.
For applicants from outside of the NHS, referees to validate a period of three consecutive years of employment.
For internal candidates, your referees should be your Clinical Director and Clinical Lead.
For applicants who are still in a training post, or have completed training within the past year and have not worked in a non-training NHS role since then, a reference from EACH of your two most recent Educational Supervisors.
We are recruiting for a Consultant in Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
This post is for a substantive Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to support the existing team of consultants. The successful candidate will provide General Obstetric and gynaecology service and support the maternal medicine and general gynaecology service at Medway Hospital.
This will be signed off by the Chief Executive officer and will be effective from commencement of the appointment. The job plan will be reviewed annually following the Appraisal meeting and prospective agreement that sets out a consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Category A on call rota:
- The candidate is expected to contribute to on-call Obstetric Rota. 2.2 PA for on-call cover 1:20 weekdays and 1:20 weekends (resident on-call (08:30-22:00)
- Predictable Weekdays 1.0PA, Weekends 0.2PAs Weekdays non-predictable 0.2 PAs Weekend non-predictable 0.2 PAs .
- The job plan will attract an extra 5% on-call supplement (Category A).
- On-site resident on-call from 08:30-2130. Off-site on-call from 21:30 till next morning (24 hours in total). There is no prospective cover.Therefore, you need to swap your on-call if you wish to take it as annual leave.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant in Maternal Medicine and Gynaecology with Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Gillingham, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Obstetrics and Gynaecology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum/pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 24 Nov 2026.
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