Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Job overview

Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service (MCS) provides Maternity, Gynaecology, Neonatal, Genomic medicine care to families in Greater Manchester and the Northwest part of England.  It also hosts the Greater Manchester Sexual Assault Referral Centre. The MCS has three main hospital sites Saint Mary’s ORC, Wythenshawe, and North Manchester. Using a single EPR system (EPIC) the MCS works as an integrated care teams and all sites. The MCS is seeking to employ new members of the Consultant team.

We are pleased to be offering 8 substantive posts:

4 based at NMGH

2 based at Wythenshawe

2 based at Oxford Road Campus

The initial job plans consist of 10 PAs. We are looking for highly motivated individuals to join our team and develop our service. Previous experience at consultant level is desirable but not essential. Great care has been taken to ensure that there is appropriate access to professional development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

You will work within a large team of consultants who provide a broad range of high quality of services to our women and their babies. The duties are:

• To support and complement both the secondary and tertiary Obstetric and Gynaecology services provided by MFT Trust.
• To take a leading role in improving the quality of services in MFT.
• To take clinical responsibility for a defined cohort of women under their care, both when outpatients and inpatients, and provide cover for women under the care of other consultant colleagues as required
• To deliver outpatient clinics as agreed on the job plan.
• To participate in the consultant rota patterns for the daytime and out of hours working at the main site of employment
• To provide out of hours care as described in individual job plan
• To undertake the necessary administrative work relating to the post.
• To be responsible for the obstetric and gynaecology training of junior staff and undergraduate students and to actively participate in clinical teaching and training of the wider multidisciplinary team
• To take an active role in Clinical Governance, and lead and participate in audit projects relevant to clinical care.
• To promote research and academic activity within the department.
• To attend Trust and Departmental induction and complete all mandatory training.
• Working will be required across sites within the Trust and successful candidates must be willing to be flexible in this regard.

Interviews will be on 21st September 2026

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!