# Locum Consultant in O&G

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** London
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (with view to be made permanent in future)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-20T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06T10:30:47.858Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Homerton_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Obstetrics_Gynaecology/Obstetrics_Gynaecology-v8078058
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8078058?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.homerton.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated Locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a specialist interest in early pregnancy and acute gynaecology. This full-time post offers the opportunity to join a supportive and forward-thinking multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care to a diverse population. The role is designed to strengthen consultant presence across key services, enhance urgent hysteroscopy access, and support a busy Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit, ensuring timely and effective patient care.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will provide expert clinical care across early pregnancy, acute gynaecology, and emergency services, including out-of-hours cover. Responsibilities include managing complex cases, contributing to delivery suite support, supervising junior medical staff, and actively participating in teaching, training, audit, and quality improvement initiatives. The postholder will also play a key role in service development, clinical governance, and improving patient experience while working collaboratively with senior clinical and management teams.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view attached job description and person specification for the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- On GMC’s specialist register or a Specialist Registrar who is within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC’s specialist register by date of interview

**Desirable**

- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD, PhD)
- Subspeciality Training in EPAU and acute gynaecology

### Clinical Skills

**Essential**

- Able to deal with Emergency Gynaecology cases
- Delivery Suite skills in a high risk setting

### Management skills

**Essential**

- Understanding the need for and practicing accurate activity recording and clinical coding
- Manage own workload – self-starter, work with autonomy, able to prioritise and also to know when to escalate concerns and ask for help
- Establishing and maintaining audits

**Desirable**

- Leading on a project or a change programme

### Teaching & training

**Essential**

- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
- HEE accredited educational supervisors’ course
- PROMPT faculty trained

**Desirable**

- PROMPT faculty trained

### Leadership & Professionalism

**Essential**

- Ability to participate in the strategic development of the Women’s Health services
- Understanding the need for and practicing accurate and prompt medical record keeping and the completing of patient follow up actions.
- Empathetic approach both with patients and staff Ability to conduct difficult conversations

**Desirable**

- Familiar with current national initiatives particularly in relation to women’s

### Relevant experience in specialty/subspecialty

**Essential**

- Clinical training in high-risk obstetrics
- Clinical training in the prevention of preterm births including ultrasound skills to measure cervical lengths

**Desirable**

- Acute gynaecology SITM

## Documents

- [trust values (pdf, 652.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=938)
- [guidance for applicants (pdf, 124.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=937)
- [locum gynae consultant job description (pdf, 388.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10370000)

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