# Locum Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-obstetrician-and-gynaecologist/21004bed-a968-476a-a4f9-db87ef9a831c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-obstetrician-and-gynaecologist/21004bed-a968-476a-a4f9-db87ef9a831c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust - **Location:** Maidstone Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Obstetrics and Gynaecology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (FTC) - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-27T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-11T09:21:28.734Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Tunbridge_Wells/Maidstone_Tunbridge_Wells_NHS_Trust/Obstetrics_Gynaecology/Obstetrics_Gynaecology-v8274504 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8274504?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mtw.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to appoint a dynamic individual within the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals. This is a locum consultant post, fixed term for 12 months in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, based at Tunbridge Wells Hospital pending a substantive appointment. This post is in response to the expansion of maternity services and supporting our Urogynaecology services. The candidate will be expected to integrate within the team of existing Consultants and to provide a complete Obstetrics and Gynaecology Service. ### Main duties of the job The successful applicant will work at both sites of the Trust, providing emergency and on-call cover. We have a weekday hot week on call between 8 am and 6 pm. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We’ve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission. Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list. All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date has been agreed. As part of your induction, you will be required to attend face-to-face training sessions and/or complete e-learning modules relevant to your role. If you have previously worked for another NHS organisation before joining Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW), we can transfer eligible mandatory training records where appropriate, helping to avoid unnecessary duplication of learning. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively - Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients both obstetrics and gynaecology - Proven ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team and display leadership **Desirable** - Management qualification - Evidence of authorship of clinical guidelines at a local or national level. ### Experience/Knowledge **Essential** - Evidence of competence in gynaecological surgery for benign disease and emergency gynaecology surgery - Evidence of competence in undertaking C-sections - Evidence of competency in managing and treating emergency gynaecology cases - Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients - Evidence of experience working within a multidisciplinary team **Desirable** - ALSO, PROMPT or MOET instructor - Demonstrate ideas for research and innovative practice - Experience of clinical governance - Training in breaking bad news or equivalent training - Clinical research in the fields of special interest - Experience in Clinical Audit and Quality Improvement - Willingness to contribute to the TOP service ### Qualifications and skills **Essential** - Full GMC registration - MRCOG or appropriate specialist qualification - MBBS or equivalent - Advanced Labour ward SITM or equivalent - Entry on Specialist Register (CCT or entry expected within 6 months of interview date) - At least one gynaecology or equivalent of the desirable criteria **Desirable** - ATSM IN benign Gynaecology - ATSM in benign hysteroscopy - Accredited Colposcopy - ATSM in Urogynae ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 63.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2762) - [women and children - job pack (pdf, 932.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2077) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 488.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10607156) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.