Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Job overview

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

This post is for a consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. This is a whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

The Trust is recruiting to a new post, created as a result of the Trust's response to Ockenden recommendations and the Trust’s commitment to women’s health.

The post holder will help to change how we deliver women's services at the Trust and builds on the development of women’s healthcare that the Trust has 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. With shaping care together, there is a drive to take services closer to the women and conduct more clinics in the community.

Duties include:

• To participate in the provision of an Obstetric and Gynaecological service to Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals in co-operation with the other Consultants in post.
• Help ensure the department meets its cancer targets.
• To act as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and to maintain a safe, friendly and efficient  service.
• To assist in providing 60 hours dedicated Consultant time on the delivery suite and  to participate in alternative models of achieving this.
• To assist in delivering elective Caesarean section lists and termination services (providing you have no moral objection to terminations)
• To share in the administration and management of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology services.
• To share in the direct supervision of junior medical staff, physician associate students, midwifery and nursing staff and medical students taking responsibility for their ongoing education and training.
• To participate in clinical audit, adverse event review, guideline development review, external review and service development.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Advertising date: 24th April 2025

Closing date: 18th May 2025

Shortlisting date: 19th May 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

Duties and Responsibilities

To participate in the provision of an Obstetric and Gynaecological service to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust in co-operation with the other Consultants in post.

In addition to any specialist interests all consultants will be involved in providing a general clinical service to the Trust.

• Provision with consultant colleagues of a service to Sefton, West Lancashire & surrounding areas with responsibility for diagnosis & treatment of patients at the hospitals & clinics at which you have duties, this may include clinics in community facilities.
• Responsible for the continuing care & treatment of patients in your charge & personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to & training of your staff
• Provision of an out-of-hours service with consultant colleagues including on-call rota commitments.
• Active participation in undergraduate & post graduate education, including training sessions for Foundation Years, Specialty Registrars, and medical students
• Provision of cover for your consultant colleagues during reasonable periods of leave including care of patients & supervision of doctors in training.
• To participate in clinical audit, adverse event review, guideline development review, external review, and service development.
• Responsible for the professional supervision, training & management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination & accreditation duties as required & contributing to postgraduate & CPD activity locally & nationally as appropriate.
• Participate in clinical audit under local arrangements.
• Commitment to entering patients into MRC trials where appropriate (if the appointee has an interest in research this would be supported by the Trust & the Division).