Locum Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist

Job Overview

Are you looking for an interesting and rewarding job with good work-life balance in a stunningly beautiful rural location within easy reach of the West Midlands conurbation?  If so, we would like to welcome you to join our friendly and supportive, Obstetrics & Gynaecology team, you will work in close collaboration with our forward thinking team of O&G Consultants. 

Applicants are invited to apply for a NHS Locum O&G consultant post. A desire to improve patient safety and work in an obstetric risk role would be encouraged.  You will be joining a team of 25-experienced consultants in this new role.

We are looking forward to exciting changes following the announcement of £310 million pounds to be invested in our two hospitals to improve the provision of care. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to be at the heart of future developments.

Applicants for this role must be able to commence in post in March 2022.

Main duties of the job

This is a generalist O&G posts comprising of:

• Antenatal clinics
• Gynae clinics
• Outpatient hysteroscopy
• C/section lists
• Resident obstetric nights
• Flexi sessions

The ideal candidate will be up to date with acute labour ward skills, have experience of managing antenatal and gynae clinics and be able to conduct outpatient hysteroscopy. You will be keen to learn, develop and improve your skills and share those with others within the department.  You will embrace risk and work as part of the MDT team.

Working for our organisation

Our hospitals are located in Shrewsbury and Telford and are brimming with exemplary teams of hardworking individuals.

Shropshire is a beautiful county ideally located between the north and the south, making travelling around the UK extremely easy. As well as being only a short distance from major cities and busy transport links including Birmingham airport, our county also borders with beautiful north Wales, which is abundant in outdoor activities, brilliant beaches, and thrilling scenery. 

Both hospitals are based in Shropshire, a short 20 minutes’ drive apart. Shrewsbury has recently been named in the ‘Sunday Times Best Places to Live Guide’ as one of the top places to live in the country. It is a wonderful bustling place, with affordable housing, fantastic schools, and great out-of-work activities for everyone. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post involves resident on call nights (see below) with no non-resident shifts.

You shift times are 830pm until 9am and all these hours are resident.  An ensuite room adjacent to labour ward is provided which has a bed, shower, and mini kitchen facilities available for you to utilise overnight.

You are not expected to deliver consultant level acute gynae care or acute gynaecological surgery.

When on resident nights there will always be a gynae consultant who will attend to conduct all emergency gynae surgery.  Your role does not include acute gynae consultant on calls.

There is always a non-resident consultant who can come and assist when needed, i.e., high workload, complex cases.  This non-resident consultant will always attend for cases such as any return to theatre or C/Section hysterectomy etc.

Please also take the time to read the supporting documents found on Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (sath.nhs.uk)