Consultant in Obs & Gynae with s/i in Colposcopy & Rapid Access

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a special interest in Colposcopy and Rapid Access. The post is whole-time and permanent, with interviews scheduled for 13 January 2027 and a closing date of 06 December 2026.

The post holder will help to deliver a modern women’s health service across Ormskirk, Southport, and community settings, participating in governance, education, and service development

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration at the time of appointment.
• MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCOG or equivalent medical qualification.
• Further Higher degree.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Education

MBChB or equivalent medical qualification

MRCOG or equivalent medical qualification

Full GMC registration

Further Higher degree

Job description

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant in Obs & Gynae with s/i in Colposcopy & Rapid Access

The closing date is 06 December 2026

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with special interest in Colposcopy and/or Rapid Access

This post is for a whole-time permanent 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.

Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register or due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview. CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application.

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 13th January 2027.

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.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

Proposed Interview date: 13th January 2027

Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
• MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCOG or equivalent medical qualification
• Further Higher degree

Values

• We are kind
• We are open
• We are inclusive

Knowledge

• Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity oDelivery of good acute clinical care

Skills

• Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the General Obstetrics & Gynaecology curriculum and applying to this post
• Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: RCOG SITM or equivalent and demonstrable experience including that relating to a special interest to complement existing colleagues e.g., Colposcopy SITM or Accredited Colposcopy, Oncology SITM, Gynaecological surgical care SITM
• Demonstrable experience to manage a Labour Ward independently
• Knowledge and experience to participate on the Consultant on call rota
• Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure within the last 3 years.
• Teaching: Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
• Communication Skills: Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
• Problem Solving & Decision Making: Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
• Managing Others & Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively with others.
• Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to work in multi-professional teams
• Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to supervise junior medical staff
• Empathy & Sensitivity: Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding;
• Empathy & Sensitivity: Sees patients as people
• Organisation & Planning: Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively.
• Organisation & Planning: Capacity to prioritise own workload.
• Organisation & Planning: Basic IT skills
• Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
• Coping with Pressure: Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
• Special interest accreditation in e.g. Vulval care or Menopause
• Evidence of relevant academic achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 5 years.

Other

• Professional Integrity: Capacity to take responsibility for own actions.
• Demonstrates respect for all.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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