Locum Consultant in Obs & Gynae with an interest in Fertility & IVF

Integrated Care System; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Integrated Care System is looking for a Locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology to support fertility and IVF services. The role includes multi-site responsibilities with a focus on Labour Ward coverage and training junior doctors. Ideal candidates will have a GMC registration and relevant qualifications, with a strong commitment to patient care in a multi-disciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC.
• Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT/CCST or equivalent.
• Experience in gynaecology scanning.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant-led Labour Ward coverage.
• Support assisted reproduction and fertility clinics.
• Supervise and train junior doctors.

Skills

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Teaching skills

Education

Medical qualification registered with the GMC

MRCOG or equivalent

Job description

Go back Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Locum Consultant in Obs & Gynae with an interest in Fertility & IVF

The closing date is 06 August 2025

Applications are invited for a 10 PA Locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

This post offers an exciting opportunity for Consultant, to work within a team of 32 Consultants at the Trust.

This is a fixed term post for 12 months initially for a consultant with a special interest in fertility and IVF primarily based at the St Helier site with Labour ward on call.

Main duties of the job

The role is multi-site for all activities, there will also be requirements to work at St Helier Hospital, and when the new hospital is built at Sutton, acute work will be undertaken at the Sutton site. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in supporting the supporting assisted reproduction, one stop fertility clinics and acute gynaecology cover. In addition, they will provide consultant led Labour Ward.

The trust has a consistent 7 day working on labour ward and cross site working for all members of staff. The Trust also has a consultant of the week to exclusively cover emergency care in gynaecology at the St. Helier's site. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in both these activities.

The new Consultant will also have shared workload in supervision and training junior doctors in the Labour Ward, antenatal/postnatal and emergency care.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Values and Behaviours

• Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
• Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
• Work as one team - communicate, collaborate and share
• Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening

Qualifications and Training

• Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
• Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT/CCST or equivalent
• Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. MRCOG or equivalent
• ATSM in in labour ward practice
• ATSM / SITM in Fertility
• Research experience

Clinical Experience

• High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
• Expertise in managing complex gynaecology cases in an MDT environment.
• Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on call rota for the specialty
• Experience in gynaecology scanning Experience working in an IVF unit
• Setting up of a specialised clinic/services in gynaecology

Management & Administrative Experience

• Audit/Research
• Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT
• Supervision of post graduate trainees
• Personal time management skills
• Clinical Governance
• Ability to organise inpatient and outpatient waiting lists
• Familiarity within issues of service organisation and development

Teaching Experience

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/post graduates
• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Research Experience

• Ability to contribute to change management
• Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems
• Ability to critically review research
• Publications in peer review journals

Language

• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the appropriate standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements.

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work in a multi- disciplinary team
• Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient centred service
• Demonstrate an understanding and willingness to embrace user involvement
• Good interpersonal skills
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate with patients and relatives
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities to local, regional or national levels
• Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service

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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust