Locum Consultant Obstetrician

University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Coventry is seeking a Senior Obstetrician to join their high-performing team. The successful candidate will provide leadership in obstetrics, collaborate with clinical colleagues, and support patient care across various sites. The role involves teaching medical students and ensuring standards in a research-oriented environment. This is an exciting opportunity for those passionate about advancing obstetric services in the community.

Benefits

Access to learning and development opportunities

Working in a leading healthcare trust

Qualifications

• Strong leadership in obstetrics and gynecology.
• Experience in collaborative clinical practice.
• Commitment to research, education, and training.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to obstetric staff.
• Support obstetric wards and the Fetal Wellbeing department.
• Develop working patterns and guidelines in the department.
• Promote continuous learning and research.
• Ensure patient care responsibility.

Job description

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 10th November 2025

This post is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to take on a senior role within the Obstetric and Gynaecology Department at UHCW NHS Trust. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with clinical colleagues, to deliver a comprehensive Obstetric service to patients in the Coventry and Warwickshire communities.

The post holder will be joining a high performing team, at a Centre which provides regional care across Obstetric, Gynaecological and Neonatal pathways. Alongside this the Department is heavily grounded in research and best practice with close links to the Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research based at UHCW and a fully integrated Centre for Reproductive Medicine.

The post holder will be based at the University Hospital, Coventry with outpatient clinic commitments at the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby and community support sites.

There will be appropriate involvement in the administration and management functions of the Trust. The scheduling of clinical sessions may change as part of job planning, and the job description will be revisited with the Clinical Director and Group Director of Operations once the successful candidate has been in post for 6 months.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applications or if there has been a change in organisational priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership to all disciplines and ensure, with the senior midwifery staff, that guidance is available to all staff within the obstetric areas.
• Provide dedicated support to the Obstetric wards and Fetal Wellbeing department.
• Work across disciplines to develop close working patterns, shared guidelines, education and joint standards throughout the department.
• Communicate openly and consult with clinicians, midwives, nurses and administrative staff on developments within obstetrics and gynaecology.
• Promote the culture of continuous learning and development, ensuring leadership in support of research, audit, education and training.
• Participation in Labour Ward Forum and Quality of Care forum and ensuring decisions taken are fed back to ensure that necessary changes are implemented.
• Facilitating skills drills and ensuring remedial action taken if deficiencies identified.
• Take ongoing responsibility for patients under his/her care.
• Participate in the teaching and supervision of medical students and coordinate teaching sessions.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with medical colleagues in other specialities and participate in regular clinical meetings and other postgraduate activities.
• Share responsibility for professional supervision and development of trainee doctors within the speciality. This will include the appraisal of Specialist Trainees in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.

About the Trust

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.

Further Information

For further information on this locum consultant vacancy, please refer to the job description and person specification.