Locum Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a locum consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. The role involves providing patient care, covering elective and emergency services, and supporting service development. Essential qualifications include GMC registration and MRCOG. This position offers a full‑time schedule with opportunities for teaching and involvement in clinical research, aimed at enhancing community health services.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC is required.
• Expected to receive CCT within six months to qualify for an interview.
• Prior consultant level experience is needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-call Obstetrics and manage elective obstetric activities.
• Cover maternal medicine services and pre-term birth prevention clinics.
• Fulfill gaps on the resident on-call rota.

Skills

Clinical opinion on acute obstetric conditions

Leadership abilities

Ability to communicate effectively

Teaching and training skills

Education

MRCOG (UK)

Postgraduate qualification in Education

Job description

Locum Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – Closing date: 18 December 2025

A standard full‑time Job Plan will contain 10 programmed activities (PAs) comprising 8 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2 for supporting activities (SPAs). 1.5 SPAs are classed as ‘core’ and cover time for training, teaching, CPD, audit, appraisal, clinical governance and attendance at service meetings. All employees may be required to work across different sites (HUTH, NLAG) depending on service needs. There will be opportunities to support service development within outpatient and surgical management of complex gynaecology patients. All locums will have induction arranged while commencing the post and additional training provision for Badgernet and Lorenzo.

Main duties of the job

The postholder is expected to work flexibly to provide on‑call Obstetrics, elective obstetric activity (ELSCS, ANC, ADU/Triage cover) and special skills related activities that require support, matched with competencies and interest. This may include cover gaps in maternal medicine service as well as pre‑term birth prevention clinics. If the postholder has appropriate qualifications and experience in fetal medicine this will be a welcome to the service, covering a clinician who would be on maternity leave.

On‑call component in this locum post is to fill a gap on the resident on‑call rota.

Service description:

• Resident nights Mon‑Thursday 1:7 weeks covering Obstetrics only (8.30pm‑8.30am) with a second non‑resident consultant support provision to cover gynaecology.
• Resident on‑call Friday 8am to 9pm 1:7 covering Obstetrics, supported by a separate consultant covering acute gynaecology activity during this shift.
• Business team and Clinical Leads to provide a schedule of activity when successfully appointed to the post.

Flexible session relates to specialist skills of the successful applicant and service needs to be discussed with management after appointment. If the postholder is experienced and able to cover elective gynae activity service gaps, this will be supported following discussion with senior management team.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – we have significant ambitions and are committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As teaching hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification – 12 months fixed term.

Person Specification

Professional Registration

• Full Registration with the GMC
• GMC Specialist Registration (or expected inclusion within 6 months)

Qualifications and Training

• MRCOG (UK) or appropriate specialist registration*
• Relevant CCT or equivalent
• Must be expecting to receive CCT within the next six months to be eligible for interview.
• All other candidates must already be on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Postgraduate qualification in Education or significant experience in postgraduate training

Clinical Experience

• Ability to offer sound clinical opinion on a range of acute obstetric and gynaecological conditions
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• ATSM's
• SITM's
• Satisfactory ARCP's during training years
• Prior consultant level experience – specialist skills to complement the service

Management and Administration Experience

• Ability to manage and lead teams
• Ability to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
• Ability to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
• Ability to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/making delivery

Teaching, Audit and Research

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff
• Commitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
• Evidence of participation in audit
• Ability to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
• Evidence of having conducted a practice‑changing audit
• Experience of teaching/training in clinical courses
• Original peer‑reviewed research publications

Personal Attributes

• Good leadership skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, midwives, nurses and other agencies
• Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
• Good organisational and management skills
• Supportive and tolerant
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Caring attitude to patients
• Prepared to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the hospital
• Ability to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines

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.