Senior Clinical Fellow O&G With Interest In Maternal Medicine

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Nhs Trust; Ledston; In loco; GBP 77.000 - 78.000; Tempo pieno

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Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust invites applications for a Senior Clinical Fellow with a special interest in Maternal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The post is available to commence immediately and is delivered across four sites: St James University Hospital, Leeds General Infirmary, Wharfedale General Hospital, and Seacroft Hospital.

The appointee will be at ST6 level with GMC registration and a license to practice.

Competenze

• Must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice.
• Post is suitable for ST6 level with wide maternal medicine experience.
• Experience with obstetrics and gynaecology in the UK preferred.
• Willingness to participate in teaching, audits, and QI projects.

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• Work at ST6 level in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and perform deliveries and caesarean sections.
• Participate in antenatal clinics, labour ward, day unit, and theatres.
• Lead QI projects and involvement in MDT meetings.
• Provide clinical care and teaching in the department.

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Job reference: 002458

Salary: ST6-8 - £76,582 - £77,348

Closing date: 13/11/2026

Department: NTGD - Obstetrics SJH

Location: Cross Site

Division: Womens CSU

Hours Per Week: 40

For questions about this job, contact: Name: Lucy McCabe/ Jacquline Clarke
Position: Consultant
Email: [e-mail]/ [e-mail]
Closing Date: 13/11/2026
Interview Date: 30/11/2026

Please Note: All salaries listed reflect the pay for full time roles. Any part time roles will be pro rata.

Senior Clinical Fellow with a special interest in Maternal Medicine in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

We are inviting applications to fill our Senior Clinical Fellow with a special interest in Maternal Medicine vacancy at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. This post is available to commence immediately.

Candidates must be fully registered with the General Medical Council and hold a license to practice at the time of application.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic doctor to join the current Obstetrics and Gynaecology team as a clinical fellow at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The service is delivered through four sites: St James University Hospital (SJUH), Leeds General Infirmary (LGI), Wharfedale General Hospital and Seacroft Hospital. The above post is suitable for doctors wishing to gain clinical experience at a ST6 level in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The post offers the successful candidate a wide range of experience in all areas of the specialty. Whilst this post is not recognised for training, the appointee will be supported by a Clinical Supervisor to meet their career and educational goals. There will be opportunities to develop special interests in Maternal Medicine. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to get involved in the several specialised maternal medicine clinics which take place across both hospitals. These are run by specialists in the field and include diabetes, endocrinology, haematology, cardiology, gastro-intestinal and rheumatology. In addition they will be invited to participate in the regular MDT meetings as well as getting involved and leading QI projects and teaching in the area.

This post includes working on the Second on Call rota with a 1:9 frequency and the successful candidate will be expected to participate in on call at both St James's University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary out of hours. Daytime working hours will be split between protected clinical fellow work in line with your specialist interest and providing clinical care in Antenatal clinic, Labour ward, Antenatal Day Unit, Maternity Assessment, Gynaecology clinic, Acute Gynaecology and gynaecology theatres amongst other things. The proposed split of daytime working hours would be 60% clinical fellow time and 40% clinical service time.

Why you should join our Team

The gynaecology service is predominantly based at St James University Hospital (Chancellor Wing) with some elective gynaecology work including clinics, day case and overnight theatre and hysteroscopy also takes place at Wharfedale hospital. Leeds has just been made an Endometriosis centre and there are specialist clinics also in Premature ovarian failure, paediatric and adolescent gynaecology, Complex termination of pregnancy, ambulatory procedures and a PMDD MDT amongst other opportunities. The fertility service is based at Seacroft Hospital. The maternity service is based at St James University Hospital (approximately 4,500 deliveries per year) and Leeds General Infirmary (approximately 5,000 deliveries per year). Leeds Maternity services provide tertiary level care for Fetal medicine and Maternal Medicine. There are a number of specialist antenatal clinics and exciting opportunities to engage with ongoing Quality Improvement work.

All resident doctors will be supported by an educational supervisor and encouraged in their professional development. There is teaching available every Friday afternoon which you will have the opportunity to attend and there is also the opportunity to develop guidelines and Patient information Leaflets as well as perform audits and quality improvement projects. There are also opportunities to get involved with undergraduate medical education through Leeds Medical School.

What you will bring to the role

The post holder will work at a level equivalent to that of a ST6 trainee and should have experience at working at a ST6 level for a minimum of 6 months ideally within the UK. They should be competent to perform operative non rotational deliveries and Caesarean sections.

Applicants must have completed Foundation competencies either as part of the UK Foundation programme or demonstrate equivalent training.

Applicants must have completed MRCOG part 1 to be considered for an ST3-5 post and MRCOG part 3 to be considered for an ST6+ post.

Basic Life Support training is essential.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate leadership skills, clinical competence in obstetrics and gynaecology and experience in clinical education and audit/quality improvement work.

Applicants should have knowledge of obstetrics and gynaecology as practiced in the UK with experience working within the UK desirable.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are: Responsible, Open and Honest, One Team, Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities: People, Improvement and Innovation, Partnerships, Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.