Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

The closing date is 31 October 2025

Job summary

Locum Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

This post is for a locum 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.

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

Date posted

09 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum, pro rata (Grade YM 73)

Contract

Locum

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

409-7490782

Job locations

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Dicconson Way, Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: Thursday 9th October 2025

Closing date: Friday 31st October 2025

Shortlisting date: Wednesday 5th November 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.

Advertising date: Thursday 9th October 2025

Closing date: Friday 31st October 2025

Shortlisting date: Wednesday 5th November 2025

Proposed Interview date: TBC

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
Clinical supervisor qualification
MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

Formal teaching qualification (e.g. PG cert / MEd)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice
Training and experience to independently manage gynaecology emergencies during on-call
Evidence of administrative experience
Evidence of continuing participation in Clinical governance in maternity and Gynaecology
Evidence of continuing supervision of Junior Medical Staff and / or medical students
Familiarity with current trainee and medical student curriculum

Desirable

ATSM in fetal medicine labour ward lead, high risk pregnancy or Maternal medicine
Intermediate US scan training in fetal medicine
Formal training / experience in management
Evidence of root cause analysis training
Formal leadership qualification

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies.
Supportive and tolerant
Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
Caring attitude to patients, prioritising patient safety

Desirable

Evidence of submission of clinical / quality improvement projects for poster / oral presentation at regional or national events
Evidence of involvement in research e.g., recruited NIHR trials participants

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
Clinical supervisor qualification
MD/PHD or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

Formal teaching qualification (e.g. PG cert / MEd)

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Practice
Training and experience to independently manage gynaecology emergencies during on-call
Evidence of administrative experience
Evidence of continuing participation in Clinical governance in maternity and Gynaecology
Evidence of continuing supervision of Junior Medical Staff and / or medical students
Familiarity with current trainee and medical student curriculum

Desirable

ATSM in fetal medicine labour ward lead, high risk pregnancy or Maternal medicine
Intermediate US scan training in fetal medicine
Formal training / experience in management
Evidence of root cause analysis training
Formal leadership qualification

Skills

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies.
Supportive and tolerant
Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team
Caring attitude to patients, prioritising patient safety

Desirable

Evidence of submission of clinical / quality improvement projects for poster / oral presentation at regional or national events
Evidence of involvement in research e.g., recruited NIHR trials participants

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Dicconson Way, Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Ormskirk District General Hospital

Dicconson Way, Wigan Road

Ormskirk

L39 2AZ

Employer's website

https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)