East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Consultant In Gynaecology with Special Inetrest in Endometriosis

The closing date is 24 November 2025

Job summary

Applications are invited for a substantive 10 PA Consultant post in Gynaecology with special interest in Endometriosis. The successful applicant will join a friendly, motivated and dynamic department.

The Lancashire Women & Newborn Centre is a BSGE Accredited Endometriosis Centre. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our multidisciplinary team. The post includes access to robotic operating theatres and if the successful candidate did not already have those skills there will be opportunity to develop robotic operative skills as part of the role.

The successful candidate will join 28 other substantive Obstetric and Gynaecology consultants at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The post will be based at Burnley General Hospital, although this may be subject to change.

The applicant should have the appropriate training and experience to fulfil the requirements of this post.The role will include general gynaecology clinics. There will be no obstetrics in the role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to provide inpatient and outpatient care to patients.

The appointment offers exciting opportunities for those with specific interest in endometriosis including regular joint operating sessions with colorectal colleagues. Competency in emergency gynaecological operating is an expectation of the postholder.

The exact programme activity allocation will be subject to agreement with the Clinical Director; an indicative Job Plan is included. The remaining PA's reflect supporting professional activities. These may include teaching, audit, research and CPD.

Please refer to the attached Job description for details.

National Terms and Conditions of Employment apply to this post.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Division's services plans
To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Family Care Division or the Trust.

About us

The post holder will join a fantastic multi-disciplinary team based at the Lancashire Women & Newborn Centre.This is a purpose built, modern unit located on the Burnley General Hospital site, and is the largest in-patient consultant led obstetric unit in the North West. It provides centralised state-of-the-art maternity and gynaecology services.

The Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre includes 5 operating theatres, a consultant led maternity unit, midwife led birthing centre, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Level 3), general, emergency and specialist gynaecology services. There is also a stand alone midwife-led birthing unit off the Hospital site in Blackburn.

Across all our sites we pride ourselves on our teaching and for providing a great experience for trainee doctors.

We have received excellent feedback from medical students, foundation year doctors and specialty trainees.

The department has a strong commitment to training, in 2019, the team wasrecognized as the top training unit in the country for the obstetrics training it provides to trainee doctors, also rated very highly for professional development (5th nationally), general gynaecology training (15th) and overall recommendation (7th).

Date posted

27 October 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£109,725 to £145,478 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-MQ121-25

Job locations

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description for further details.

Clinical training and experience in general Obstetrics and Gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT

Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent). The exact programme activity allocation will be subject to agreement with the Clinical Director; an indicative Job Plan is included. The remaining PAs reflect supporting professional activities. These may include teaching, audit, research and CPD.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Martin Maher

Job title

Clinical Director

Email address

Martin.maher@elht.nhs.uk

Telephone number

01282 803197

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description for further details.

Clinical training and experience in general Obstetrics and Gynaecology equivalent to that required for a UK CCT

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Martin Maher

Job title

Clinical Director

Email address

Martin.maher@elht.nhs.uk

Telephone number

01282 803197

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MRCOG or appropriate Specialist Qualification
RCOG advanced laparoscopic modules
Experience in complex endometriosis surgery
Experience of teaching clinical skills to under and post graduates
UK hospital experience
ATSM in benign abdominal surgery or equiv

Desirable

Experience in robotic surgery
ATSM in advanced laparoscopic surgery
Completion of management course or programme

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MRCOG or appropriate Specialist Qualification
RCOG advanced laparoscopic modules
Experience in complex endometriosis surgery
Experience of teaching clinical skills to under and post graduates
UK hospital experience
ATSM in benign abdominal surgery or equiv

Desirable

Experience in robotic surgery
ATSM in advanced laparoscopic surgery
Completion of management course or programme

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Burnley

BB10 2PQ

Employer's website

http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)