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Locum OG Consultant with SI in Maternal Medicine

Job details
Posting date: 20 May 2025
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 19 June 2025
Location: Arrowe Park Road, CH49 5PE
Company: Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Contract
Job reference: 7163840/408-25-427

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Summary

A Vacancy at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.


A post has become available for a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to augment our enthusiastic, innovative and dedicated team of consultants.This post is advertised initially as a fixed term post to provide cover for a consultant taking a maternity break. The post is for 12 months initially.

The post holder will join WUTH in providing a maternal medicine service with regional maternal medicine support where needed. There is a weekly regional maternal medicine MDT.



The post holder will be expected to hold the RCOG ATSM in maternal Medicine (or equivalent) and will be able to support all maternal medicine services which includes coverage of the Endocrine / Diabetes antenatal clinic. There is also a separate Wednesday general maternal medicine antenatal clinic.

It would be expected that the post-holder has a leadership qualification and demonstrates a willingness to progress in a leadership role within maternal medicine.



The post-holder will be joining a team of consultants and will be expected to participate in the hot week (currently 1:14) and obstetric / gynaecology (currently 1:14) on-call rotaand contribute to antenatal care and labour ward management and Caesarean Section Lists to support Ockenden recommendations.

There would be intention to have a regular gynaecology theatre operating session most likely supporting the ‘Hot List’ emergency gynae theatre, which could provide opportunity to perform intermediate gynae surgical procedures.

There will be secretarial support for the post and use of an office for the consultant. They will also be allocated a mentor by the Trust if required.

Job plan will be finalised on appointment. The suggested 10PA job plan is as below.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Locum OG Consultant with SI in Maternal Medicine Fixed Term position available at WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month. As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment


This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Jun 2025

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