Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

All successful candidates will be expected to submit documentation for the GMC Portfolio Pathway within 18 months of their start date.

This post is for a Locum Obstetrician and Gynaecologist consultant for one year. The role will also have extensive responsibilities in obstetrics, acute and general gynaecology. This post is to complement six consultants at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven and seven consultants at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and will involve working at both sites, with the primary base being at Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle. The consultant may have to undertake some clinical duties at West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven.

The successful candidate will provide general obstetric and acute gynaecology services, including on call, labour ward leadership and obstetric risk management. The successful candidate will be expected to have broad experience in obstetrics and labour ward management. SPA time will be used for clinical management duties, clinical audit, research, clinical governance, teaching, training, and reflective practice.

Main duties of the job

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

  • Full Registration with the General Medical Council.
  • Membership of the Royal College of Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
  • Entry into the specialist register

Desirable

  • Other relevant medical and non medical training/degree
  • Other relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g. Master’s degree, diplomas.
  • Management training
  • Instructor status in either APLS/ALS

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

  • High Level of clinical experience and competence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Operative Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Ability to perform major gynaecological procedures such as abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy
  • Excellent communication skills with patient, colleagues, managers and other staff
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • A special interest to complement that of the existing postholders in particular obstetrics and labour ward management
  • Experience in Postnatal Pelvic Health Management
  • Knowledge in advanced Antenatal care
  • Maternal Medicine
  • Experience in Uro-dynamics & OPH

Desirable

  • Experience in outpatient hysteroscopy
  • Accreditation e.g. in ultrasound scanning and training
  • Membership of relevant learned societies.
  • Evidence of involvement in risk management processes, protocol development
  • Intermediate level in Obstetric Ultrasound scanning
  • Proven track record in undertaking research projects
  • Formal training in medical education.
  • Experience in district general hospital practice at both trainee and consultant or SAS level
  • Hold an ATSM or equivalent experience

Management and Administrative

Essential

  • Ability to advice on efficient and smooth running of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Service
  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently

Communication Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Empathetic and Sensitive approach to patient needs
  • Approachable and effective multi disciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Team Loyalty
  • Positive Approach to lesson learnt
  • confident approach without being arrogant
  • IT skills

Desirable

  • Presentation skills – presentations of audit and research papers

Cotinued Professional Personal Development

Essential

  • Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning
  • Reflective approach to personal development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance
  • participation in appropriate peer review processes

Desirable

  • Continued Professional / Personal Development

Management and Administrative

Essential

  • Ability to advice on efficient and smooth running of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology service.
  • Ability to organise and manage own workload efficiently

Teaching

Essential

  • Commitment to continuing medical education, appraisal and clinical governance

Desirable

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff.
  • Recognised educational supervisor

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

Essential

  • Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit.
  • Experience of research and Clinical Governance.
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.

Desirable

  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Participation in on call and emergency cover
  • Ability to travel to fulfil the requirements of the post

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).

Closing Date: 30 July 2026

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