Consultant in Gynaecology (Fertility and Reproductive Medicine)

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a substantive Consultant in Gynaecology with sub speciality accreditation in Fertility and Reproductive Medicine. This job will consist of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week as an annualised contract. The job plan includes on call duties as part of a 1 in 12 – 14 rota for Gynaecology. The successful applicant will be based at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital; they will work primarily in the fertility team delivering fertility and reproductive endocrine clinics, aspects of Fertility Treatment such as Egg Collection, surgical sperm retrieval, embryo Transfer and ultrasound scanning and gynaecology operating at unit level.

The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and to comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trust. Where the Consultant manages employees of the Trust, they will be expected to observe the local employment and personnel policies and procedures.

The Trust will be moving towards 7 day and 3 session working. The successful candidate could be expected to work some evening clinical duties and weekend sessions.

Hours of work are full time with on-call commitments on the Gynaecology Consultant Rota.

The successful candidate will be expected to be aware of local guidelines, policies and procedures and to comply with the Standing Orders and Standing Financial Instructions of the Trust.

Main duties of the job

Below is an outline of what this 10 PA Job plan will contain. Please note that this is subject to changes, but with agreement from the new appointed post-holder prior to implementation. Additional to the draft timetable below, the current on-call frequency is 1:12 for weekdays and 1:14 for weekends.

Monday

Am

Pm

SPA

IVF Unit

Tuesday

AM

All day

MDT (08:00-09:00)

IVF Unit

Wednesday

Am

Pm

Theatre or SPA/Admin

Theatre or GOPD Fertility Clinic

Thursday

AM

PM

GOPD Fertility, Reproductive Endocrine or Recurrent Miscarriage

GOPD Fertility, Reproductive Endocrine or Recurrent Miscarriage or IVF Unit

Friday

Am

Pm

IVF Unit

SPA/Admin

This is an annualised contract. For each PA described above, over 1 year, 42 weeks will be delivered. This is to facilitate prospective cover of the Assisted Conception Unit.

This Job Outline highlights the main areas of responsibility for the post and is not exhaustive. It is expected that in line with the development of the Trust, additional responsibilities that are commensurate to the role will be added to this role outline to reflect the changing environment of the Trust as an NHS organisation.

Person Specification

Person Specification

Essential

  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
  • Relevant CCT or equivalent (‘equivalence’ must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC)
  • Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of the AAC

Desirable

  • Further higher degree
  • Evidence of ongoing engagement with research

Clinical Experience and Effectiveness

Essential

  • Completion (or predicted completion) of RCOG accredited training in Fertility and Reproductive Medicine

Management and administrative experience

Essential

  • Evidence of management and administration experience

Teaching and training experience

Essential

  • Experience of supervising junior staff

Desirable

  • Formal medical teaching training
  • Evidence of teaching and training at regional, national or international level

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Good leadership skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, midwives and other agencies
  • Enthusiasm and ability to work under pressure
  • Good organisational and management skills
  • Supportive and tolerant
  • Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
  • Caring attitude to patients
  • Prepared to live within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the hospital or remain resident whilst on call.

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: 18 August 2026

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