Consultant Obstetrician: Sponsorship Available

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Job summary

We are expanding our consultant workforce in Leicester and would love you to be part of our team. This is an opportunity to contribute to a busy maternity service, develop your specialist interest and work alongside an established multidisciplinary team caring for women and families across Leicestershire and the East Midlands.

We provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for over 10,000 births each year across two Delivery Suites and two co-located Birth Centres. Our service is supported by a Level 3 neonatal unit at Leicester Royal Infirmary and a Level 1 neonatal unit at Leicester General Hospital.

As a major tertiary referral centre, we deliver comprehensive Fetal and Maternal Medicine services across the East Midlands. Our surgical, cardiac and genetic referral expertise supports specialist multidisciplinary care for pregnancies complicated by fetal or maternal medical conditions, including women at high risk of massive haemorrhage. Leicester is also the regional host for the abnormally invasive placenta (AIP) service.

Whether you are completing specialty training or looking for your next consultant role, join us to help shape high-quality obstetric care in Leicester.

Main duties of the job

Provide consultant-led antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care, including Delivery Suite cover, clinics, Maternity Assessment Unit (MAU) sessions and elective Caesarean section lists.

Develop and contribute to a specialist obstetric service while helping to set and maintain standards across all aspects of care.

Work collaboratively within consultant teams, providing prospective cover and flexibility for clinics, MAU and elective Caesarean section sessions.

Work within a multidisciplinary team to care for women with complex pregnancies and supervise resident doctors.

Undertake managerial duties associated with patient care and the running of the Clinical Department.

Work with the Clinical Management Group (CMG) management team to deliver efficient services that reflect best practice, supported by appropriate processes and governance.

Participate in audit, continuing professional development (CPD), mandatory training and education to support high standards of care and revalidation.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MB BS or Equivalent
  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCOG or appropriate specialist registration
  • Relevant CCT or equivalent (‘equivalence’ must be confirmed by GMC by date of AAC).

Desirable

  • Membership of relevant Specialist Societies or Associations.
  • Higher degree eg MSc, MD, PhD or equivalent.

Experience &Clinical Skills

Essential

  • ATSM in Advanced Labour Ward Management.
  • Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence-based practice
  • IT Skills, ability to use web browser, excel, word etc
  • Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas or interest
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care or patients
  • Delivery of good acute clinical care

Desirable

  • RCOG ATSM in High risk pregnancy or Obstetric medicine

Management

Desirable

  • Awareness of Service Development issues
  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Management training on an accredited course

Motivation

Essential

  • Personal integrity and reliability.
  • Ability to motivate and develop both medical Staff and non-medical staff.

Desirable

  • Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided.

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
  • Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Desirable

  • Post graduate qualification or ATSM in medical education
  • Appraisal and assessment skills

Audit/Quality Improvement

Essential

  • Experience in and commitment to medical audit

Desirable

  • Completion of formal courses in audit
  • Published audit

Research

Essential

  • Understanding and interest in research.

Desirable

  • Evidence of recent research and development activity
  • Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the speciality

Equality & Diversity

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.

Communication skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.
  • To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding.
  • Highly Developed Emotional Intelligence

Desirable

  • High standard of presentation both written and verbal
  • Demonstrable track record of successful change management
  • Proven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment

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: 2 December 2026

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