About this role
Job summary
Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with special interest in Colposcopy and/or Rapid Access
This post is for a whole-time permanent consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. This is a whole-time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
The Trust is recruiting to a new post, created as a result of the Trust's response to Ockenden recommendations and the Trust's commitment to women's health.
The post holder will help to change how we deliver women's services at the Trust and builds on the development of women's healthcare that the Trust has undertaken over the last 3-4 years.
Applicants are required to hold Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists (UK or equivalent qualifications), to be fully registered with the General Medical Council, and to be on the Specialist Register or due to obtain their CCT within six months of the date of interview. CESR candidates must have written GMC confirmation of successful application.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 13th January 2027.
Main duties of the job
Maternity Services and Gynaecology Services are based at Ormskirk Hospital. Clinics are conducted at Southport Hospital and May Logan Community Centre. With shaping care together, there is a drive to take services closer to the women and conduct more clinics in the community.
Duties include
- To participate in the provision of an Obstetric and Gynaecological service to Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals in co-operation with the other Consultants in post.
- Help ensure the department meets its cancer targets.
- To act as a Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist and to maintain a safe, friendly and efficient service.
- To assist in providing 60 hours dedicated Consultant time on the delivery suite and to participate in alternative models of achieving this.
- To assist in delivering elective Caesarean section lists and termination services (providing you have no moral objection to terminations)
- To share in the administration and management of the Obstetrics & Gynaecology services.
- To share in the direct supervision of junior medical staff, physician associate students, midwifery and nursing staff and medical students taking responsibility for their ongoing education and training.
- To participate in clinical audit, adverse event review, guideline development review, external review and service development.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you have read through the attached Job Description and Person Specification before submitting your application.
Advertising date: 2nd November 2026
Closing date: 6th December 2026
Shortlisting date: w/c 7th December 2026
Proposed Interview date: 13th January 2027
Please note, this post may close earlier than advertised if a sufficient number of applications are received.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration at the time of appointment
- MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCOG or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Further Higher degree
Values
Essential
- We are kind
- We are open
- We are inclusive
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice including: oGood clinical care oMaintaining good medical practice oGood relationships and communication with patients oGood working relationships with colleagues oGood teaching and training oProfessional behaviour and probity oDelivery of good acute clinical care
Skills
Essential
- Demonstrate skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems.
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: Demonstrates the necessary range, depth and breadth of competencies specified in the General Obstetrics & Gynaecology curriculum and applying to this post
- Clinical Knowledge & Expertise: RCOG SITM or equivalent and demonstrable experience including that relating to a special interest to complement existing colleagues e.g., Colposcopy SITM or Accredited Colposcopy, Oncology SITM, Gynaecological surgical care SITM
- Demonstrable experience to manage a Labour Ward independently
- Knowledge and experience to participate on the Consultant on call rota
- Research Skills: Demonstrates ability to undertake robust audit / research within team structure within the last 3 years.
- Teaching: Evidence of appropriate teaching experience within the last 3 years
- Communication Skills: Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
- Communication Skills: Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate
- Problem Solving & Decision Making: Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively with others.
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to work in multi-professional teams
- Managing Others & Team Involvement: Able to supervise junior medical staff
- Empathy & Sensitivity: Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding;
- Empathy & Sensitivity: Sees patients as people
- Organisation & Planning: Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively.
- Organisation & Planning: Capacity to prioritise own workload.
- Organisation & Planning: Basic IT skills
- Vigilance & Situational Awareness: Capacity to monitor developing situations and anticipate issues
- Coping with Pressure: Capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative & resilience to cope with changing circumstances
Desirable
- Special interest accreditation in e.g. Vulval care or Menopause
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, e.g. degrees, awards, in the last 5 years.
- Evidence of relevant research e.g. presentations, publications in peer reviewed journals within the last 5 years.
Other
Essential
- Professional Integrity: Capacity to take responsibility for own actions.
- Demonstrates respect for all.
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Ormskirk District General Hospital
Dicconson Way, Wigan Road
Ormskirk
L39 2AZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.merseywestlancs.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)