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Job summary

Main area
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Grade
YM72
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 9.9 sessions per week
Job ref
220-WH-AAC-006
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/03/2026 23:59
Interview date
14/04/2026

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Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist wsi Gynaecology Oncology

YM72

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Job overview

Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist with a Special Interest in Gynaecological Oncology

Join a forward-thinking Women's Health team committed to excellence in patient care, training, innovation and high-quality multidisciplinary working. 

We are seeking an enthusiastic and skilled clinician who will contribute to delivering outstanding, patient-centred care across our Obstetrics and Gynaecology services, while playing a key role in supporting and developing our cancer pathways, including rapid access services and multidisciplinary working to achieve Trust cancer targets.

Applicants must hold:

  • Full GMC registration.
  • CCT (or equivalent) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with eligibility for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of AAC.
  • MRCOG (or equivalent)

Interviews to be held on 14 April 2026.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

  • Provide high-quality clinical care across general Obstetrics and Gynaecology services.
  • Deliver and support the Trust’s gynaecological cancer pathway, including independently running rapid access clinics and working closely with the MDT to meet cancer targets.
  • Undertake independent operating in gynaecology, with experience in major abdominal surgery (with support available initially if required).
  • Attend and contribute to MDT meetings, supporting the care of more complex patients within agreed network pathways.
  • Participate in specialist gynaecology clinics where appropriate, with additional skills welcomed including:

    • Colposcopy
    • Outpatient hysteroscopy
    •  
  • Participate in the Labour Ward rota with on-call covering both Obstetrics and Gynaecology:

    • 1 in 8 weekend rotation
    • 1 in 16 weekday rotation
    • Band A on-call supplement 
  • Contribute to teaching, supervision and mentorship of junior doctors, midwives and nurses.
  • Engage in clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development, supporting the future direction of the department.
  • Participate in and support research activity, in line with Whittington Health’s research strategy

Please see the attached job description & person specification for full and further details.

Person specification

Professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
  • Relevant CCT or equivalent [equivalence must be confirmed by PMETB/GMC by date of GMC].
  • Entry on the GMC specialist register or eligibility for entry within 6 months of the date of AAC.
  • MRCOG or appropriate specialist qualification
  • Equivalent experience and training to the Advance Labour ward Practice ATSM/ SITM
  • ATSM/SITM in one of the Gynecology surgical advanced modules or equivalent involving major abdominal surgery and have experience with the UK cancer pathway
Desirable criteria
  • ATSM/SITM in Hysteroscopy And/or Colposcopy accreditation

Clinical Experience & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Clinical Training and experience in general Obstetrics and Gynaecology equivalent to that required of a UK CCST
  • Excellent clinical skills and experience
  • Excellent practical skills in the full range of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Comprehensive skills in independently running rapid access clinics and working in a multidisciplinary team to deliver the Trusts cancer targets.

Business Development

Essential criteria
  • Leadership skills to take forward service developments and quality improvement.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of active participation in quality improvement, service redesign or business development.

Audit, Management and IT

Essential criteria
  • Understanding the principles of clinical governance and its implications.
  • Active participation in audit
  • Computing & IT skills.
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of audit involvement/CNST

Research. Teaching skill & experience

Essential criteria
  • Proven ability to organise and contribute to teaching programmes for the multi- disciplinary team
  • An ability to support a multidisciplinary team and to take a lead in the clinical aspects within such a team
  • Evidence of ongoing learning and personal growth
Desirable criteria
  • Formal training in teaching and training
  • Higher degree
  • Publications arising from research

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Miss Sangeeta Khinder
Job title
Gynaecology Oncology Lead & Gynaecology Lead
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
Telephone
020 7288 5286
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