Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 318-25-CONSOBSPSL
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Obstetrics Patient Safety Lead
Consultant
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the largest employer in the county, we’re proud to provide outstanding acute, elective, and specialist services to over 650,000 people across our county. Whether you’re just beginning your NHS journey or taking the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing in innovation, research, and transformation, with over 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our two district hospitals.
You can expect a welcoming and supportive culture and you’ll be supported by passionate colleagues who care deeply about teamwork, development, and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring, and leadership opportunities to help you grow in your career. Gloucestershire has the perfect mix of culture, countryside, and community. With excellent schools, transport links, and access to award-winning green spaces, it’s a great place to live and work.
We value the diversity of our workforce and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels they belong.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Due to planned expansion of obstetric consultants we have the exciting opportunity for a substantive fulltime (10 PA) consultant post, within the Obstetrics and Gynaecology services at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts.
Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content can be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.
The post-holder will provide expert obstetric clinical care with a special interest in preterm birth. As obstetric lead for birth outside guidance they will work with a multi-professional team to develop care plans for women who have chosen options that differ from standard clinical guidelines. The post-holder will hold the role of patient safety lead, providing support to the maternity clinical governance team.
They will provide on call support overnight, and on weekends, together with appropriate teaching and supervision of junior doctors and medical students. They will be expected to work closely with the multi-professional team to provide a high-quality obstetrics service.
Main duties of the job
Integral to the responsibilities of this post are the following objectives:
To ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service
To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task
To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
To work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies
To support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children Division and our Trust
To work within the framework of team decisions
To take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services
To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
The Women & Children's Division are well established and are focused on continued service improvement.
The teams are based at Gloucester Royal Hospital with outpatient activity taking place and at Cheltenham General and Gloucester Royal hospitals.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Thank you for showing interest in this position.
If you would like to find out further information regarding this role, please review the attached job description which outlines the role in greater detail.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCOG
- Entry on Specialist Register (or entry expected within 6 months)
- SITM in Preterm Birth OR ATSM in High Risk Pregnancy (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Additional degrees, diplomas or postgraduate thesis relevant to specialty
- Post-graduate qualification in leadership and management or governance
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical training and experience in Obstetrics equivalent to that required for a UK CCT
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent).
- Demonstrate ability to work as a member of multidisciplinary team
- Ability to lead emergency obstetric services in and out of hours
Desirable criteria
- Experience of caring for women who have chosen to options that differ from standard clinical guidelines
- Experience in performing growth scans
Motivation and attitude
Essential criteria
- Understanding and respecting patients’ autonomy and shared decision making and the potential risks and benefits of non-standard care
- Ability to lead a team and form effective working relationships
- Enthusiasm for teaching and training of the multidisciplinary team
- Ability to provide a role model and to inspire and develop junior medical and nursing staff
- Ability to work independently as well as part of the directorate and to balance individual requirements against those of the directorate and the Trust as a whole
- Evidence of self-motivation and ability to organise own CME and CPD needs
- To attend outlying hospitals as required and ability to fulfil travelling requirements associated with the post
- To stay within 10 miles or 30 minutes of the base hospital (GRH) when on call
- Ability to fulfil all the duties of the post, including on call commitments for obstetrics
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- MD or equivalent
Information Technology
Essential criteria
- IT skills: Word processing, excel database, literature searching
Leadership and Management
Essential criteria
- Experience in interpreting national guidance and recommendations and translating this into local practice.
- Evidence of participation in Audit, Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement project
Quality Management
Essential criteria
- Ability to manage risk
- Ability to manage change
- Ability to deal with complaints
- Commitment to CPD / CME
- Ability to take part in and respond to appraisal
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Ability to teach clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Honesty and reliability
- Familiarity with the legal and ethical frameworks surrounding patient choice
- Flexibility, able to adapt to changing circumstances
- Ability to work under stress
- Communication skills, written and verbal
- Ability to work in multi-professional team
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to show initiative and enthusiasm
- Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, communities and other agencies
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Rebecca Swingler
- Job title
- Specialty Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5534
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