Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST1/2)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (End date 2nd December 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (1:8 rolling rota including weekends, nights and on-calls)
- Job ref
- 318-26-ObDoc
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucester Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £52,656 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
ST1/2 Trust Doctor Obstetrics & Gynaecology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST1/2)
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity to develop skills and experience in O&G. The post is not recognised for training but offers similar experience as the ST1 GP trainees, F1s and F2s who share the rota. There is also an active Quality Improvement Team and opportunities for participating in research. EWTD compliant 1:8 rota.
The last post-holder took advantage of these opportunities and was successful in acquiring the part 1 MRCOG and in securing a training number in the Severn Deanery at the national interviews and they produced project reports, delivered training and teaching to medical students and Foundation doctors and contributed to a national guidance at the RCOG. The contract for this post will be held by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).
Please note this advert may close early if there are sufficient applications
Main duties of the job
Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-
§ To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans
§ To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
§ To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
Working for our organisation
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staffs are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Attending/undertaking ward rounds as required, Requesting investigations / treatment for patients as necessary, Dictating discharge summaries
· Liaison with patients & relatives as required.
· Acute care of women attending in O&G
Please see attached Job description.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration
- Medical education in a university recognised by GMC
- Completion of Foundation training or equivalent
- Able to work full shift pattern
- Excellent communication skills
- Good teamworking skills
- NHS experience
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology experience
Desirable criteria
- ALS/ATLS/APLS
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Part 1 MRCOG
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
- Georgia Smith
- Job title
- College tutor
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 222 6269
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