Locum Consultant in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Job summary

Working Full Time: 10 Sessions Per Week

This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate to join our Obstetrics & Gynaecology team. Applicants are invited for a locum Consultant post in Obstetrics & Gynaecology for a 12 month period.

This is an exciting time to join the Countess within the Women and Children's Division as we look to move into our new state of the art purpose-built facility in the Summer of 2025. The successful candidate will join an existing team of 13 dynamic consultants.

We are looking for applicants with a general-focussed specialist interest who can integrate well into the Obstetrics and Gynaecology department. You will be expected to deliver clinical excellence and demonstrate a strong commitment to multi-professional working. We are open to applicants with any area of special interest and are keen to support in the development of this, however will include antenatal clinic, labour ward cover, general gynaecology clinic, caesarean section lists and emergency gynaecology as a basic structure with additional sessions depending on the applicants skills. On a 10 PA contract non working sessions will be facilitated.

Main duties of the job

You will need to demonstrate how your skill mix will help the department thrive and develop. The successful applicant will be expected to participate in the non-resident 3rd on call rota, which is currently 1 in 12.

It is also expected that the successful candidate would take an active role in the various local, regional and national quality and safety agendas in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, with opportunities over time to develop leadership skills.

We ask all employees to be flexible in their role, to always ensure we are delivering Safe, Kind and Effective care.

The Countess of Chester Hospital is situated in a beautiful location on the outskirts of the historic Roman City of Chester. Chester has excellent transport links, being within easy access of Manchester and Liverpool airports and the motorway networks. North Wales and the Lake District are within a short distance of Chester providing excellent recreational opportunities.

The Trust is committed to continued professional development, and to a culture of ongoing service improvement.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.