Locum Consultant in O&G special interest in Maternal Medicine

Overview

Job Summary
Applications are invited for a 6 PA Locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a special interest in Maternal Medicine. This is a fixed term post for 12 months for a consultant with a special interest in Maternal Medicine primarily based at the St Helier site with Labour ward on call. The post offers an opportunity to join an established team of 32 Consultants at the Trust.

The role is multi-site for all activities, with duties at St Helier Hospital. The successful candidate will support maternal medicine and provide consultant-led Labour Ward care at the St Helier site. There is a consistent 7-day working pattern on the Labour Ward with cross-site working for all staff. The new Consultant will share workload in supervision and training of junior doctors in Labour Ward, antenatal/postnatal and emergency care.

St George s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George s Hospital (a major trauma centre and teaching hospital);
St Helier Hospital (home to the Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary s Hospital for Children); and Epsom Hospital (home to SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group supports closer collaboration on research and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Date posted 04 February 2026
Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade Consultant
Salary £109,725 to £145,478 a year plus London Weighting
Contract Fixed term
Duration 12 months
Working pattern Part-time
Reference number 343-LCON-208-A
Job locations St Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, SM5 1AA

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role.

Essential

• Teaching
  
  Experience:
  
  Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
• Ability to teach clinical skills

Desirable

• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates/postgraduates
• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• Experience of teaching Lay groups and other staff groups
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• Medical education degree

Essential

• Put the patient first by being happy, helpful, caring, respectful and patient
• Always taking opportunities to improve, encouraging excellence
• Work as one team - communicate, collaborate and share
• Respect each other by being polite, pleasant and listening

Essential

• Hold a medical qualification or GMC registration
• Entry onto the Specialist Register for GMC or be within six months of obtaining CCT/CCST or equivalent
• Appropriate higher medical qualification (e.g., MRCOG or equivalent)
• ATSM in labour ward practice

Desirable

• Research experience

• High standard of clinical skill and expert management of complex gynaecology cases in an MDT environment
• Able to contribute to the on-call rota for the specialty
• Experience in gynaecology scanning

• Audit/Research
• Supervision of postgraduate trainees
• Personal time management skills
• Clinical Governance

• Ability to contribute to change management
• Ability to apply and critically review research;
  Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Essential

• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to the standard necessary to fulfil the job requirements

• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to work in partnership to deliver a patient-centred service
• Commitment to continuing professional development
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities locally, regionally or nationally
• Willingness to work with consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service