Locum Consultant Obstetrics & GynaecologyNHS

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen as a NHS Locum Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology for a fixed term post from November 2026-November 2027, 10 PA's to cover a career break.

Some of the benefits of being part of our team include:

• Friendly and pleasant hospital in wonderful rural area.
• Fantastic quality of life
• Good clinical environment and state of the art equipment
• Excellent clinical experience

For more information please contact Mr Hamza Katali - Clinical Director 01432 355444.

Main duties of the job

This post is to cover for planned absence within the team and to ensure consultant led provision of obstetric and gynaecological services in Hereford and to support with the following :

• Provide clinical leadership and lead by example
• Develop and implement standards of obstetric & gynaecological practice and have a major role in developing specific pathways, guidelines and risk management
• Train and educate staff in a multidisciplinary team
• Ensure effective teamwork
• Bring experience to clinical diagnosis and opinion
• Audit the effectiveness of practice and modify it as required.
• Work in conjunction with the nurses, midwives, administration team, managers and colleagues.

There may be times when a session will be used flexibly to cover another session, such as hot week to allow another colleague to undertake certain duties.

Job description

For further information on the job description or personal specification please do see attached document.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time