Consultant Obstetrician; Special Interest in High Risk Pregnancy

Consultant Obstetrician (Special Interest in High Risk Pregnancy)

The closing date is 11 March 2026

We are looking for a highly motivated obstetrician with an interest in intrapartum care and high-risk obstetrics. The appointee will be joining a team of obstetricians with special interests in all aspects of complex maternity care. We are looking for an individual with the clinical skills and enthusiasm necessary to join and make a significant contribution to this team. This is a replacement appointment to support the current establishment of 13 WTE consultants (on a 1:12 on call rota).

The new appointee will contribute towards cover for the Delivery Suite, Maternity Assessment Unit, Day Unit and antenatal / postnatal inpatients. Support and mentoring will be provided in all aspects of work.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop (further) special interest skills and / or work in specialist clinics alongside the high-risk obstetric team.

Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

We are looking for a highly motivated obstetrician with an interest in high-risk obstetrics and intrapartum care. The appointee will be joining a team of 12 other obstetricians with special interests in all aspects of complex maternity care. We are looking for an individual with the clinical skills and enthusiasm necessary to join and make a significant contribution to this team.

The new appointee will provide cover for the Delivery Suite, Maternity Day Assessment unit and antenatal / postnatal inpatients as well as Antenatal clinic sessions. Support and mentoring will be provided in all aspects of work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact:
Dr Marie Smith (Head of Obstetrics) on  or email  or Michelle Russell (Clinical Director) on  (email )

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical & Managerial

• Provide expert opinions on patients with a wide range of complex obstetric problems, taking independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Provide consultant-based dedicated sessions (including elective Caesarean section lists) on the Delivery Suite in a flexible manner to ensure prospective cover at times of colleagues absences providing expert opinions on patients with a wide range of intrapartum complications, as expected in a tertiary unit.
• Deliver outpatient antenatal clinical care as well as contributing to ward rounds for antenatal and postnatal inpatients.
• Provide medical support to the workload in the Maternity Assessment Unit as well as contributing expertise in out-patient management.
• Participate in the departmental (obstetric only) on-call rota. The unit will provide 98-hour cover. To do so the on-call rota will be a maximum of 1 in 10 but we are making appointments to further reduce this to 1 in 12 - with a 24-hour pattern (resident 8am to 10pm including weekends, and on-call from 10pm overnight), and there will be no duties the following day.
  
  It is expected there will be a flexible approach to delivering the 98-hour cover to DS.
• To undertake clinical duties in such a way that meets with Directorate and Trust aims and objectives.
• Undergo Continued Medical Education (CME) in accordance with guidelines stipulated by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).
• Undertake an annual appraisal and job plan review. It is expected that…