Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Listed on 2026-10-10
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Doctor/Physician
OB/GYN Physician, Medical Doctor, Surgeon
Department / Directorate: Obstetrics & Gynaecology / Children, Young People & Women's Services
Location: County Armagh / County Down (with cross-site service requirements across the Trust area as needed)
Contract Type & Term: Fixed Term (12 Months)
Working Pattern: Full-Time (10 Programmed Activities) (Part-time / Job share applications welcome)
Salary: £106,424 to £139,920 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Accountability:
- Clinical Accountability: Clinical Director, Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Professional Accountability: Divisional Medical Director
- Operational Accountability: Director of Children, Young People & Women's Services
An enthusiastic and dedicated Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist is required for a 12-month fixed-term replacement post based in County Armagh / County Down
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The appointee will join an established team of 8 other substantive consultants providing comprehensive acute inpatient, day case, and outpatient obstetrical and gynaecological services. The on-call commitment operates on an indicative 1:8 rota (with potential transition to 1:9), incorporating a prospective "Consultant of the Week" (COW) model.
The Trust serves a catchment population of approximately 388,688 residents and maintains strong academic teaching affiliations with Queen's University Belfast (QUB).
Department & Service Profile- Obstetrics:
- 19 obstetric beds handling approximately 2,000 deliveries annually across midwife-led, consultant-led, and shared-care pathways.
- 4 delivery rooms, 1 dedicated obstetric theatre, recovery facilities, and an on-site two-room Midwifery-Led Unit with two birthing pools.
- Continuous 40 hours per week on-site prospective labour ward cover via the Consultant of the Week (COW) system.
- Neonatal care provided by an adjacent Special Care Baby Unit (6 cots) with 24/7 on-site paediatric medical cover.
- Gynaecology:
- 6-bedded inpatient bay with access to side rooms, utilising main operating theatres for day-case and major procedures across 5 lists weekly.
- Modern Women's Health Hub offering dedicated Early Pregnancy Clinic (EPC) accommodation and expanding ambulatory/procedure-based gynaecological care.
- Specialist Outpatient Services:
- Outpatient clinics including colposcopy (2.5 sessions/week), weekly menopause clinic, and urodynamics/urogynaecology services.
- Regional multidisciplinary links for gynaecological oncology with tertiary cancer centres.
- Medical Staffing:
- The consultant team is supported by 8 WTE Specialty Doctors, 1 Specialist Registrar, and 7-8 junior doctors (ST1-2 / FY2).
Clinical Responsibilities
- Share collective responsibility for the provision of high-quality inpatient, elective day-case, and outpatient obstetrical and gynaecological services.
- Participate fully in the out-of-hours on-call rota (1:8 / 1:9) and provide reciprocal cross-cover during colleague leave or emergency absences.
- Lead on-site Delivery Suite sessions, emergency theatre interventions, and acute gynaecology triage during designated Consultant of the Week (COW) shifts.
- Maintain and deliver elective surgical lists (including planned caesarean sections, diagnostic laparoscopy, laparotomy, and adnexal surgery).
- Deliver outpatient clinics, specialist early pregnancy assessments, and routine family planning gynaecological procedures.
- Ensure open, compassionate, and transparent communication with patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatment pathways, and informed consent.
- Deliver undergraduate bedside and clinical teaching, curriculum delivery, and student assessments for Queen's University Belfast (QUB) medical students.
- Supervise, mentor, and train junior doctors, specialty trainees, and SAS doctors within the department.
- Lead and participate in regular multi-disciplinary clinical audits, perinatal mortality/morbidity meetings, and clinical governance initiatives.
- Comply with General Medical Council (GMC) Good Medical Practice standards, participate in annual revalidation appraisals, and engage in continuing medical education (CME/CPD) through the RCOG framework.
The contract provides an indicative 10 PAs weekly, balanced between Direct Clinical Care and Supporting Professional
Activities:
- Direct Clinical Care (DCC): 8.0 to 8.5 PAs (inclusive of elective theatre, antenatal/gynaecology clinics, procedural hubs, and on-call commitments).
- Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): Minimum 1.5 PAs (with 2.0 SPAs allocated in Year 1 for newly…
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