Job summary
Working Full Time: 10 sessions per week

This is an exciting opportunity for a Locum Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology to join the team in our state-of-the-art purpose-built Women and Children's Building.

The successful applicant will be expected to deliver clinical excellence and demonstrate a strong commitment to multi-professional working. Job plans 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. A specialist interest in Urogynaecology is preferred but not essential.

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.

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 Trust's services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 473 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 60 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust employs 5,964 staff (headcount) to provide care and treatment to a population of over 400,000 people living in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire.

The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System. Due to its location on the border with North Wales, the Trust also works closely with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

The Trust treats patients from England and some parts of Wales. During 2024 and 2025, there were approximately 643,000 patient attendances (inpatient, A and E, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery.

Details
Date posted: 04 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pa
Contract: Locum
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 210-2026-809

Essential criteria

• Full GMC registration
• MRCOG or equivalent
• On Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within six months of anticipated CCT date on the date of interview.
• Clinical training and experience in general obstetrics and gynaecology equivalent to that required for UK CCT
• ATSM in specialist interest subject
• Other relevant ATSM in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Experience or interest in teaching
• Understand role of Clinical Audit within Service
• Appropriate research and evidence base to practice

Desirable criteria

• Further higher degree (MD or MSc)
• Relevant research in the speciality
• Diploma or Certificate in Medical Education

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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The Trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.