Job summary
Clinical Trust Fellow (ST3+) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Division: Women, Children and Young People
Care Group: Women's & Children's Health
Grade: Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+
Salary: £51,931 - £69,976 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Contract Length: 12 Months Fixed Term

We are recruiting for a Clinical Trust Fellow (ST3+) in Obstetrics and Gynaecology who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job
A dynamic department with 20+ motivated consultants supported by resident doctors. The obstetric unit is busy, dealing with high risk pregnancies with around 5000 deliveries / year. Consultant Gynaecology clinics are held at Medway Maritime, Sittingbourne and Sheppey Hospitals.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Details
Date posted: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Doctor - other
Salary: £51,931 to £69,976 a year
Per Annum/Pro Rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 275-2608CTFObs&Gynae
Job locations: Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5NY, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
There are surgical wards used for elective cases and emergency admissions. An Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic is held on weekdays in conjunction with a Gynaecology Assessment Unit. The EPAC is led by senior nurse who performs transvaginal scanning.

Regular inpatient and day case operating lists run throughout the week.

Emergency cases are booked on CEPOD list. Majority of benign gynaecology surgeries are laparoscopic. There are opportunities to advance laparoscopic skills, hysteroscopy skills and urogynaecology surgeries.

There are specialist clinics for Infertility, Colposcopy, Outpatient Hysteroscopy and Urodynamics.

The post will be based at the Medway NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, although you will be expected to work at any of the Trusts sites (Sittingbourne and Sheppey Hospital).

The job is a combined Obstetrics and Gynaecology rota. On call are full shifts.

You will be supported by On call consultant who is resident on site 08.30 hrs 21.30 hrs and non resident from 21.30 08.30hrs.

There is routine ward work, Consultant rounds, antenatal clinics, gynaecology outpatient clinics and operating sessions.

We have Medical students from Kings College School of Medicine, and Kent and Medway Medical School. Post holder is expected to actively participate in teaching for these medical students.

Post holder should actively participate in the different multidisciplinary meetings in the department. (CTG meetings, Audit, Perinatal, etc)

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration with Licence to Practise
• IELTS, or graduate of a UK Medical School (essential)
• MBBS (or equivalent)
• MRCP/MRCS or ALS

Desirable

• MRCOG completion

Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• O & G knowledge at Registrar level
• Understanding of audit
• Minimum 2 years UK experience at registrar level (or equivalent).

Skills
Essential

• Computer literate for communication and audit purposes
• Good team working skills.
• Experience of active involvement in Quality Improvement measures, this can include: audit, guideline development, implementation of health policy, improved team-working, leadership etc

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.