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.

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

Details
Date posted: 02 September 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 229-SD-JC-8200041
Job locations: Hereford County Hospital, Hereford, HR1 2ER, United Kingdom

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

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential

• MRCOG or equivalent
• Full doctors GMC registration with Licence to Practise
• Two appropriate ATSMs or Equivalence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Possesses training and education skills to teach junior medical, nursing and midwifery staff
• Demonstrates Leadership qualities
• Provides learning opportunities within the clinical environment

Desirable

• Candidates should ideally be on the Specialist Register

Training
Essential

• Possesses training and education skills to teach junior medical, nursing and midwifery staff
• Demonstrates Leadership qualities Provides learning opportunities within the clinical environment

Experience & Knowledge
Essential

• Wide general gynaecological and obstetric training
• Confidence in performing major gynaecology surgery and intermediate minimal access gynaecological surgery Management of high risk labour ward

Desirable

• Experience in Advanced minimal access surgery or total laparoscopic hysterectomy will be beneficial

Clinical Governance
Desirable

• Training and interest in Clinical governance

Communication and Language Skills
Essential

• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Ability to establish good working relationships with staff and be able to communicate well with patients.
• Supportive and nurturing towards junior medical, midwifery and nursing workforce
• Flexible
• Team player
• Acts with integrity

Desirable

• Willingness to seek timely assistance from colleagues and discuss clinical issues when appropriate

Management and Administrative Experience
Essential

• Good organisational skills and time management
• Prepared to challenge/correct poor performance
• Takes responsibility for personal and professional development

Knowledge
Essential

• Experience of working in a demanding department and aptitude for delivering under pressure
• Ability to work/operate unsupervised
• Make senior level clinical decisions
• A real desire and skill to ensure labour ward and other clinical areas are highly functioning

Desirable

• Training (and preferably accreditation) in another area of specialisation such as laparoscopy, ambulatory hysteroscopy, maternal medicine and/ or gynaecology scanning

Commitment to Trust Values & Behaviours
Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Other Requirements Specific to the Role
Essential

• Physical fitness sufficient to carry out full range of duties safely and completely

Personal Attributes
Essential

• Acceptance that the post requires a strong service commitment

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.