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Job Advert Locum Consultant in Gynaecology ( Reproductive Medicine ) (9m Maternity Leave Cover) Barts Health NHS Trust are currently welcoming applications for a full time 10PA locum consultant to join the Centre for Reproductive Medicine, based at St Bartholomew's Hospital, in September 2026 for a 9-month contract (Maternity Leave Cover). The Fertility service at Barts Health is one of the largest NHS services and has excellent clinical results. The Centre receives referrals for secondary and tertiary diagnosis and treatment, and offers a wide range of services, including all forms of male and female outpatient diagnostic assessment, assisted reproduction technologies including IUI, IVF, ICSI, sperm and ovum donation, a full range of sperm retrieval techniques, and male and female fertility preservation for acute and chronic conditions including oncological. The Centre also offers specialised menopausal, gynae-endocrinology and andrology clinics, and general benign gynaecological and reproductive surgery.

The successful applicant will join the senior team of three Subsepciality trained consultants and two Specialist grade doctors in providing a complete range of services, as well as managing and training junior medical and nursing staff. The post holder will be expected to participate in all activities of the consultant-led general fertility and assisted reproductive technology (ART) service, including outpatient clinics, theatre lists and IVF procedures (egg retrievals, embryo transfers, fertility scanning etc.). The successful candidate will also support the senior team in providing on-call cover for the Reproductive Medicine service during nights and weekends on a 1:6 basis

Person specification

Essential

MRCOG or equivalent
Full and specialist registration (with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC)
The equivalent of 12 years medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification, of which a minimum of seven years should have been in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Specialist Registrar level
Completion or within 6 months of completion of RCOG Subspecialist Training in Reproductive Medicine and Surgery or equivalent.
Evidence of broad experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Minimum 2 years experience in Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Experience of independent Reproductive Medicine Surgery, MAS
Experience in gynaecological ultrasound
Able to take responsibility of service without direct supervision
Specialist experience and training in Reproductive Medicine
Excellent knowledge and experience in Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Knowledge of providing fertility preservation relevant to Assisted Reproductive Techniques
Ability to co-ordinate and plan and execute research and routine studies
Evidence of leadership
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and with colleagues at different locations
Good oral and written communications skills
Ability to relate to colleagues and other professionals and communicate between specialities and disciplines
Ability to build and support a team
Broad range of IT skills
Evidence of experience in teaching and clinical/educational supervision
Other qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification and family members and all the members of the multi-disciplinary team
Good knowledge of, and the ability to use, spoken and written English
Ability to work across sites
Participate in the on-call rota
Sufficient to perform the duties of the post with any aids and adaptations
Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods to respond to questions and queries

Desirable

Higher research degree (MD, PhD, MD (Res))
Other qualifications which might enhance the provision of the service e.g. Teaching qualification, management qualification
Understanding of the clinical governance agenda

Locum Consultant in Gynaecology (Reproductive Medicine)

About the role

Person specification