Job overview

We are looking for a new consultant to join our reproductive medicine team. We would welcome applications from consultant with an interest in obstetrics, and expertise in reproductive medicine.

We are looking for someone ready to take on a leadership role due to recent reconfiguration within the team and management opportunities. You will ideally have a strong interest in Obstetrics and be willing to take up an obstetrics leadership role, for example, labour ward lead or risk lead.  You will  have strong leadership skills and be a driver for change. As part of the on call rota for emergency gynaecology, they must have urgent gynaecology skills which will need maintaining. We offer a broad range of services and are likely to be able to accommodate a particular special interest.  

The candidate would manage fertility clinics in secondary and tertiary care settings, manage assisted conception treatments and would be expected to perform procedures such as egg retrievals, embryo transfers and ultrasound scanning.

Our current consultants have broad interests ranging from oncology to fertility, labour ward leadership to outpatient hysteroscopy.  We are a district general hospital but have subspecialist level fertility unit, multidisciplinary vulval skin and menopause clinics and visiting gynae-oncology colleagues and are likely to be able to accommodate a particular special interest.

Interviews for this position will be held on 6th May 2025.

Main duties of the job

Salisbury is proudly home to an excellent fertility & reproductive centre, with on site IVF facilities. 

The post will have an appropriate share obstetric activity (labour ward, antenatal clinic,) and have sessions in theatre (with the opportunity for supported ‘buddy operating’ initially if desired).  There would be a non-resident on call commitment.  The planned expansion is looking to move from 1:8 to 1:10 pending successful appointment of new consultants.  Currently this will comprise of week day on calls with a requirements to be on site until 7pm and weekend on calls (Friday afternoon until Monday morning) with requirements for two on site ward rounds per day.

The post holder would manage fertility clinics in secondary and tertiary care settings, manage assisted conception treatments and would be expected to perform procedures such as egg retrievals, embryo transfers and ultrasound scanning.

Please see our interactive candidate information pack for more information on this opportunity and working at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust: https://www.flipsnack.com/798D88DD75E/consultant-obstetrics-reproductive-medicine/full-view.html

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk