Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Oldham, OL1 2JH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	28 Sept 2026
Closing date:	28 Oct 2026

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Summary

The Perinatal and Family Divisions provide a full range of Obstetric, Neonatal, Gynaecology and Paediatric services, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. The bulk of the maternity work is based at The Royal Oldham Hospital with satellite clinics at Rochdale Infirmary. Gynaecology clinics are carried out at all four sites with major in-patient operating at the Royal Oldham and Salford sites. Day case units are based at the Rochdale and Fairifeld sites. The Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Endometriosis Centre, located at the Royal Oldham Hospital, is a British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) accredited tertiary referral centre specializing in advanced, complex surgical treatments for severe and deep infiltrating endometriosis

The delivery suite is based at Royal Oldham Hospital with a birth rate of approximately 5000 per year and an adjoining Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A full complement of Obstetrics inpatient and outpatient services are provided at the Royal Oldham Hospital, including a complex pregnancy unit (comprises fetal medicine service, preterm birth clinic, placenta clinic, complicated multiple pregnancy and Rainbow clinic), maternal medicine clinics (hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy, endocrine and haematology) and perinatal mental health clinic. The team works closely with the regional tertiary networks and hospitals in Manchester and Liverpool.

We would welcome candidate with special interests to complement the department such as experience in pelvic pain, high risk obstetrics, benign gynaecology, and interest in simulation training and education.

The post holder will join a team of 37 consultants and participate in the night resident on call rota. The obstetrics service will predominantly be being delivered at the Royal Oldham Hospital site with cross-sites working at Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General and Salford Royal.

The principal duties of the post holder are:

• To support high risk obstetrics antenatal care and postnatal care

• To participate in the consultant rota pattern for daytime and out of hours resident on call

• To provide services in gynaecology theatre and gynaecology outpatient clinics

• To facilitate maternity MDT mandatory training sessions

• To be responsible for supervision and training for junior doctors and medical students

• To actively participate in quality improvement activity and clinical governance

• To participate in Clinical Triage and Advice and Guidance

• To maintain and ensure own mandatory training, continuing professional development and appraisal are up to date.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about Consultant careers at the Northern Care Alliance please visit our careers landing page:

https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/search-and-apply/recruitment-drives/consultant-careers

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Monday 12 Oct 2026

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