Consultant in Obstetrics and Associate Clinical Director in Leicester

The closing date is 07 July 2026. The appointment will be whole time. Any consultant who is unable for personal reasons to work whole time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with Consultant colleagues. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main Hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital, Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is based at one of these sites, excess travel reimbursement will not apply for a permanent/temporary change to base.

This post includes a senior interim Associate Clinical Director role for Obstetrics and Perinatal Assurance, providing dedicated leadership capacity within the Women's and Children's Clinical Management Group (CMG). The role has been established in response to national maternity reviews and emerging system pressures, recognising the need for strengthened multidisciplinary leadership, improved assurance, and enhanced operational grip across maternity services. This is a 12 month post (with potential to extend) and forms part of the CMG Senior Leadership Team. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of safe, high quality, and well‑governed perinatal care, aligned to Trust, regional and national priorities.

Main duties of the job:

• Provide visible, inclusive leadership across obstetric and perinatal services, fostering collaborative and psychologically safe ways of working.
• Act as a senior leader within the Women's and Children's CMG, contributing to strategic planning and service development.
• Work closely with the Clinical Director, Deputy Clinical Director, Head of Midwifery, Head of Operations and senior clinical leaders to align priorities and delivery.
• Support the identification, development and mentoring of future clinical and professional leaders.
• Provide senior‑level assurance for the quality and safety of obstetric and perinatal services.
• Support assurance processes relating to: Perinatal mortality and morbidity review, Learning from incidents, claims and complaints, MBRRACE‑UK, HSIB/PSIRF and national maternity safety programmes, Quality dashboards, metrics and performance reporting.
• Ensure learning from assurance activity is translated into sustainable service improvement.
• Provide assurance reporting to CMG and Trust‑level governance forums as required.
• Promote a culture where patient safety, learning and improvement are core to service delivery.
• Support robust governance systems for risk identification, escalation and mitigation.
• Contribute to preparation for internal and external assurance processes, including CQC inspections and regulatory reviews.
• Work with clinical and operational leaders to ensure compliance with national standards, guidance and best practice.

Job responsibilities:

• Dynamic and energetic Obstetrician/Gynaecologist to contribute to the tertiary level service to patients at University Hospitals of Leicester, NHS Trust.
• Participate in the acute obstetric service at UHL, including Maternity Assessment Units, ward rounds, Caesarean section lists.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff.
• Undertake sessions on the Delivery Suite i.e. participate in the hot week, and work closely with midwifery and other colleagues to engender a supportive and mutually respectful atmosphere.
• Provide a gynaecology outpatient clinic.
• Provide a gynaecology operating list.
• Take an active role and leadership in the clinical governance process.
• Take part in multidisciplinary case discussions and care planning.
• Teaching, complaint and incident management and administration.
• Involve in appraising and assessing juniors.
• Contribute to ongoing research activities at UHL.
• Work at both Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital; the obstetrics service will be centralised into a single site at Leicester Royal Infirmary as part of the New Hospital Programme.

Person Specification:

• Commitment to Trust Values demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest.
• Delivery of good acute clinical care.
• Experience working at senior level within Women's, Children's Maternity Neonates or perinatal services.
• Experience of clinical governance, quality assurance, patient safety, risk management and operational service leadership.
• Experience contributing to CQC or other regulatory processes.
• Experience of perinatal mortality review, maternity safety programmes or system‑level assurance.
• Experience of working across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Understanding of NHS structures, priorities, performance management and regulatory frameworks.

Communication:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence, negotiate and build consensus.
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex information from multiple sources.
• Ability to provide constructive challenge and independent assurance.
• Sound judgement balancing clinical, operational and reputational risk.
• Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that is adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.
• Highly developed emotional intelligence.
• High standard of presentation both written and verbal.
• Demonstrable track record of successful change management.
• Proven ability to maintain focus in a demanding environment.
• Multilingual skills.