ConsultantGastroenterologyFixed Term

Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Stevenage

Salary

£105,504 – £139,882

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Teaching

Posted

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About the role

Demand for Gastroenterology outpatient and Endoscopy services is consistently high at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust. Our complete commitment to developing careers means we’re looking for proactive, motivated, forward-thinking individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our ongoing development of medical services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Teaching Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Gastroenterology and Hepatology team to provide a high standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking a locum consultant with enthusiasm, commitment and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.

Locum Consultant Gastroenterologist

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

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This is a fixed term contract for 12 months from the 2nd March 2026 post based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on-call commitment to the emergency endoscopy rota. The successful applicant will work closely with the existing 12 Gastroenterologists and 4 Hepatologists to provide a high standard Gastroenterology service to the Trust. This post is based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage; however, clinics can be at any of three sites, Lister Hospital, the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City or Hertford County Hospital, Hertford.

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It is expected that the applicant will complement an existing department offering gastroenterology and liver services, please see job plan. Across the Trust the care of GI and liver inpatients is centralised at the Lister site with consultants involved in a 1 in 12 GI bleeding rota which incorporates a 24/7 bleed service and some routine endoscopy at weekends whilst on-call. The post does not include a commitment to the general medical on call rota.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care

• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning

• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service

• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity

Active participation in continuing medical education

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In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

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At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

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Person specification

Essential

Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level
Broad range of experience in Gastroenterology • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy
Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
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Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
Role model our Trust values every day
Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

Desirable

Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role
Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation