Overview
This is an excellent opportunity within the Obstetrics and Gynecology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. Our complete commitment to developing careers means we're looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team.
This is a fixed term locum post to start as soon as possible and ending 31/03/2026. The post is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 8.5 - 10 core programmed activities (PAs) and no on call commitment. The scheduled activities include weekend operating.
Our gynaecology services include a wide range of gynaecology specialist services including benign gynaecology, colposcopy, hysteroscopy, fertility, emergency gynaecology, early pregnancy care, recurrent miscarriage, endometriosis, gynae oncology, robotic surgery and urogynecology.
The Trust has a comprehensive programme of leadership mentoring available for newly qualified Consultants. Opportunities are also available to other Consultant appointees to play an active part in the programme.
Responsibilities
* To provide broad clinical expertise in outpatient Gynaecology and benign gynaecology surgery.
* To support the department in achieving activity and performance standards.
* To support maintenance of high quality patient centred care.
* To support MDT working including the operational team and to the Trust values, we want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce.
Flexible Working and Carers
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019. We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing the Resourcing Team.
Additional Information
We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust. We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier.
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Secondments / Fixed Term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert. If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate. If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments.
Hospitals
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we provide a range of general and specialist services with around 6,000 staff. Our hospitals include:
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
Work Life Balance
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider them in balance with service needs. We strive to support making flexible working possible where feasible.
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