The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is a District General Hospital providing acute services to the population of West Essex and East Hertfordshire from a 489 bedded site in Harlow, Essex (PAH). The trust also encompasses two Community hospitals, St Margaret Hospital (SMH) in Epping and the Herts & Essex Hospital (HEH) in Bishops Stortford. Originally opened in 1965, the Trusts vision is to become one of the best District General Hospitals in the country basing its foundation on its four core standards of being
Respectful, Caring, Responsible and Committed
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAH) is looking to appoint 1 Trust grade doctor to work within Emergency Medicine.
The successful candidate will work at Princess Alexandra Hospital, within the Emergency Department (ED) which has approximately 105,000 attendances per annum of which 25% are children. The Emergency Department is located at the front of the hospital and has recently undergone a number of changes such as an innovative Urgent Treatment Centre, a Respiratory Emergency Department (RED) to meet the demands of the Covid-19 pandemic and an extended Resuscitation Room with dedicated radiology facilities.
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Please see the attached Job description and person specification. Available to download at anytime.