Overview
This is a substantive appointment, based predominantly at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The posts comprise 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on-call commitment of 1.25 PA, but part time and job share applicants are welcome to apply. The Job Plan also includes 2 Supporting Programmed Activities per week.
Department and scope
The department is looking to innovate further with development of its outpatient offering to adapt to the changing needs of the population. This is evidenced by the increasing integration with community clinics and services, enabling greater choice and flexibility for our patients. This is a career enhancing opportunity to work in a large district general hospital covering the full range of acute services including an active renal unit, orthopaedics, gastroenterology, respiratory medicine, cardiology, oncology, rheumatology, urology, plastic surgery, obstetrics & gynaecology, paediatrics, and elderly care medicine.
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
Clinical role
The successful candidate will be responsible for 15 inpatient beds on a general elderly care ward (9A) as well as general geriatrics/subspecialty outpatient clinics. The role comes with an oncall commitment for the unselected general medical take currently compensated as 1.25PA subject to future consultations.
About East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
At East and North Hertfordshire 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.
Hospitals
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
Aim and culture
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.
Work-life balance
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.
Additional information
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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Feb 2026
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