Job Description

Our complete commitment to developing careers means we're looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic 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 Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Stroke physicians 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.
This is an excellent opportunity within the Stroke department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The department has just been designated a hub (HASU) and will progress from receiving around seven hundred attendances per annum to around eleven hundred.
Main duties of the job
o Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care.o Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service and participation in strategic planning.o Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service.o Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity.o Active participation in continuing medical education.
About us
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.
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.
Details
Date posted
23 September 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
109,725 to 145,478 a year per annum
Contract
Locum
Duration
1 years
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
361-M&D-7465393
Job locations
Lister Hospital
Coreys Mill Lane
Stevenage
SG1 4AB
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
• Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment

Desirable

• Postgraduate academic degree
• College Fellowship

Previous Experience
Essential

• Broad range of experience in Stroke Medicine in particular: Experience of GIM, Geriatric Medicine and Neurology, Acute and Hyperacute Stroke
• Fully competent in Stroke Thrombolysis
• Delivered thrombolysis to a minimum of 20 patients
• 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
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills
Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence

Knowledge
Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level
• Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment

Desirable

• Postgraduate academic degree
• College Fellowship

Previous Experience
Essential

• Broad range of experience in Stroke Medicine in particular: Experience of GIM, Geriatric Medicine and Neurology, Acute and Hyperacute Stroke
• Fully competent in Stroke Thrombolysis
• Delivered thrombolysis to a minimum of 20 patients
• 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
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills
Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence

Knowledge
Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Skills Required