Consultant in General & Emergency Surgery

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust invites applications to join the General and Emergency Surgery service at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, with potential activity at satellite sites. The trust emphasises effective leadership, innovative thinking and excellent teamwork, and supports flexible working patterns to help staff balance work and life commitments.

The appointee will teach and train within the multidisciplinary service, participate in MDT meetings and governance activities, and

Responsibilities

• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the General and Emergency Surgery 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

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity to join the GeneralSurgerydepartment at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful applicant will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and constantly to improve our service to deliver best practice guidance. We aim to deliver successful patient outcomes, while allowing patients to feel valued during their visits to the Trust. This appointment based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage may have clinical activity at other satellite sites. The Lister Hospital enjoys a unique geographical location close to London and Cambridge and the Trust has a reputation for commitment to the highest standards of care, but also for a friendly and supportive approach.

• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the General and Emergency Surgery 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

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.