Specialist in Anaesthetics | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Specialist in Anaesthetics to join their clinical team at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. This role offers the chance to provide high-quality anaesthetic care across various surgical specialties while working closely with dedicated staff. The position requires a proactive individual with strong clinical judgement and a commitment to patient safety and education. Flexibility in PAs is available, promoting a good work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Commitment to work-life balance

Qualifications

• Autonomous management of patients with complex needs.
• Commitment to high standards of patient care.
• Interest in service development and audit.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe anaesthetic care across various surgical specialties.
• Lead in resuscitation and peri-operative safety.
• Participate in teaching and development activities.

Skills

Proactive approach

Clinical judgement

Leadership in resuscitation

Participation in teaching

Education

GMC registration

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 medical staff to provide a high standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking Specialists with enthusiasm, commitment, and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.

This is a substantive appointment, based predominantly at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) and includes working on weekends. The number of PAs could be modified for a candidate preferring to work more than 10 PAs or less than full time.

This is an excellent opportunity within the Anaesthetics department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, which enjoys a unique geographical location close to London and Cambridge. The Trust also enjoys a reputation for our commitment to the highest standards of care and for our friendly and supportive approach.

The Specialist in Anaesthetics will provide safe, effective, and autonomous anaesthetic care across a range of surgical specialties. The role includes independent management of patients with complex needs, leadership in resuscitation and peri-operative safety, and active participation in teaching, audit, and service development. The post holder is expected to demonstrate professionalism, clinical judgement, and commitment to high standards of patient care in line with GMC Good Medical Practice.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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.

Hospital Locations

• 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.

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 Wednesday 31 Dec 2025