Specialty Doctor | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking dedicated professionals to deliver high-quality medical support and comply with NHS standards. The role offers numerous benefits, including generous leave and a contributory pension. Join a team committed to patient-centered care and support for staff development. Apply promptly, as the vacancy may close early due to high interest.

Benefits

Generous contributory pension

5/6 weeks annual leave

Special Leave for family and personal reasons

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Discounts

Qualifications

• Comply with GMC standards of Good Medical Practice.
• Undertake all required training and development to maintain skills/accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality medical support to patients looked after by HCT.
• Highlight any concerns regarding service delivery.
• Act in line with the NHS constitution and HCT values.

Job description

Overview

The Herts and Essex Community Hospital is situated in Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire. The Rehabilitation unit has 28 beds between two wards, Oxford and Cambridge; this can be extended to 32 beds depending on system pressures. The unit provides rehabilitation for patients following an acute hospital admission. Patients admitted to the unit can be either on a 17- or 28-day pathway.

Herts and Essex have a dedicated nursing team and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner. Our therapy team consists of physios, occupational therapists and rehab assistants and access to dieticians, speech and language therapists and clinical psychologists. An allocated social worker is based at the unit. There are also GP trainees working on the unit who you will be working alongside.

On admission, to every unit, patients are assessed by the multidisciplinary team and a plan of care is formalised involving the patient. The anticipated length of stay will differ from patient to patient depending on their individual needs.

HEH is an approved site for GP trainees. As such we have GP trainees with us on rotational placements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality medical support to patients looked after by HCT.
• Highlight any concerns regarding service delivery.
• Act in line with the NHS constitution
• Act in line with HCT values

Observe policies and procedures written by the trust

Professional duties

• Comply with GMC standards of Good Medical Practice and the NHS Constitution
• Undertake all required training and development to maintain skills/accreditation.

A big thank you for considering joining us at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust.

You’ll find it a great place to work with many benefits offered to you as a member of our staff.

We put our patients, their families and carer's at the centre of our vision - Outstanding Services and Healthier Communities.

Our staff are proud to be Innovative, Caring and Agile in their work to help achieve the Trust vision.

We welcome diversity in our workforce and are interested in applicants from all backgrounds.

We don’t want you to miss out so we’d like you to know that if we have a high level of interest in this role, the vacancy may close prior to the advertised closing date, so please make your application as soon as possible.

Apply now.

You’ve made a great decision to apply to join HCT - we’re looking forward to taking the next steps of the journey with you.

Benefits

• Clinical supervision
• Generous contributory pension
• 5/6 weeks annual leave depending on service
• Special Leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Discounts

Word versions of documents are available if needed to allow for any adaptations to be made i.e. font, colour, background, convert to Read Aloud.

The postholders are responsible for keeping clear, full records to medico-legal standards, and will provide advice to other staff, and audit work as required.

• This timetable is subject to review and may be amended in consultation with the postholders to reflect the changing priorities.
• Comply with GMC standards of Good Medical Practice and the NHS Constitution
• Undertake all required training and development to maintain skills/accreditation

The job description will be subject to review in the light of changing needs of the population.

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025