Specialty Doctor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology to manage wards and provide high-quality care. The role involves working with a team of consultants and doctors, participating in theatre sessions, clinics, and educational activities. The Trust offers flexible working patterns to support work-life balance, and is committed to delivering patient-led services. This position is critical in maintaining excellence in healthcare delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of the labour ward, obstetric wards, and gynaecology wards.
• Conduct regular gynaecology theatre sessions with the consultant.
• Run ante-natal and gynaecological clinics and participate in educational activities.
• Conduct daily ward rounds, manage inpatient and outpatient care, and engage in on-call duties.

Job description

We are looking to appoint a new Specialty Doctor in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. You will join a team working closely alongside our Consultants and other Specialty Doctors.

The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs), which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work 10 PAs or less than full time.

Responsibilities

• Day to day running of the labour ward, obstetric wards and gynaecology wards.
• Regular gynaecology theatre sessions with the team consultant.
• Running of the ante-natal and gynaecological clinics to participate in the department’s teaching, audit, and educational activities.
• Daily ward rounds, inpatient and outpatient management of patients, operating lists and on call.

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.

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.

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 Sunday 4 Jan 2026