Locum Consultant in General SurgeryNHS

Job summary

Our Trust is committed to career development which allows us to look out for individuals who are proactive,motivated, forward thinking, and dynamic to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of ourongoing development of General and Emergency Surgery at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and ispart of an expansion to meet the rising demand of General Surgery in our area. The successful applicantswill be offered the opportunity to work closely with the existing surgical consultants in the Trust to provide ahigh standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking consultants with enthusiasm, commitment, anddrive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead theorganisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to join the General Surgery department at East and North HertfordshireNHS Trust. The successful applicant will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovativethinking, 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, whilstallowing patients to feel valued during their visits to the Trust.

Main duties of the job

o Maintenance of high-quality patient centered careo Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of theservice and participation in strategic planningo Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary serviceo Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings anddirectorate clinical governance activityo Active participation in continuing medical education

Job description

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.

About us

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.

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.