Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

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East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust Locum Consultant in Emergency Medicine

The closing date is 22 November 2026

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Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity to join the Emergency Medicine department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are looking to recruit to a 12-month fixed-term post to cover a career break. The successful candidate will join a service that prides itself in effective leadership, innovative thinking, and excellent teamwork. We strive to challenge our existing working practices and to constantly improve our service to deliver best practice guidance and to ensure that our patient outcomes are successful, and they feel valued during their visits to the Trust.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join our Emergency Department as a Locum Consultant. Based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage the post comprises of 10 programmed activities (PAs) plus 1.5 indicative additional programmed activities (APAs) including on-call commitment, which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work 10 PAs or less than full time.

The main duties of the role are to provide a high-quality service to patients referred for treatment and care, liaising as necessary with clinical and associated colleagues in other specialties and disciplines.

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centered care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the 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

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.

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-M&D-8359965

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council.
• Fellowship of Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM)
• Valid ALS (Advanced Life Support), ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support), and APLS (Advanced Paediatric Life Support) Provider status (or equivalent).

Desirable

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register with subspecialty interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (GRID or equivalent experience)
• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
• ALS/ATLS/EPALS/APLS instructor status (at least one of these)

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

Desirable

• Broad experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, including a wide range of emergency procedures. Experience in day-to-day organisation of paediatric services. Experience managing acute childhood trauma and injuries
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidencebased practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills

Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Other requirements

Essential

• Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council.
• Fellowship of Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM)
• Valid ALS (Advanced Life Support), ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support), and APLS (Advanced Paediatric Life Support) Provider status (or equivalent).

Desirable

• Entry on GMC Specialist Register with subspecialty interest in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (GRID or equivalent experience)
• Postgraduate degree (or equivalent)
• ALS/ATLS/EPALS/APLS instructor status (at least one of these)

Previous Experience

Essential

• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
• Ability to offer and be accountable for full and independent expert diagnostic opinion
• Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice

Desirable

• Broad experience in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, including a wide range of emergency procedures. Experience in day-to-day organisation of paediatric services. Experience managing acute childhood trauma and injuries
• Published papers and original work in peer reviewed journals
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidencebased practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrable experience and participation in research

Skills

Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors.
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
• Ability to effectively teach clinical skills
• Ability to critically appraise published evidence

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Comprehensive knowledge and insight regarding all the domains within the GMC standards of Good Medical Practice

Other requirements

Essential

• Demonstrates an interest and commitment to the specialty
• Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda. Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities. Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Understands and can demonstrate the values of the NHS constitution
• Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Divisional Medical Director

Junaid Qazi

[email protected]

Details

Date posted

28 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-M&D-8359965

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

United Kingdom

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