# Consultant Gastroenterology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-gastroenterology/1c9e328c-99c8-4ea0-b7f3-dde3f265a900 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-gastroenterology/1c9e328c-99c8-4ea0-b7f3-dde3f265a900.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Stevenage - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Gastroenterology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T10:51:31.168Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Gastroenterology/Gastroenterology-v8058452 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8058452?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a substantive post based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on-call commitment to the emergency endoscopy rota. The successful applicant will work closely with the existing 12 Gastroenterologists and 4 Hepatologists to provide a high standard Gastroenterology service to the Trust. This post is based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage; however, clinics can be at any of three sites, Lister Hospital, the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City or Hertford County Hospital, Hertford. ### Main duties of the job It is expected that the applicant will complement an existing department offering gastroenterology and liver services, please see job plan. Across the Trust the care of GI and liver inpatients is centralised at the Lister site with consultants involved in a 1 in 12 GI bleeding rota which incorporates a 24/7 bleed service and some routine endoscopy at weekends whilst on-call. The post does not include a commitment to the general medical on call rota. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Active participation in continuing medical education - 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 ## Job Details This is a substantive post based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage and comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) including an on-call commitment to the emergency endoscopy rota. The successful applicant will work closely with the existing 12 Gastroenterologists and 4 Hepatologists to provide a high standard Gastroenterology service to the Trust. This post is based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage; however, clinics can be at any of three sites, Lister Hospital, the New QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City or Hertford County Hospital, Hertford. ## Job Description It is expected that the applicant will complement an existing department offering gastroenterology and liver services, please see job plan. Across the Trust the care of GI and liver inpatients is centralised at the Lister site with consultants involved in a 1 in 12 GI bleeding rota which incorporates a 24/7 bleed service and some routine endoscopy at weekends whilst on-call. The post does not include a commitment to the general medical on call rota. ## Responsibilities Active participation in continuing medical education 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 ## Person Specification ### 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 ### 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 ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Broad range of experience in Gastroenterology - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Gastroscopy - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Colonoscopy - 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** - Demonstrable experience in a Locum Consultant role ### Qualifications/Training **Essential** - Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register - MRCP or qualification of an equivalent level **Desirable** - Postgraduate degree (or equivalent) ## Documents - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [job description and personal specification (pdf, 511.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10348528) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.