# Consultant in Acute Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-acute-medicine/7286486b-e726-4cc6-854e-56f1ca8acb96 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-acute-medicine/7286486b-e726-4cc6-854e-56f1ca8acb96.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Stevenage - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Acute Medicine - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £109,725 - £145,478 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-28T12:21:47.583Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Acute_Medicine/Acute_Medicine-v7937475 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7937475?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is an excellent opportunity to join the Acute Medicine department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. 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 This post is an important part of our ongoing development of acute medical services, offering the successful applicants the opportunity to work closely with the existing acute physicians to provide a high standard of acute care across the Trust. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) including 1 PA weekend on-call commitment, which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work less than full time. ### Detailed job description and main 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 Details This is an excellent opportunity to join the Acute Medicine department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. 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. ## Job Description This post is an important part of our ongoing development of acute medical services, offering the successful applicants the opportunity to work closely with the existing acute physicians to provide a high standard of acute care across the Trust. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs) including 1 PA weekend on-call commitment, which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work less than full time. ## 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors. **Desirable** - Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Broad range of experience in Acute Medicine in particular: - Experience of Ambulatory Care - Fully competent in the management of the acute medical take - Fully competent in the management of inpatients and MDT working with emphasis - 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 - College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level - Advanced Life Support or demonstration of ability to achieve ALS immediately upon appointment - Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs **Desirable** - College Fellowship - Postgraduate degree (or equivalent) ## Documents - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 385.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10330074) - [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.