Job summary
- Main area
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term contract for 12 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-R2R-2481
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lister Hospital
- Town
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Specialty Doctor in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
- 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
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.
Person specification
Qualifications/ Training
Essential criteria
- Shall have full registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council.
- MRCOG part 1 or qualification of an equivalent level
- MRCOG part 2
Experience
Essential criteria
- Shall have completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty; or Shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
- Demonstrate an interest in, commitment to and have broad experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
- 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 criteria
- Understanding of core research principles, methodology and ethics
- Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidencebased practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives
Skills
Essential criteria
- 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
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Vernika Sharma
- Job title
- Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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