Job summary
Our complete commitment to developing careers means we're looking for proactive, motivated,forward thinking, and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part ofour ongoing development of medical services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, offeringthe successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing ENT Consultants toprovide a high standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking a consultant with enthusiasm,commitment, and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within thecommunity to help lead the organisation.

We are looking to appoint a new Locum Consultant in ENT (Otology) that will enhance the serviceof our ENT department that covers a population of approximately 560,000 patients with on-callcover population of around 1 million (shared with West Herts NHS Trust). The Trust is the largestin Hertfordshire and in the Integrated care services network.The Trust has a comprehensive programme of leadership mentoring available for newly qualifiedConsultants. Opportunities are also available to other Consultant appointees to play an active partin the programme.

Main duties of the job

• To provide general ENT service with oncall cover for East and North Herts and West Herts (all of Hertfordshire)
• To work alongside existing consultants to provide cover for the trust and region
• To develop new services
• To participate in the department's teaching, audit, research and educational activities

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: 14 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 6 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 361-M&D-8128015
Job locations: Lister hospital, Stevenage, SG1 4AB, United Kingdom

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
Qualification/ 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
• Higher surgical training in ENT within a recognised programme

Desirable

• Postgraduate degree (or equivalen)

Previous Experience
Essential

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

Skills
Essential

• Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and he learning from errors
• Evidence engagement with appraisal and revalidation

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).

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer.