Locum Specialty Doctor in Stroke

Locum Specialty Doctor in Stroke

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

The closing date is 17 March 2026

We are looking to recruit to a Specialty Doctor post in Stroke Medicine, this post is available from March 2026, with 1 Supporting Programmed Activity per week to focus on your own development. As a Trust we have a proven track record in supporting doctors to complete their CESR and then go on to take a Consultant post with the Trust, so this could be your ideal next step.

This is a fixed term appointment for 12 months from the 1st March 2026, based predominantly at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs), which could be modified for a candidate preferring to work 10 PAs or less than full time.

This is an excellent opportunity within the Stroke department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, based at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, which enjoys a unique geographical location close to London and Cambridge. The Trust also enjoys a reputation for our commitment to the highest standards of care and for our friendly and supportive approach.

The role of the appointee will be to support the ongoing development in the department of Stroke and to deliver Stroke services at East and North Herts NHS Trust at the Lister Hospital Stevenage.

• Maintenance of high-quality patient centred care
• Shared responsibility for the day-to-day management of the service
• Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
• Active involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings and directorate clinical governance activity
• Active participation in continuing medical education

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

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.

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.

• Full GMC registration with a Licence to Practice
• FRCA or qualification of an equivalent level

• 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 Stroke Medicine.
• 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
• Understanding of core research principles, methodology and ethics
• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives

• Able to evidence engagement with…