Locum Consultant in Gastroenterology

Main area Gastroenterology Grade NHS Medical & Dental:
Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 6 months (until March 2027, pending substantive recruitment.) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job
-M&D-8220303

Site Lister Town Stevenage Salary £113,565 - £150,569 PA Salary period Yearly Closing 11/10/2026 23:59

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

Our values - We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do. Our values are:

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

This is a 6-month Locum post pending substantive recruitment 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.
We enjoy a reputation for our commitment to the highest standards of care, but also for our friendly and supportive approach.
We have a high quality endoscopic service. There is a 4 roomed state of the art endoscopy unit at the Lister Hospital site and a two roomed endoscopy unit within the New QEII Hospital at Welwyn Garden City. Both units are JAG accredited and are fully kitted with state-of-the-art equipment. The National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme was implemented in 2008. There is endoscopic sub-specialisation with ERCP, video capsule endoscopy and upper GI cancer services including provision of a regional GI Laser service based at the Lister Hospital.

We have recently implemented an endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) service. We have a leading upper GI service and we are one of the largest cytosponge services in the UK.

The Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department has a strong and expanding research portfolio, actively participating in multiple clinical and commercial studies, including IBD Bio Resource, IBD Response, Prospero and Best
4. The department also leads its own commercially funded studies, such as COSIE, investigating the use of Cytosponge in the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic oesophagitis, and IBD Movement, an observational study examining activity levels and fatigue in patients with IBD in remission. Strong academic links exist with the University of Hertfordshire, where two consultants hold honorary positions. The department has also secured significant funding from the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation for the multi-site VECTOR trial, exploring the role of vibrational exercise in Crohn’s disease.

Research consultants regularly present at national and international meetings, supported by a dedicated Research Fellow. Registrars are actively encouraged to engage in research, with many serving as Associate Principal…