We are looking for the right doctor to join our friendly medical team and provide excellent palliative care to the people of North Hertfordshire and Stevenage.

Garden House Hospice Care is looking for a 0.78 WTE part time speciality doctor to join our hospice medical for a fixed term contract of 12 months from July 2025. This role is available secondary to a vacancy.

Clinical provision at Garden House Hospice Care includes:

• 12 bedded Inpatient Unit
• 24/7 advice line for patients, families and professionals
• Rehabilitation and Wellbeing Team
• Medical outpatient clinics and domiciliary assessments
• Hospice at Home and Continuing Health Care team
• Emotional and psychological support
• Frailty CNS team
• Admiral Nurse
• Medical support to Herts Community Team Specialist Palliative Care CNS team.

What does the Specialist Doctor role involve?

The successful applicant will be a part of the Medical Team, which is led by the Medical Director and includes a permanent speciality doctor, and from September 2025 a second consultant.  The successful applicant will largely work on the Hospice In-Patient Unit, providing care to patients admitted for symptom control, last days of life care or reablement, as part of our Frailty Service.

Fitting with the Hospice’s strong ethos of supporting training and education, the Hospice will have three full time and one less than full time GP Trainees, rotating four monthly, from August 2025.  Part time trainee numbers will increase to two in 2026.  

The successful applicant will be non-resident on call one weeknight per week, plus one Friday night and one weekend in every five weeks.  They will also be expected to cover two bank holidays over the course of the employment, with a day of time in lieu leave for each bank holiday covered. Please see the attached Job Description for full detail.

Applicants must have current GMC registration with licence to practice.

Interested?

Please submit your CV along with cover letter detailing your requisite experience to apply for this job.

Closing date for applications: 13^th June 2025. Interviews will be held on the afternoon of Friday 20th June 2025. 

Please note that we are actively reviewing applications and interviews will be held on a rolling basis. The ad may close early if a successful candidate is found. Whilst we’d love to get back to everyone who applies to our roles, we will only be in touch if your application is successful, if you have not heard from us within 28 days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Garden House Hospice Care are proud to be disability confident and reasonable adjustments will be made for applicants with disabilities. We can only accept applications from candidates with the Right to Work in the UK. Safeguarding is of paramount importance to us; all successful candidates are required to undergo a DBS check, regardless of role.