The appointee should be competent to diagnose and manage Pelvic Floor problems, working within a team of functional bowel nurses and other consultants, colorectal / gynaecology with a specialist interest in Pelvic Floor. In addition, the appointee should be able to deal with colorectal emergencies and complications of surgery out of hours. Mentoring will be available, but the appointee should demonstrate via their logbook that they are capable of independent practice and have recent experience working in a Pelvic Floor team/centre.
The appointee will perform two outpatient clinics per week: one pelvic floor themed, a weekly endoscopy list, and general or colorectal surgery operating lists with continuing support from other team members. The appointee will be expected to work flexibly with the other team members to ensure operating lists and endoscopy lists are used to maximal effect.
In addition to contributing to the Colorectal Pelvic Floor service, the appointee will support the Emergency General Surgery On Call service, including night cover. Although the provision of emergency care for General Surgical patients is becoming a specialty in its own right, this is a nascent service which remains fully supported by the General Surgeons. There are two General Surgical consultants on call, normally of differing GI specialties, and they are both released from all elective activity whilst on call. There is a separate vascular, urology and neurosurgery on-call rota.
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