Please refer to the attached job description for full details including the full persons specification. Surgeons of all grades are required to undertake continuing medical education, take part in and deliver the local teaching programme and maintain their own interests and standards. Attendance at teaching sessions and audit meetings is expected. The surgical work of the Trust includes all District General Hospital surgical specialities including general surgery, gynaecology, maxillofacial surgery, ENT, ophthalmic surgery, urology and orthopaedics as well as specialist surgery such as bariatric surgery, vascular and spinal surgery. All surgeons and associated staff attend the monthly Directorate meeting, which is held on the same day as the audit session. The audit half day is currently organised on a rolling programme so that a different set of theatre sessions is affected each month. Audit topics are planned and published yearly in advance. The Bariatric unit has an international reputation for research in this field. Professor Welbourn has an honorary Associate Professor role at University of Bristol. Miss Hollyman is a Consultant Investigator at Exeter Biomedical Research Unit.