Consultant Surgeon in General and Benign Biliary/Upper GI
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is welcoming applications for a Consultant General and Benign Biliary/Upper GI Surgeon. This can be for a permanent or fixed term contract.
You will provide benign general surgical and upper gastrointestinal surgical services to the community served by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust. You will play a key role with colleagues in further developing general surgical services. You will provide, alongside consultant colleagues, a service in general surgery involving in-patient and out-patient work and share in the on-call rota.
This post is to support the development of the General Surgery service. All staff support and ancillary facilities are in place. There will be office space for you with a dedicated computer and IT facilities and medical secretarial support.
Please note we are only able to offer in person interviews - not virtual.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a general surgical service including general surgical elective activity and 1 in 9 on call emergency cover for general surgery at QEH
* To provide elective benign biliary/Upper GI surgical service
* Consultants are required to have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper funding of their departments. They are expected to undertake administrative duties that arise from these responsibilities.
* To provide an Outpatients service for new referrals and for ongoing care.
Person Specification
Entry Criteria
* Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
* FRCS or equivalent medical qualification
* MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent training and experience
Experience
* Training and interest in benign elective and emergency general surgery
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the emergency care of patients, both paediatric and adults.
* Training and interest in laparoscopic benign upper gastrointestinal and/or laparoscopic benign biliary surgery
* A wide range of clinical skills and practice in the specialty
* Strong Upper GI endoscopy experience and skills
* Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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