Off-Island Specialist services Transfers to the mainland by air ambulance occur regularly, and on occasion out of hours. The post holder may be required to take part in such transfers, subject to holding the necessary qualifications. The main involvement in transferring patients to the UK involves communication and liaison and not having to physically transfer the patient. Training The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible and ensure that training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. Resident doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals. Governance The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda. The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. The post is 10 + 4 PA contract which includes 1 SPA The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical lead, Chief of Service, and ratified by the Group Medical Director. The post holders job plan will be reviewed annually and will be appraised according to the current guidance. On-call commitment for this post 1:5 week day and 1:5 weekend, remunerated within the job plan and 4% on call availability supplement. There is a resident doctor (full shift) and a Consultant on-call also. The post holder will work closely within the Department of General Surgery which provides a complete general Surgical Service: 3. Job plan 4. THE SPECIALTY Surgical Staff Grade job description Emergency, Out-patient and Elective General (Upper GI and Colo-Rectal) Surgery Emergency, Screening, Out-Patient and Elective Breast Surgery Service Vascular Out-patient and Day Surgery Service. The department has a suite of offices for Consultants, non-career grade Doctors, Secretaries, Nursing and Secretarial Support. The hospital has a main theatre department comprising 4 operating theatres. There is a dedicated Day Surgery Unit which provides two further operating theatres. All theatres are equipped to a high standard and 2 main theatres have ultra-clean air-flow systems. There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive out-patient facilities. The department uses one dedicated ward for General Surgery and Urology with some female patients also admitted to the combined ward with Gynaecology. There is a dedicated breast clinical oncology unit which is located adjacent to the Breast Screening and Diagnostic Imaging Unit. Three Radiologists share the Breast Imaging Service, which is particularly well equipped and includes both screening and symptomatic patients. There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive Out-patient facilities. Consultant Medical Staff Mr Matthew Stephenson, MB BS, MSc, FRCS (gen surg) (Clinical Lead) General and Breast Surgery Mr Miklos Kassai MD EBSQ (Colo) General and Colorectal Surgery Mr Jonathan Shenfine MB BS, FRCS (Gen Surg), FRCS (Eng.) FRACS, PhD. General and Upper GI Surgery Mr Mark Whyman MB BS, FRCS, Vascular Surgery Mr Muhammed Aleem Locum Consultant Emergency Surgeon Rebecca Fallaize Consultant in Emergency and General Surgery Non- Consultant Medical Staff Middle Grade Tier Associate Specialists: Mr Karkala Pai Mr Sarfraz Jamali Surgical Staff Grade or Surgical Fellow: Abigail Hayward Vacancy Fixed term Vacancy This post Resident Doctor Grade tier Resident Doctors: 1 x F2 (4 monthly rotation) 5 x F1s (4 monthly rotation) 5. SPECIALTY MEDICAL STAFF Surgical Staff Grade job description Nursing Staff: 2 Specialist Breast Nurses 2 Colorectal Specialist Nurses 1 Urology Specialist Nurse Medical Secretaries: 4 (1 for each Consultant and their team) Urology Service Consultant staff Mr Ben Hughes FRCS (Urol) The post holder will be expected to admit acute urological conditions (with senior support) and help to look after urological patients on the ward, on a day-to-day basis. This is with close support from the Urological Consultant and Mr Pai. There is a Consultant led Urology service. On-call staff will handover patients to the Urologists during the morning rounds. The Surgical Departments encompass a diverse, exciting and very busy service that strives to provide safe quality care that meets the needs of all patient groups. We have many challenges ahead to maintain this quality service but the hospital has a committed highly skilled team who will take the service forward to continually improve and implement changes in practice to deliver this care. The Ward and Departmental Managers cover a range of services comprising: 3 Surgical Wards - Portelet, Rayner and the Emergency Assessment Ward Critical Care Unit which includes Medical and Surgical Intensive Unit/H.D.U Endoscopy Unit on Aubin Ward Designated Day Surgery Theatre Main theatre Suite Outpatient Dental Department Outpatient ENT facilities Outpatient Ophthalmology Department Private Wing Radiology Department Physiotherapy Department Anaesthetic Department ENT and Ophthalmology Departments. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.