Job responsibilities The Specialty Doctor Surgeon will be required to undertake ward review and cover, assist in theatres and with the emergency on-call rota. He/she will be required to have a close relationship with all the wards, including the intensive care unit, the theatre and nursing staff and other professional and technical staff. The successful candidate will demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of the department. The post is whole-time. Flexibility in the weekly work pattern is essential given the varying demands upon the service, and will be allocated given the successful candidates level of experience, to best address the needs of the department. The post will be supervised by the consultants with responsibility to the Clinical Director, Mr Daniel Lawes. The post holder will be required to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstance and to be available for such irregular outside normalrota duties. The post holder will be required to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.The post holder will be required to be involved in continual professional development. The appointee will be encouraged to attend clinics, operating sessions and ward rounds of surgeons other than those to whom he/she is responsible if this is in the interest of training.Both the Maidstone General Hospital and the Pembury Hospital have purpose-built Post Graduate Medical Centres that organise lectures, film meetings and symposia. Approved courses and lectures take place at these locations. There are comprehensive medical libraries in both the Maidstone General Hospital and the Pembury Hospital, with electronic resource access. The Maidstone Post Graduate Centre opened in 2010 as the International Minimal Access Centre for Surgery (IMACS) following a complete refurbishment with links to the Endoluminal Operating Theatre.