Locum Consultant General Surgeon UGI/HPB
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Providing General surgical services to King's Mill and Newark Hospital with two dedicated inpatient wards at King's Mill to cover all aspects of General surgery. A Day Case Unit and Surgical Assessment Unit provides 24 hour care for surgical admissions and emergencies. Several dedicated General surgical theatres and an emergency theatre shared with other surgical specialties.
We are a committed and enthusiastic department with Consultants providing surgical cover and a special interest, as well as general surgery. The General surgical Consultants have good working relationships with Gastroenterology Consultants and surgical colleagues at the regional gastro-oesophageal and hepatobiliary/pancreatic cancer (Nottingham University Hospitals) centres and colorectal surgery at NUH.
This appointment supports the expansion of our surgical same day admission unit, with a plan for this to be extended beyond an initial 6 months. The applicant will be fully integrated into the unit with active involvement in the on-call rota (currently 1 in 10 but expected to increase with this role.) Involvement in the hot cholecystectomy service is advantageous and endoscopic/advanced laparoscopic skills are welcomed.
Main duties of the job
* Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients
* To share best practice and promote team working within the General Surgical department and GI multidisciplinary team
* Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students
* To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
* To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME)
Job responsibilities
* Full time post in UGI/HPB and general surgery at Consultant level.
* Involvement in general surgery on call rota 1:10.
* Benign UGI/HPB currently is mostly biliary and anti-reflux related.
* Strong links with the regional tertiary referral UGI and HPB units in Nottingham with regular clinics as well as joint multidisciplinary meetings.
* We have a local ERCP and EUS service which is currently run by Gastroenterology.
* Support in the expansion of our Surgical Same Day admission Unit
* Involvement in research and management welcomed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full GMC Registration
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview
* Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination (FRCS or equivalent)
* Postgraduate thesis
* MD/MSc/MMEd/PhD
* Completed fellowship programme in UGI/HPB surgery
* JAG accreditation for gastroscopies/ERCP/EUS
Experience
* Successful completion of an appropriate SpR/ST/equivalent training programme
* Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
* Extensive practical General Surgery experience, in particular UGI/HPB Surgery
* Capable of taking part in the emergency General Surgery on call rota (excluding vascular)
* Experience of advanced laparoscopic UGI/HPB surgery
Teaching
* Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role
Research
* Publications in peer-reviewed journals
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.
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term, 6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-SRG24-6799466
Job locations
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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