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.
The spectrum of benign UGI/HPB is mostly biliary and anti-reflux related. We have strong links with the regional tertiary referral UGI and HPB units in Nottingham with regular clinics and joint multidisciplinary meetings. We have a local ERCP and EUS service run by Gastroenterology.
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 in to 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.
• 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)
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
In the past four years our staff engagement scores have been the best for Acute Trusts in the Midlands.
Please see Job Description for a full list of themain 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.
This advert closes on Sunday 15 Dec 2024
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