Planning and Organisational Duties: The appointee will be based at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary but will be required to support the Trust's General Surgery workload wherever it is located. The appointee will work independently but will be supported by a consultant surgeon. The appointee shall be provided support for career progression and will be allocated a clinical supervisor. The general workload includes dealing with emergency admissions and their management while on call. Elective work will involve operative and non-operative management of General/upper gastrointestinal & colorectal surgery (gallstone management, abdominal wall hernia surgery, day case surgery, benign & malignant colorectal surgery).
The appointee will be responsible for:
1. Providing specialist advice to patients regarding their illness
2. Participating in on-call rota for emergency general surgery
3. Undertaking regular ward rounds
4. Attending operating theatre and endoscopy sessions
5. Working with colleagues to provide effective clinical leadership for all staff in the service
6. Contributing to and participating in the development of the service
7. Involving in teaching and training, audit and research
Communications and Key Working Relationships: Mr. Imran Alam, who is the Clinical Director, leads the department. The General Surgery & Urology Directorate forms part of the Surgical Division, which is led by the Divisional Medical Director Dr. Christos Zipitis and Mr. Nicholas Jones, Divisional Director for Operations and Performance. All the clinical directorates are under the leadership of the Medical Director, Dr. Sanjay Arya, Consultant Cardiologist. The Surgical Operational Management team works closely with our team to ensure the smooth running of our services for the benefit of our patients.
Our management team consists of:
* Mr. Nicholas Jones - Directorate Manager
* Mrs. Georgia Molyneaux - Deputy Performance Manager
* Mrs. Lucy Robinson - Rota Co-ordinator
The General Surgery & Urology Directorate is largely autonomous with its own business plan and has regular meetings with the other specialties within the Surgical Division to coordinate services. The directorate also has a seat on the Clinical Advisory Board where representatives of all specialties meet monthly to discuss clinical policies for the whole trust.
Consultant General Surgeons:
* Mr. I Alam (Clinical Director)
* Ms. N Mackenzie - Consultant General & Benign Upper GI Surgeon
* Mr. M Paraoan - Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon
* Mr. M Fani - Consultant Emergency General Surgeon
* Mr. P Ichim - Consultant Emergency & General Surgeon
* Mr. P Assad - Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon
* Mr. M Antony - Locum Consultant Emergency/General Surgeon
* Mr. Z Khawaja - Locum Benign General/Benign Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon
* Mr. T Hussian - Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon
* Mr. R Nath - Locum Emergency/General Surgeon
Other Staff:
* 2 Associate Specialists
* 3 Staff Grades
* 5 MCh/Senior Clinical Fellow
* 3 Specialist Registrars
* 12 FY2s and ST1/2s/Trust posts
* 14 FY1s (2 Trust posts)
* Junior Teaching Fellow (undergraduate teaching x 3 days & clinical commitments x 2 days)
The configuration of the surgical teams maximizes middle grade support for both theatre sessions on the RAEI/Leigh site and clinics. A middle grade will be available to support, subject to on-call commitments and leave, and there is shared core trainee or FY2 and FY1 support for these posts.
Responsibility for Finance: To ensure efficient use of resources at all times.
Responsibility for Human Resources: To participate in Induction Programmes as required and to adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
Responsibility for Health & Safety: Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. The post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, taking appropriate actions, and reporting all incidents, near misses, and hazards, with a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Responsibility for Teaching: The appointee will be expected to participate in the teaching of undergraduate staff and in the professional development of junior medical staff working in the Department.
The Trust supports the College guidelines on maintaining CME and is committed to providing time and funding for this. Staff Grade Doctors are required to maintain a logbook, have appraisals, educational activity, and assessments.
Work Circumstances & On-call: There is a resident on-call element, including weekends. The current rota is a 1 in 12. One session per month at Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust is devoted to audit when all clinical services are suspended.
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