NUH is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Trust Grade doctor at ST3 level or above to support one of the largest General Surgery departments in the UK. The post holder may rotate between specialties after 6 months if their preferences and service requirements allow.
The post holder will contribute to out of hours on-call, and should therefore have completed core surgical training (or equivalent), have full MRCS, ALS and have experience working within the NHS.
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest general surgery departments in the UK. Our services are provided across two main campuses (Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital) and deliver separate sub-specialist emergency care for Colorectal, UGI and HPB conditions, alongside general surgery. Our elective care is also delivered across both sites and is has recently changed in configuration with a brand new theatre complex and elective inpatient ward which opened at City campus in 2022.
The post holder will support various aspects of this busy service, with a commitment to out of hours on call. This may be based at City campus, or shared across both City and QMC rotas. The daytime role shall be affiliated to one of our elective services but may be modified to meet the specific requirements of the individual. Examples include research or quality improvement projects by mutual agreement with appropriate supervisors, or targeted clinical training, eg endoscopy (colonoscopy or EUS). The latter may be suitable for Out of Programme experience, if appropriate training programme approvals are confirmed
With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
The post holder will support various aspects of this busy service, with a commitment to an out of hours rota. The daytime role will be affiliated to one of our elective services. The postholder will attend clinics, theatre sessions and ward rounds as per allocation in a weekly firm timetable.
There are ample opportunities for work based assessments from the supervising consultants. You will also be allocated a Clinical Supervisor.
In addition, there is a weekly local General Surgery teaching programme which you would be expected to attend and contribute to.
Although this is not a training post it should be possible for an enthusiastic doctor to map their experiences to many of the core curriculum programme competences as all aspects of the syllabus are relevant to this attachment.
We encourage our doctors to involve themselves in audit and research. You would be expected to make yourself familiar with the processes of the audit cycle and to assess the role of audit in clinical governance and in improving patient care. Supervision for projects will be available, and support may also be available from hospital audit departments.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Dec 2024