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Consultant Surgeon in General and Benign Biliary/Upper GI
Consultant
Main area: General and Benign Biliary/Upper GI Surgery
Grade: Consultant
Contract: Permanent (fixed term contract also available)
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (1:9 on call)
Job ref: 426-510-24EG-B
Site: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Town: King's Lynn
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is welcoming applications for a Consultant General and Benign Biliary/Upper GI Surgeon. This can be for a permanent or fixed term contract.
You will provide benign general surgical and upper gastrointestinal surgical services to the community served by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust. You will play a key role with colleagues in further developing general surgical services. You will provide, alongside consultant colleagues, a service in general surgery involving in-patient and out-patient work and share in the on-call rota.
This post is to support the development of the General Surgery service. All staff support and ancillary facilities are in place. There will be office space for you with a dedicated computer and IT facilities and medical secretarial support.
We welcome informal visits and enquiries.
Please note we are only able to offer in-person interviews - not virtual.
Main duties of the job
* To provide a general surgical service including general surgical elective activity and 1 in 9 on call emergency cover for general surgery at QEH.
* To provide elective benign biliary/Upper GI surgical service.
* Consultants are required to have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper funding of their departments. They are expected to undertake administrative duties that arise from these responsibilities.
* To provide an Outpatients service for new referrals and for ongoing care.
Working for our organisation
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this opportunity.
Person specification
Entry Criteria
* Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
* Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview.
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
* FRCS or equivalent medical qualification.
* MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent training and experience.
Experience
* Training and interest in benign elective and emergency general surgery.
* Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the emergency care of patients, both paediatric and adults.
* Training and interest in laparoscopic benign upper gastrointestinal and/or laparoscopic benign biliary surgery.
* A wide range of clinical skills and practice in the specialty.
* Strong Upper GI endoscopy experience and skills.
* Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework.
Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).
Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any emails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.
We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Free counselling service.
* Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access.
* Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause.
Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.
We are committed to being a menopause-friendly employer.
Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to-day work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore, all staff should be computer literate.
Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and are also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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