Consultant Upper GI Surgeon

• Responsibility for the continuing care and treatment of patients in your charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for proper delegation to and teaching of trainee staff.
• Provision of an out of hours general surgical service with consultant colleagues including on-call commitments.
• Cover for consultant colleagues annual leave and other authorised absence, including care of patients and supervision of trainee doctors (a minimum of 6 weeks notice must be given for all leave requests).
• Responsibility for the professional supervision, training and management of trainee medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity locally and nationally as appropriate.
• Participation in medical audit under local arrangements, the Trusts Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
• Involvement in research and supervision of trainees in audit / research.
• Managerial, including budgetary, responsibilities where appropriate.
• Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of the Trust such as domiciliary consultations, or services provided by the Trust for other agencies, e.g. the prison service.(This excludes work done under direct arrangements between an individual Consultant & a third party, e.g. Category 2)
• Participation in Medical Student Teaching Programmes and Examinations.
• Responsibility for implementing Infection Control Policies

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Essential

• MBBS / MBChB or equivalent
• FRCS or equivalent higher qualification
• Full GMC Registration with a license to practice at time of application
• GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery Specialty OR within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview OR If applying for Full GMC Registration & Licence to Practice simultaneously with a CESR application, supporting documentary evidence must be provided at interview, to confirm an application has been submitted & is under consideration by the GMC.

Essential

• Adequate training and experience in UGI Surgery
• Up to date clinical knowledge in the relevant specialty & evidence of an understanding of its application
• Minimum 12 months NHS experience
• Ability to manage UGI/General Surgery adult and paediatric emergency surgeries.

Essential

• Evidence & experience of supervising and teaching resident doctors and medical students
• Ability to & experience of teaching clinical skills
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements relevant to the specialty
• Experience of & commitment to clinical audit and/or Quality Improvement Projects (QIP)

Desirable

• Specific teaching qualification
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to under-graduates
• Attended a recognised teaching training course
• Ability to supervise research

Essential

• Experience of formal presentations
• Evidence of ability to work as part of an MDT, sharing administrative duties
• Ability to direct & motivate team members