Locum Consultant General Surgeon (UGI/HPB Specialist Interest)

The post holder will work with consultant colleagues to provide a comprehensive General Surgery service for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Responsibilities include the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care while supporting the efficient operation of the department. The successful candidate will participate in the consultant on-call rota, provide out-of-hours care and cover colleagues during annual leave and authorised absences. The role includes delivering specialist clinical services within the post holder's area of expertise, maintaining high professional standards and contributing to service development. The post holder will supervise and support junior medical staff, ensuring compliance with Trust policies and professional requirements. Responsibilities include participation in undergraduate and postgraduate education, examinations, accreditation activities and continuing professional development. The successful candidate will contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, research and clinical governance activities, attending departmental and governance meetings as required. Additional duties include compliance with Trust policies, information governance, confidentiality, Health and Safety requirements, infection prevention standards and GMC Good Medical Practice, while undertaking other reasonable duties expected of a Consultant Surgeon.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Qualifications

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of advanced laparoscopic UGI/HPB surgery

Management & administrative experience

Essential: - Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload

Desirable: - The potential to be Service Director or alternative medical management role in the future, including that of Governance lead.

Teaching

Desirable: - Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role

Research

Essential: - Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice

Desirable: - Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Other

Desirable: - Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels