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Consultant General Surgeon with Specialist Interest in Benign Upper GI

Consultant General Surgeon with Specialist Interest in Benign Upper GI

Wye Valley NHS TrustHereford
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Permanent
Job description

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust wishes to appoint a Consultant General Surgeon with Special Interest in Upper GI Surgery, to be based at the County Hospital, Hereford.

This is a full time post attracting 10PAs, consisting of DCC PAs and SPAs.

The Job plan is advertised as 10PAs but additional PAs and SPAs are negotiable as service needs dictate.

The successful candidate will be a General Surgeon with training and / or experience and benign Upper GI surgery interest. The Upper GI surgical department provides complex benign Upper GI services including biliary surgery and hiatal surgery. A successful hot cholecystectomy service has recently been established.

The successful candidate will be part of the General Surgical emergency on-call rota which will be 1 in 8 with the prospective cover.

The successful applicant should be proficient in the management of common Gastrointestinal and General Surgical emergencies. They will retain responsibility for the care of these patients but can refer to appropriate specialist colleagues.

Experience / Training in advanced laparoscopic surgical skills and Upper GI endoscopy are essential.

Training, experience and a commitment to undertake ERCP is desirable (but not essential).

Advert Closing Date : 1st October 2024

Interview Date : 13th November 2024

Main duties of the job

Provide a Consultant Surgeon service for the management of Upper GI and General Surgical diseases, as required for outpatient, inpatient and day-cases at the WVT.

Be committed to the General Surgery on call rota.

Collaborate with Gastroenterologists and other clinical colleagues in the local Upper GI cancer MDT, the regional Upper GI Cancer & Hepatobiliary specialist services (at Gloucester and Birmingham respectively) to provide high quality care to local patients.

Participate in multidisciplinary audit meetings.

Be actively involved in postgraduate training / teaching especially for the SpRs in the department.

Participate in departmental audit and clinical governance activity.

Work with the management team to meet the organisation's waiting time targets for all patients.

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman : "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right the time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see detailed Job Description and Person Specification attached to this advert for furthur information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • GMC Registration with Licence To Practice
  • Entry on Specialist Register in General Surgery, Or within six months of obtaining Specialist Registration (at the date of interview), or possession of CESR
  • Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent
  • FRCS or qualification of an equivalent level

Desirable

  • Higher research degree

    • Clinical Experience

    Essential

  • Broad training / experience in all aspects of General Surgery
  • Training and Experience in Upper GI surgery, including complex benign Upper GI surgery, particularly hiatal surgery and surgical management of bile duct stones
  • Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
  • Ability to perform Upper GI diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (JETS / JAG accreditation)

    • Desirable

  • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCST in General Surgery
  • Experience / Training in ERCP & transnasal endoscopy

    • Management and Administrative Experience

    Essential

  • Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
  • Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
  • Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
  • Ability to manage and lead the General Surgery firm and multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

    • Desirable

  • Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision making

    • Teaching Experience

    Essential

  • Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines

    • Desirable

  • Experience of teaching undergraduates and postgraduates courses
  • Higher qualification in medical education

    • Research Experience

    Essential

  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
  • An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives

    • Desirable

  • Evidence of having undertaken original research research based publication

    • Personal Attributes

    Essential

  • Ability to work in a team
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
  • Commitment to Continuing Medical Education

    • Desirable

  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local level