Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Surgery
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 393-NMUH-5088-A
- Employer
- North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- North Middlesex Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £95,828 - £128,443 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/06/2024
Employer heading
Consultant in General Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Surgery
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.
The hospital has been on its present site for over 100 years and was established as an NHS trust by statute in December 1990. The Trust’s services are provided on the North Middlesex University Hospital site as well as a range of community sites across the London Borough of Enfield, including at partner hospitals. They provide services in collaboration with a range of partners, including local GPs, acute, mental health and other community health service providers across North Central London.
In the year ending 31 March 2022, the Trust reported a turnover of £419.7m and employed almost 4,000 staff. Following the transfer of Enfield Community Services on 1st April 2023, this has increased as we have welcomed over 600 new staff including District Nurses, Community Matrons, Community Physiotherapists, Psychologists and many more across a wide range of adult and children’s community services in Enfield. It is an exciting time to join North Mid as we continue our journey to become an integrated care organisation to deliver high quality, seamless care in our local communities, with a focus on tackling health inequalities.
Job overview
We are seeking for two general surgery consultants to join our dyamnic team. This post has arisen because of the increasing emergency demands of patients in the local community and the increasing number of referrals to the cancer pathway and benign abdominal conditions. The Trust is invested in a Consultant-led, rather than a Consultant-supervised clinical service as well as adhering to the London standards of Emergency care, including twice daily ward rounds for emergency admissions.
There will be 12 Consultant and General Surgeons and 1 Clinical Specialist, all taking an equal part in a 1 in 8 on-call commitment ( Monday - Thursday daytime, 1 in 12 Friday daytime. On-call frequency will be 1 in 12 including weekends (STC) and includes weekend ward rounds to comply with London Emergency Surgical Standards. Unpredictable work is carried out from home, returning to work within 30 minutes as dictated by the caseload.. In addition, in keeping with London standards and the principle of continuity of care, all patients will be seen by a consultant every weekday. This is due to increasing demands for this kind of work.
This post is for 10 Programmed Activities (7.5 PAs direct clinical care and 2.5 PAs supporting professional activities). There is an expectation that by taking on other SPA roles. This would be subject to Divisional agreement.
Main duties of the job
General Responsibilities as Consultant General Surgeon
The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a consultant. The appointee is expected to:
- Provide senior clinician services to both the Emergency Department and the General Surgery Department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
- Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
- Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest as per the job plan or as agreed within the Trust.
- Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
- Actively participate in the Unit’s Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
- Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.
Working for our organisation
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium sized District General Hospital based in Edmonton in Enfield, North London. We serve a diverse multicultural population largely from the London boroughs of Enfield and Haringey. Many of our patients live in wards that are within the 5% most deprived in the UK and a large proportion of our patients were born abroad. This makes it both a fascinating and a challenging hospital to work in.
Over the last decade we have rebuilt almost all of the hospital and now have facilities that we are proud to work in. We employ just over 3,000 staff, more than half of whom live locally. We encourage apprenticeships from the local community and work closely with our local Health Watch.
The Edmonton Infirmary opened in 1910 and replaced the Union Workhouse that had been founded on the site in 1842. It was renamed as North Middlesex Hospital in 1920. In 2011 our new building opened placing all of the hospital under a single roof for the first time. In 2013 our new maternity and neonatal unit were added.
We are primarily an emergency led hospital with more than 90% of our bed days being used for patients admitted via our emergency and ambulatory units. As well as offering everything you would expect from a major acute hospital we have a number of tertiary services treating patients with HIV and Sickle Cell Disease and a large cancer and radiotherapy service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
General Responsibilities of the Consultant General Surgeon
The following is not an exhaustive or exclusive list of the duties of a Consultant Grade. The appointee is expected to:
- Provide senior clinician services to both the Emergency Department and the General Surgery Department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
- Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust’s resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
- Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest as per the job plan or as agreed within the Trust.
- Show flexibility and undertake different appropriate clinical tasks within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
- Actively participate in the Unit’s Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff, in line with guidance from the relevant Royal Colleges or specialty bodies.
- Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.
There are 10 SPAs. Thus this post represents 7.5 DCC to 2.5 SPA. Upon agreement with the Divisional Clinical Director, the post holder can take on additional SPA activities. It is envisaged that the post holder will maintain a subspecialty colorectal/ upper GI interest to complement existing services.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register (via CCT, CESR or European Community Rights) or eligible within 6 months. Previous locum consultant experience
Desirable criteria
- Leadership and Management qualification
- Postgraduate degree or MSc in relevant specialty
Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience in Emergency General Surgery
- Experienced in emergency general laparoscopic surgery, including hot gallbladder surgery and colorectal Surgery
- JAG accreditation in Colonoscopy with advanced endoscopy techniques
Desirable criteria
- Specialist interest complementary to existing services
- Experience of TAMIS
- Stapled haemorroidopexy/HALO
- Endometriosis surgery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Spanu
- Job title
- Clinical Lead for General Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Jessica Austin
Service Manager for General Surgery
07852201663
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