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Job summary

Main area
Surgery
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
432-MI2436
Employer
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Ipswich Hospital
Town
Ipswich
Salary
£99,532 - £131,964 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

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East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust logo

Consultant in Upper Gastrointestinal Benign Surgery

Consultant

We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.

Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits

Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole.  The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

 

Job overview

We are inviting applicants for a full time post as a Consultant in Upper Gastrointestinal Benign Surgery. 

The job plan is expected to consist of 12 Programmed Activities (PAs) and the exact details of job plan will be agreed with the successful candidate after their appointment.

The appointee will be expected to:

                     Take part in Consultant on-call rota

                     Take part in the bariatric on-call rota if appropriate

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

 Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care

  • Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
  •  Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the ED
  •  Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care
  •  Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary
  •  Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
  •  Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained
  • Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated
  •  Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements
  •  Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust’s agreed policy
  •  Become part of the ICENI teaching faculty in delivering or facilitating courses/programmes

Working for our organisation

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients’ own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites – totalling £100million over the next five years.

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There’s a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children’s Unit.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities of the post will be:

  • Provide on-call cover for general surgery as well as bariatric surgery if appropriately trained.  There is currently a 1 in 12 oncall rota for General Surgery at Ipswich Hospital with a 4 /3 split (Mon- Thurs and Fri-Sun oncalls).  During these periods all elective activity is cancelled. The oncall general surgeon is only expected to manage appendicitis in children over the age of 5 years and all other childhood surgical conditions are managed by the Ipswich paediatrics team in conjunction with the paediatric surgeons in Norwich.  Vascular surgery emergencies are dealt by the on call vascular team in Colchester.
  • Support provision of surgical services to maintain compliance with RTT timeframes
  • Provide specialist general surgery services (laparoscopic hernia surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, common bile duct exploration amongst others). You will have the opportunity to be mentored and trained in fields that you are potentially interested in.
  •  Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for admission to hospital.
  • The candidate is expected to be based at Ipswich Hospital for the present.  There are no outreach clinics etc. which are currently planned to outlying hospitals.   The trust is moving to start a Bariatric surgery service at ESNEFT and with mutual agreement the department would support the candidate’s participation in a Bariatric surgery oncall rota which could be at the Colchester or Ipswich site.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Full registration with the General Medical Council
  • Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT/CESR date at interview
  • FRCS or equivalent
  • Competent in Upper GI endoscopy
  • Experience in acute general surgery
  • At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent)
  • Training in laparoscopic surgery
  • Ability to lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team
  • Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
Desirable criteria
  • MD/MS/PhD or equivalent
  • Training in advanced laparoscopic surgery
  • Training in bariatric surgery
  • Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
  • Evidence of having undertaken original research
  • JAG accreditation for upper and lower GI endoscopy
  • Formal training in management

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mr Ali Malik
Job title
Clinical Lead for Surgery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01473 703023
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