Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- Locum Consultant
- Contract
- 6 months (Fixed term - Until April 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 hours per week
- Job ref
- 203-S1780
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- Dependant on experience
- Closing
- 10/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant General Surgeon
Locum Consultant
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don’t need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual – we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust).
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of NHS Locum Consultant General Surgeon at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. This post is to commence as soon as possible and will run through to at least April 2025.
The post attracts 10 PAs (additional PAs may be negotiable) and will include an on-call commitment for emergency general surgery (currently 1 in 10). The post is based at Warwick Hospital with some clinics held at Stratford upon Avon Hospital if required.
Main duties of the job
This is a locum post to cover a period of additional training for 2 of our substantive consultants, who will be reducing their emergency commitment during this time. The candidate will be capable of performing on-call for Emergency General Surgery at Consultant Level.
Outpatient clinics take place at both Warwick and Stratford Hospital. Inpatient surgical care is at Warwick Hospital. Elective Paediatric surgery is done on a dedicated bi-weekly paediatric day.
Working for our organisation
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The elective work includes mainly laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hernia repair. Additional activity in out-patients, theatres and endoscopy can be arranged to suit the experience of the successful candidate. 60-80% of laparoscopic cholecystectomies are performed as day cases. Emergency cholecystectomies are supported by NCEPOD. The trust has recently acquired a da Vinci robot and training is being cascaded through the surgical team. We would welcome applications from candidates with experience in General Surgery of Childhood.
Person specification
Academic Achievements
Essential criteria
- A good working knowledge of research methodology
Desirable criteria
- Higher medical degree Additional Relevant Qualifications e.g. Medical education
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
- Julie Jenkins
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01926495321
- Additional information
Julie Jenkins - Operational Manager, Telephone - 01926 495321 Ext. 3611, [email protected]
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