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Job summary

Main area
Surgery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract
Locum: 12 months (10 PA's per week)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (1 additional PA a week)
Job ref
153-M3533
Employer
University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bournemouth Hospital
Town
Bournemouth
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 PA
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/11/2024 23:59

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University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust logo

Locum Consultant Upper GI Surgical

NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce. 

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

We are seeking a highly qualified General Surgical Consultant to join our team on a 1-year fixed term locum basis to cover maternity leave. The successful candidate will join a team of 4 Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) surgeons at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) site and 4 UGI surgeons at the Poole General Hospital (PGH) site. 

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities: 

  • Participate in a 1:9 General Surgical Consultant non-resident on-call rota at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site. 

  • Provide elective surgical and endoscopy services across three hospital sites: Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Poole General Hospital, and Wimborne Community Hospital. 

  • Perform elective operating lists, endoscopy procedures, and outpatient clinics as per the weekly job plan. 

  • Potential for involvement in oesophago-gastric cancer resectional surgery, Bariatric surgery and advanced endoscopic procedures, including robotic surgery. 

  • Proficiently perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia repairs, and antireflux surgery. 

 

Working for our organisation

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD.  They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. 

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term.  Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview. 

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Indicative Weekly Job Plan: 

  • All Day Elective Operating List: 1 day per week 

  • Theatre Session: Half day per week 

  • Endoscopy List: Half day per week 

  • Clinic List: Half day per week 

  • Supporting Professional Activities (SPA): 1 session per week 

  • Total Activity: 11 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week (about 3.5PA 1:9 Emergencies) 

 

Qualifications and Requirements: 

  • Fully qualified to work as a Consultant Surgeon in the NHS. 

  • JAG accredited endoscopist with an interest in advanced endoscopic procedures. 

  • Experience or interest in oesophago-gastric cancer resectional surgery, bariatric surgery in UGI surgical areas. 

  • Proficiency in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia repairs, and antireflux surgery. 

  • MMR vaccination status ideally known at the time of application. 

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
  • Able to speak English as necessary for the role
  • Ability to prioritise workload & show initiative
  • Ability to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge & when to seek advice
  • Meet the requirements of the GMC’s Good Medical Practice.
Desirable criteria
  • Computer/IT Research skills

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria
  • Entry on the GMC specialist register via CCT (proposed date must be within 6 months), CESR or ECR
  • Trained to manage the undifferentiated general surgical take
  • Proficient in UGI endoscopy
  • Appropriate training at StR level for general & UGI surgery
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of further training in abdominal wall surgery

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria
  • Approachable manner
  • Flexible attitude
  • Ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary team

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • FRCS or equivalent
  • JAG accredited endoscopist with an interest in advanced endoscopic procedures.
Desirable criteria
  • Higher degree
  • Postgraduate thesis

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Can demonstrate skills in general, UGI and emergency surgery
  • Proficiency in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hernia repairs, and antireflux surgery.

Other

Essential criteria
  • Participation in audit
  • GCP training
  • Publications
  • Presentations (National/International)
  • MMR vaccination status ideally known at the time of application.
Desirable criteria
  • Prizes

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Disability Confident - two yearsUHD ValuesApprenticeships logoArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mr Richard Byrom
Job title
Consultant & Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 019 4597
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