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Job overview

The General Surgery Unit base at Manchester Royal Infirmary is one of the busiest acute hospitals in the UK serving a population of nearly 1 million patients. 

The HPB unit is one of the largest in Europe and is the HPB provider for Greater Manchester and vast majority of Lancashire and Cheshire serving a population of over 3.5 million.

The Colorectal unit, we work to provide both elective and emergency care in a collegiate manner alongside dedicated diagnostic and interventional radiologists, anaesthetists, endoscopists, hepatologists and pancreatologists, pathologists, nutritionists, physiotherapists and cancer clinical nurse specialists.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicants will work within one of the following teams at the MRI:

• The HPB surgical team performing in the range of 200 liver resections, 120 pancreatic resection, 50 complex biliary surgeries a year. There is also a very heavy workload of benign HPB cases, in particular, complicated pancreatitis and gallstone disease. The unit benefits from four deanery registrars and other core and foundation trainees. This post would be ideally suitable for a surgical trainee who would like to gain specialist clinical and operative experience in HPB Surgery.
• The Colorectal team perform high volume colorectal resections (including robotic) and surgery for both malignant and benign pathologies such as inflammatory bowel disease.

For both posts, there is ample opportunity to participate in audits and clinical research and each department holds regular M&M meetings and an MDT. The successful applicants will also take part in the General Surgery Core Trainee on-call rota which is 1:15 resident, providing a broad, unique, and rich experience in Emergency General Surgery, often with a joint case mix with on-site specialities such as HPB, Major Trauma, Vascular Surgery & Interventional Radiology, Urology, Renal & Pancreas Transplant, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. We also provide exceptional training opportunities in areas such as research, quality improvement and medical education.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.