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Job overview

An opportunity has arisen at Salford Royal Hospital for the appointment of a Locum Consultant Oesophagogastric (OG) Surgeon (cancer and complex benign disease) post for 12 months, with a view to a substantive position. The successful candidate will join an established team of 8 OG surgeons working within the recently centralised Greater Manchester OG Service (GMOGS).

Salford Royal Hospital currently serves the population of Salford (approx. 240,000 people) but may soon be expected to deliver EGS as a high acuity site to the populations of Bolton and Wigan (890,000 people in total) as part of the Healthier Together initiative. It is also the nominated Major Trauma site for Greater Manchester and general surgery provides surgical support for this service.

Main duties of the job

It is proposed that the appointees will provide 10 PA’s per week (which will include outpatient clinics, operating theatre lists, and administration).  The job plan will be a flexible job plan.

All Consultants will be allocated 1 core SPA per week for professional development (CPD), Job Planning, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, attendance at regular team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect and participating in Audit.

Additional SPA time will be made available to Consultants on the basis of evidenced need. Such allocation will be agreed and subsequently reviewed

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.