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Job summary

Main area
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Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (On call element will be included)
Job ref
408-24-692
Employer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Arrowe Park Hospital
Town
Wirral
Salary
£99,532 - £131,964 10 PA job plan
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/07/2024 23:59

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Consultant in Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery

Consultant

Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria 

Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:

UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.

To find out why you should apply for a role at Wirral University Teaching Hospital, please view our video and listen to what our staff say working at WUTH is really like: https://youtu.be/Z5oMaNXprn8

 

Job overview

Applications are invited for a new post at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals. The appointee will join an existing team of 5 Upper GI surgeons, within a team of 7 Consultant Colorectal Surgeons and 5 Consultants in Emergency Surgery.

Applicants should have wide general surgical experience and have been fully trained in benign upper GI surgery including hiatal surgery.  It is expected that appointee will work closely with emergency surgeons to support urgent biliary service. The trust 5-year strategy includes the development of bariatric surgery and our Clatterbridge Centre will deliver bariatric surgery in partnership with Phoenix Health. Experience in bariatric surgery although preferred is not essential.

The Trust is keen develop a robotic hiatal surgery service and both the Clatterbridge and Arrowe Park campuses will each have a Da Vinci Xi robot.  Upper GI cancer work is provided by one of the team at the regional centre in Liverpool. The department of surgery has an exciting research fellow programme with past fellows obtaining a higher degree and entering higher surgical training.  There is enormous scope and support for surgeons interested in research to be supported by the trust and fellows in new projects. Applicants should be on the Specialist Register, hold CCST/CCT or be within six months of obtaining at the time of interview.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will share in the provision of elective and emergency services to the population of Wirral. Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge Hospitals are busy, progressive, well equipped hospitals, with good junior support and excellent educational facilities.

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Consultant position available at WUTH.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise
  • • On Specialist Register for specialty / Specialty Registrar with CCT / CESR(CP) due within six months of interview date
Desirable criteria
  • • Higher Degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • Full training in Elective and Emergency General Surgery with a broad experience of Upper GI benign surgery
Desirable criteria
  • • Interest in day case and short stay complex Upper GI surgery such as Gall Bladder

Ability

Essential criteria
  • • Commitment to team approach and multi-disciplinary working
Desirable criteria
  • • Computing skills

Audit

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of participation in clinical audit and understanding role of audit in improving medical practice
  • • Understanding of clinical risk management and clinical governance

Research

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors
Desirable criteria
  • • Organisation of (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) teaching programmes and examinations

Management

Essential criteria
  • • Commitment to participating in and understanding of the management process
Desirable criteria
  • • Evidence of management training

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • • Evidence of teaching medical students and junior doctors
Desirable criteria
  • • Organisation of (undergraduate and/or postgraduate) teaching programmes and examinations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Donna Langton
Job title
Directorate Manager - General Surgery & Vascular
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 678 5111
Additional information

Mr Darren Smith Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Clinical Director for General Surgery on 0151 678 5111 Ext 2133

Mr Rajeev Parameswaran Consultant Upper GI Surgeon an Clinical Lead for GI Surgery on 0151 678 5111 Ext 8523

Donna Langton, Directorate Manager, General Surgery & Vascular on 0151 678 5111, Ext 7009

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