Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- Trust Grade Registrar Level
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 203-S1735-A
- Employer
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Warwick
- Salary
- £55,329 Plus on call enhancements
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Trust Grade (Registrar Level) in General Surgery
Trust Grade Registrar Level
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
The aim of this post is to provide additional training for doctors who are post MRCS and are looking towards entering speciality training or gaining experience prior to a CESR application. The successful candidate will be working at a similar level to an ST4-6 trainee.
Main duties of the job
We are offering a two 12 month (extendable) Registrar level posts in General Surgery at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust. We are able to support registrars with an interest in Benign Upper GI Surgery or Colorectal Surgery. Training may also be available in thyroid/parathyroid surgery and general surgery of childhood. Within the department training is available in laparoscopic and open approaches to hernia repair.
Working for our organisation
With our central location and great transport links we are closer than you might think. We are located in the heart of England with easy access to the motorway network and a good railway service. Warwickshire is accessible from many nearby cities including Birmingham, Leicester, Northampton, Oxford and Worcestershire.
Surrounded by a collection of picturesque towns and villages, there is always a lot to see and do across the County. Numerous sport and leisure venues, theatres, parks and great shopping facilities make Warwickshire an idyllic place to work and live.
As well as enjoying where you work, we want all our staff to lead happy and healthy lives. That’s why we offer many benefits to support this, such as flexible working opportunities and onsite subsidised restaurant at our hospitals in Warwick and Leamington Spa, as well as a number of recognition awards.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Timetables and objectives will be adapted to suit the needs of the successful candidate. A typical weekly timetable would include elective and emergency operating, outpatient clinics, endoscopy, administration and teaching time. The appointee will take part in a 1 in 8, 24 hour non-resident on-call pattern alongside other locally employed doctors and SpR’s from Health Education West Midlands.
This is a full-time post with a 1 in 8, 24 hour non- resident on call (with a possibility or shortly changing to a resident on call; days and nights). Weekly sessions are planned in 8 week blocks to endeavour to meet the training needs of all registrars, an example is shown below. Each week one registrar covers the post take ward round and afternoon CEPOD lists from Tuesday to Friday allowing for continuity of care for patients and training for the registrar.
Person specification
Professional Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 3 years’ experience in general surgery, with at least one year working in the UK
Desirable criteria
- ISCP portfolio or similar demonstrating ST3 level experience
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
- 01926 495321
- Additional information
Julie Jenkins, telephone 01926 495321, email [email protected].
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