Locum Consultant in Emergency and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Locum Consultant in Emergency and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery YM73

Main area General Surgery Grade YM73 Contract 12 months (Fixed Term - 1 Year) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref -SURG

Site Surgery Medical Staffing Town Ilford Salary £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum HCA inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 18/10/:59

PEOPLE are at the HEART of everything we do

This is for a 10 PA (potentially 12 PA) post for a General and Upper GI Surgeon to work at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospital (BHRUT). This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the service that we provide to our population and is an exciting post based at Queens Hospital with cross site working, starting as soon as possible, on a Fixed Term Contract for 1 year (with possible extension thereafter).

The successful applicant will support the current delivery of General and Upper GI surgical elective and emergency services, including contribution to the delivery of UGI Faster Diagnosis Standards (FDS) and cancer services. She/he will join with the existing team to provide specialist care to the growing population of our patients, manage the emergency and elective Upper GI service (including a 'hot' cholecystectomy service) as well as taking part in the diagnosis and management of oesophago-gastric cancers. The applicant would be required to raise departmental profiles through research, teaching and education.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of high quality Surgical/Oncological Management to patients with Oesophago-gastric cancer and benign Upper Gastrointestinal disease.
• Provide General Surgery acute on-call service, with the ratio of 1 in 3 weeks weekday on-call and 1 in 12 weeks weekend on-call rota and be responsible for the ward patients.
• Support specialist emergency upper GI services in the Trust.
• Attendance at weekly multidisciplinary meetings.
• Supervision and management of junior medical staff.
• Involvement in research and audit activity.
• Contribution to weekly teaching at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level
• Cover for authorised absence of colleagues.
• Regular participation in the Departmental Quality & Safety meetings

Working for our organisation

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Rachna srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on Ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

Person specification Education Qualifications

• Full registration with GMC
• MBChB or equivalent
• FRCS
• Possession of CCT (or be within 6 months of being on the specialist register with the GMC from interview date if in UK training programme)

Experience

• NHS experience in general, emergency and upper GI surgery in assessment, diagnosis and management.
• Expertise in general & UGI surgical procedures including Laparoscopy/laparotomy for the acute abdomen, laparoscopic UGI surgery (Fundoplication/hiatal surgery)
• Experience in upper GI surgery and ability to deal with UGI emergencies and elective oesophago-gastric cancer resections.

Skills Abilities

• Experience in managing emergency surgical patients as well as being able to manage elective general & upper GI (both OG & benign) patients.

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
Please provide references from your current or most recent employer, including your line manager or supervisor. Successful applicants will also be required to complete pre-employment checks, including identity verification through TrustID and any role-specific clearances.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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Recruitment process
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Inclusion
BHRUT is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Applicants who declare a disability under the Equality Act 2010 or identify as a Care Leaver and choose to be considered under our Disability Confident or Care Leaver schemes will be guaranteed an interview where they meet the essential criteria.

Safeguarding
BHRUT is committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk. All employees are expected to share this commitment and follow the Trust's safeguarding policies.

Smoke-free Trust
BHRUT is a smoke-free Trust. All employees are expected to comply with our smoke-free policy.

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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.

We have a wide range of flexible, temporary and part-time opportunities.

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