Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon

5 days ago


Salisbury, United Kingdom Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

The Salisbury GI Service is an ambitious, forward-thinking department, combining upper gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery, emergency general surgery, gastroenterology and endoscopy. The service provides complete care for patients with disorders relating to the gastrointestinal tract. Surgeons, physicians, specialist nurses and allied health professions work closely together to provide in house multidisciplinary care for all patients with gastrointestinal problems in both the emergency and elective inpatient and outpatient settings.

The successful candidate will join our team to provide an integrated digestive diseases service across the Salisbury department is actively seeking improvements in the provision of services to the local community and to the region. We fully embrace multidisciplinary team working, and sub-specialisation, believing that this best serves the needs of our patients. The department has an excellent track record of leading innovation. We have a vision for our service that includes the continued development of minimal access surgery for all appropriate areas of general surgery including emergency work.

There are 10 consultants across Benign Upper GI (5) and Colorectal (5). We are supported by Clinical Nurse Specialists and administration staff. We are a cohesive department with weekly M+M meetings and good levels of audit and other clinical governance activity.

Interviews for this post will be being held in person on 10th September 2024

Main duties of the job

The appointed Consultant Colorectal Surgeon will be based at Salisbury District Hospital, and be expected to participate in a common approach to the further development of colorectal surgery services. The candidate must be broadly experienced in general surgery with specialist training in the management of colorectal surgical disease. The appointee would be expected to work well in a multidisciplinary environment, and to be able to communicate effectively with all members of the team. The post is a full-time appointment.

The department has a significant degree of sub-specialisation for a relatively small department. Two surgeons (MS and GB) provide surgical services for all rectal cancers below 10 cm and are part of the specialist anal cancer MDT with Southampton providing salvage surgery to the Wessex region, as well as salvage surgery for patients from Dorset. Two surgeons (RP and SS) currently provide specialist surgical services for pelvic floor patients and 2 surgeons (AA and SS) provide specialist surgical services for IBD. It is anticipated that the appointee will provide general colorectal surgical services for colon cancer, diverticular disease and proctology.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a new post created to provide additional capacity within the Colorectal Surgery service and to increase our current on-call rota from 1-in-8 to 1-in-10. With this new post we are seeking expertise/future development in early rectal cancer surgery, advanced therapeutic endoscopy, and Bowel Cancer Screening Programme endoscopy. The post holder should demonstrate competence in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. Full JAG accreditation for colonoscopy is mandatory. Ideally the post holder would have experience of TAMIS (or alternatively TEMS or TEO) with a view to helping set up a minimal access service for the management of rectal polyps with one of the existing Consultants (MS).

The appointed consultant will be required to:1. Undertake outpatient sessions in the purpose-built department of Salisbury District Hospital and peripheral hospitals if Undertake operating sessions in the main operating theatres and in the day surgery of the District Take part in the provision of emergency general surgery on call cover for Salisbury District Hospital on a 1:10 basis (initially with backfill of the 10th slot to 1:9).4. Take part in the provision of support and advice for colorectal patients at Salisbury District Hospital on a 1:10 basis, to run concurrently with general surgery on Provide support to the colorectal contribution to colonoscopy activity at Salisbury District Set up a service for TAMIS, TEMS or TEO depending on experience and provide this service in conjunction with existing postholder (MS)7. Share extra on call commitments during periods of leave of Contribute to the management of the department and the Contribute to the teaching of both undergraduates and Undertake an annual job plan review, appraisal and Actively engage and contribute to the trust clinical governance processes.

Please see attached Candidate Information Pack for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications and Specialist Training

Essential

Possession, or within 6 months of possession, of a CCT in General Surgery leading to entry onto GMC Specialist Register at date of interview Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Experience/Clinical Skills

Essential

Knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence-based practice

Experience/Clinical Skills

Essential

Evidence of wide experience and a high level of competence in: Colorectal Surgery General surgery Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery JAG accreditation in Lower GI Endoscopy Advanced Lower GI therapeutic endoscopy experience (desirable but not essential) Evidence of training in TAMIS / TEMS / TEO (desirable but not essential) Willingness to become a Bowel Cancer Screening Endoscopist (desirable but not essential) Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems and demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach

Leadership and Management Experience

Essential

Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department, Division and Trust Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors

Communication skills

Essential

Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication. Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options

Teaching

Essential

Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Audit and Research

Essential

Experience in, and commitment to clinical audit Understanding of GCP in Clinical Research Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Experience/Clinical Skills

Essential

Experience in managing risk and knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need Proven ability to work effectively in a range of clinical settings: wards/outpatient/ theatre

Leadership and Management Experience

Essential

Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively: capacity to organise own workload

Other Skills

Essential

Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients Good interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Essential

To be empathetic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspective and treat others with understanding
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