Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Job summary

This is a position for a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon. We are looking for an additional colleague to join our specialist team providing complex Colorectal care for patients across the north-east sector of Manchester.

The appointee will be a full member of the Colorectal cancer MDT and will be undertaking major resections, counselling patients diagnosed with cancer and presenting patients at the MDT. The appointee will also undertake benign work both day case and inpatient as demand dictates.

Main duties of the job

1) To provide safe and effective non-elective care for patients requiring surgical admission whilst on-call

2) To provide expert care for patients diagnosed with a Colorectal malignancy at MDT, in the outpatient clinic and through performing surgery as required

3) To support elective care as required through outpatient clinics, endoscopy lists and day surgery as the timetable allows

4) To participate in relevant clinical and educational supervision duties and governance

About us

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.

We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Capable of independently managing the acute on-call surgical take

Desirable

2+ years of on-call consultant experience

Experience

Essential

Experience commensurate with working independently to provide Colorectal cancer resections

Desirable

2+ years experience working independently treating patients with Colorectal cancer

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