Consultant Upper GI
1 month ago
Job summary
Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) wishes to appoint a Substantive Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric) Surgeon, to be based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH), Liverpool. The successful applicant would join the existing team of resectional Upper GI Surgeons based at RLUH.
The supra-regional Upper GI Surgical service is amongst the largest oesophago-gastric cancer units in the country. We also provide cover for complex benign Upper GI surgery, oesophago-gastric trauma and emergencies. There are currently eight Consultant Surgeons within the Upper GI Unit across RLUH and Aintree University Hospital (AUH) sites at LUHFT (6 Cancer, 2 Benign). We cover a population of over million in the Northwest of England, and the Isle of Man, receive quaternary referrals from North Wales and undertake more than 200 complex oesophago-gastric procedures annually.
Main duties of the job
Applications are invited from suitably qualified individual to apply for the post of Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric)/General Surgeon (Full time). This is a replacement post currently held by a locum.
The successful candidate will have clinical duties across LUHFT sites but will be based in the Directorate of General Surgery at the RLUH. This post is to help develop and expand the centralised Upper GI surgical service at LUHFT as well as contribute to elective General Surgery, including Day Case Surgery.
The new post holder will help meet cancer and other targets for oesophago-gastric disease and contribute to general surgical workload within the trust. Expertise in major oesophago-gastric resections for malignant disease and possession of a higher degree is essential.
Post CCT Upper GI Fellowship, expertise in Robotic surgery and advanced endoscopy would be highly desirable.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will join an established team of Upper GI cancer surgeons, working within the RLUH providing an Upper GI cancer resection service for Liverpool and surrounding areas. This comprises a population in excess of million patients, and generates approximately 150 resections per year. This includes patients from across the region including patients from the catchment area of North and South Liverpool, the Wirral, St Helens and Knowsley, North Cheshire, Southport, Chester and the Isle of Man.
Expected duties will include an active role in maintaining and developing the elective Upper GI cancer service, whilst contributing equitably to the out of hours service; for both elective and emergency activity.
The unit facilitates mentorship and two-consultant operating where necessary, particularly in the early years of Consultant appointment. The new appointee will have equitable working conditions to colleagues within both the Upper GI unit and wider surgical department. The Upper GI unit works as a team with a consultant ward round every day, 365 days a year. Postoperative and emergency patients are looked after by the consultants within the Upper GI team. Therefore when a colleague is on leave or at a different hospital site there is no requirement for cover. There is a weekly planning meeting after the Specialist MDT meeting (SMDT) to facilitate staffing of clinical activities.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
Full GMC Registration and Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT/CCST or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CCST/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview or European Community Rights Must have evidence of high standards achieved in technical operating especially in Upper GI surgery. Expertise in the surgical management of both malignant and benign oesophago-gastric disease is essential A fully comprehensive experience in the management of Emergency and Elective General Surgical patients A higher postgraduate research degree comprising a PhD, MD or equivalent is essential.
Desirable
Completion of a recognised post CCT Fellowship is highly desirable Expertise in Advanced Endoscopy and Robotic Surgery are strongly desired-
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