Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon (Inc. Robotic Surgery)

Job responsibilities

1. The Surgical Department and the proposed job plan

Introduction

The post holder will be expected to actively participate in implementing enhanced recovery programme. Applicants will be assessed against the appended Person Specification which details the required qualifications and competencies for the post.

The Colorectal Surgery team consists of 4.5 wte Consultant Surgeons, 4 Clinical Nurse Specialists and 1 stoma nurse.

The Department of General Surgery

The colorectal surgical unit exists within the wider general surgery department, and the Consultant on-call rota

The general surgical unit is supported by 3 Specialist Registrars, 7 non-training grade surgeons, 12 foundation year 1 doctors, 3 Physicians Associates and 3 Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

There are four surgeons with Upper GI interests (3 Consultants & 1 Trust Specialist)

General Surgical Duties and Job Role

• Provide a Consultant Surgeon service for the management of colorectal and general surgical diseases, as required for outpatient, inpatient and day-cases at the WVT

• Be committed to the general surgery on call rota.

• Participate in multidisciplinary audit meetings

• Be actively involved in postgraduate training / teaching especially for the SpRs in the department.

• Participate in departmental audit and clinical governance activity.

• Work with the management team to meet the organisations waiting time targets for all patients.

Colorectal Surgery

The successful candidate will be a general surgeon with a major colorectal interest. The colorectal unit undertakes the usual work, which involves approximately 130 resections a year of colorectal cancer. There is also the work-load involved in managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease and pelvic floor disorders. Experience/Training in Laparoscopic colorectal surgery and a commitment to Enhanced Recovery are essential.

The successful candidate will be part of the general surgical emergency on-call rota which will be 1 in 7 with the prospect of cover for colleagues leave. The urology and ENT emergencies are covered by separate on-call rotas.

The Colorectal Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team Meeting takes place weekly, while the IBD MDT meets once a month, pelvic floor MDT once month.

There are well developed clinical referral pathways with tertiary hospitals in the region for the management of liver metastasis (Queen Elizabeth), lung metastasis (Heartlands), Anal Cancer (Gloucester) and Early Rectal Cancer (Cheltenham).

Sub speciality interest exists within colorectal unit, which include pelvic floor surgery, trans-anal endoscopic operating, and paediatric surgery.

The trust is currently working through a selection process to acquire a surgical robot system.

Proposed weekly job plan

The successful candidates timetable will comprise (subject to change)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Morning

Ward Round /Clinical Admin

Theatre

SPA

Endoscopy

Outpatients Clinic/SPA 1:2

Lunchtime

On Call hand over meeting

Colorectal MDT

IBD MDT monthly

Handover Meeting

Afternoon

Theatre

Outpatients Clinic

Theatre

This post attracts 10PAs (including 1.5PA for on-call duties). Extra clinical duties will attract remuneration by negotiation with the Clinical Director.

On-call availability supplement

Agreed on-call rota e.g. 1 in 4:

1:7

Agreed category :

A

On-call supplement e.g. 5%:

5%

Frequency of rota commitment

Value of supplement as a percentage

of full-time basic salary

Category A

Category B

High Frequency: 1 in 1 to 1 in 4

8%

3%

Medium Frequency: 1 in 5 to 1 in 8

5%

2%

Low Frequency: 1 in 9 or less frequent

3%

1%

On Call Rota

The post holder is expected to contribute to the consultant on call rota for General Surgery.

On call ward rounds commence at 8am, immediately followed by NCEPOD theatre.

Although elective commitments on the 1st day of bloc on-call are unaffected, all subsequent elective commitments are cancelled to allow Consultant Surgeon involvement in emergency surgical care.

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC Registration with Licence To Practice
• Entry on Specialist Register in General Surgery, Or within six months of obtaining Specialist Registration (at the date of interview), or possession of CESR
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or overseas equivalent

Desirable

• Higher research degree

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Broad training/experience in all aspects of General Surgery
• Training and Experience in Coloproctology
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Experience, training or willingness to be trained to undertake robot assisted laparoscopic general and colorectal surgery

Desirable

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining (UK) CCST in General Surgery
• Experience/Training in one or two of the following subspecialist interests: Paediatric general surgery, Pelvic floor or functional bowel surgery

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
• Ability to manage and lead the General Surgery firm and multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Desirable

• Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision making

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines

Desirable

• Experience of teaching undergraduates and postgraduates e.g. courses
• Higher qualification in medical education

Research Experience

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives

Desirable

• Evidence of having undertaken original research e.g. research based publication

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work in a team
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local level

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).