Job summary
Specialty Doctor in General and Colorectal Surgery
Division: Surgery and Anaesthetics
Care Group: Surgical Services
Salary: £61,542 - £99,216 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term
Interview Date: 09-December-2025
We are recruiting for aSpecialty Doctor in General and Colorectal Surgery who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Our values areBold,Every Person Counts,Sharing and Open andTogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
About us
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
The NHS are striving towards "we work flexibly" as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialty Doctors must be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise. We require a senior Specialty Doctor with a minimum of 6 years full time regular hospital experience at registrar level or above (or equivalent), of which at least 2 years must be in the speciality of General Surgery. It is likely that the successful candidate is able to undertake emergency operations in CEPOD in a supervisor unscrubbed capacity. FRCS is essential.
The appointee must have done the following independently:
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Minimum 50
Inguinal Hernia Repair - Minimum 50
Emergency Laparotomy - Minimum 100
Laparoscopic Appendicectomy - Minimum 80
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specialty Doctors must be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise. We require a senior Specialty Doctor with a minimum of 6 years full time regular hospital experience at registrar level or above (or equivalent), of which at least 2 years must be in the speciality of General Surgery. It is likely that the successful candidate is able to undertake emergency operations in CEPOD in a supervisor unscrubbed capacity. FRCS is essential.
The appointee must have done the following independently:
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Minimum 50
Inguinal Hernia Repair - Minimum 50
Emergency Laparotomy - Minimum 100
Laparoscopic Appendicectomy - Minimum 80
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise
- Minimum of four years' full-time postgraduate training (or equivalent), of which at least 2 years must be in the speciality of General Surgery
- FRCS
- The appointee must have done the following independently: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy- Minimum 50 Inguinal Hernia Repair- Minimum 50 Emergency Laparotomy- Minimum 100 Laparoscopic Appendicectomy- Minimum 80
Desirable
- Independent supervised day case operating lists as part of current role
- Higher surgical degree (or equivalent)
- 6 years full time regular hospital experience at registrar level or above (or equivalent)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and participation in CPD
- Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
- Familiar with the recent initiatives and changes within the NHS
- Demonstates the underpinning subject-specific competencies relevant to the role setting and scope.
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience and competencies in the field of General Surgery requisite to all aspects of the job description
- Clinically evaluates and managed a patient, formulating a priorities differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan.
- Experience of teaching doctors-in training and undergraduates
Skills
Essential
- Criticially appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance.
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients.
- Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to effectively undertake the role of consultant.
Values Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise
- Minimum of four years' full-time postgraduate training (or equivalent), of which at least 2 years must be in the speciality of General Surgery
- FRCS
- The appointee must have done the following independently: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy- Minimum 50 Inguinal Hernia Repair- Minimum 50 Emergency Laparotomy- Minimum 100 Laparoscopic Appendicectomy- Minimum 80
Desirable
- Independent supervised day case operating lists as part of current role
- Higher surgical degree (or equivalent)
- 6 years full time regular hospital experience at registrar level or above (or equivalent)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and participation in CPD
- Experience and knowledge of critical appraisal of evidence so as to improve clinical outcomes
- Familiar with the recent initiatives and changes within the NHS
- Demonstates the underpinning subject-specific competencies relevant to the role setting and scope.
Experience
Essential
- Appropriate experience and competencies in the field of General Surgery requisite to all aspects of the job description
- Clinically evaluates and managed a patient, formulating a priorities differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan.
- Experience of teaching doctors-in training and undergraduates
Skills
Essential
- Criticially appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance.
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients.
- Sufficient leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to effectively undertake the role of consultant.
Values Based Question
Essential
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
