Job summary
There is an opportunity for x2 Fixed Term Consultant Posts:
- 1x 6 month fixed term
- 1x 12 month fixed term
Applications are invited from suitably qualified individual to apply for the post of Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric)/General Surgeon (Full time) on a fixed term basis. 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.
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). 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 comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.
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 1.5 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.
The successful candidate will join an existing team of substantive Upper GI cancer surgeons based at RLUH. 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.
RLUH has a dedicated Upper GI enhanced recovery ward. In addition, there is a dedicated Postoperative Critical Care Unit (POCCU) and an ITU unit with a combined total bed capacity of 35 beds, with an additional Enhanced Surgical Recovery Area of 5 beds. The service is supported by three Specialty Trainees, a senior Upper GI fellow, four specialist nurses and four dedicated Upper GI Dieticians. There is also a dedicated team of anaesthetists that support the service for both preoperative assessment and single lung anaesthesia; with provision for CPET testing. The regional SMDT is held weekly at RLUH, and is a collaboration between Upper GI Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, Radiologists, UGI Cancer Specialist Nurses as well as Specialist Histopathologists at LUHFT, together with UGI Cancer Specialist Nurses from all the regional hospitals trusts and Medical/Clinical Oncologists from Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
In addition to undertaking resections at RLUH, the successful candidate will be expected to develop/maintain an interest in benign Upper GI Surgery. This includes all aspects of complex benign Upper GI work, but currently excludes bariatric surgery. There are sessions both at the RLUH for complex major work, and lists at AUH and Broadgreen Hospital sites for ambulatory surgery. The Upper GI Cancer clinic is a joint collaboration between all of the Upper GI Resectional surgeons and is held twice weekly at RLUH with up to six clinic streams. There is, in addition, a weekly specialist Upper GI benign and General Surgery clinic (two streams) at the Broadgreen site and a further weekly Upper GI benign clinic at RLUH. There is adequate provision within the job plan for travel to the Broadgreen site.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute equitably to the Emergency General Surgery service at LUHFT, which currently has two parallel on call teams at the RLUH and AUH sites. The RLUH EGS service is covered by a Surgeon of the week (currently 1 in 14 rota) who has no elective commitment during that week and is responsible for the provision of Emergency Surgical care for inpatient surgical emergency work; including day to day decision making, consultant led ward rounds and operating. AUH site has dedicated Trauma and EGS Surgeons with General surgeons contributing only to out of hours and weekend emergency rotas.
The existing subSpecialist Upper GI emergency provision will form part of the emergency cover for the city. There will be a pro rata contribution by the new appointment to this activity, shared equally between the Upper GI Surgeons. This will include, not only the provision of Emergency Upper GI provision, but also provide 24/7 cover for Specialist (Cancer and complex benign) Upper GI inpatients at the Royal site, and a regional on-call for complex oesophagogastric emergencies.
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 1.5 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.
The successful candidate will join an existing team of substantive Upper GI cancer surgeons based at RLUH. 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.
RLUH has a dedicated Upper GI enhanced recovery ward. In addition, there is a dedicated Postoperative Critical Care Unit (POCCU) and an ITU unit with a combined total bed capacity of 35 beds, with an additional Enhanced Surgical Recovery Area of 5 beds. The service is supported by three Specialty Trainees, a senior Upper GI fellow, four specialist nurses and four dedicated Upper GI Dieticians. There is also a dedicated team of anaesthetists that support the service for both preoperative assessment and single lung anaesthesia; with provision for CPET testing. The regional SMDT is held weekly at RLUH, and is a collaboration between Upper GI Surgeons, Gastroenterologists, Radiologists, UGI Cancer Specialist Nurses as well as Specialist Histopathologists at LUHFT, together with UGI Cancer Specialist Nurses from all the regional hospitals trusts and Medical/Clinical Oncologists from Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
In addition to undertaking resections at RLUH, the successful candidate will be expected to develop/maintain an interest in benign Upper GI Surgery. This includes all aspects of complex benign Upper GI work, but currently excludes bariatric surgery. There are sessions both at the RLUH for complex major work, and lists at AUH and Broadgreen Hospital sites for ambulatory surgery. The Upper GI Cancer clinic is a joint collaboration between all of the Upper GI Resectional surgeons and is held twice weekly at RLUH with up to six clinic streams. There is, in addition, a weekly specialist Upper GI benign and General Surgery clinic (two streams) at the Broadgreen site and a further weekly Upper GI benign clinic at RLUH. There is adequate provision within the job plan for travel to the Broadgreen site.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute equitably to the Emergency General Surgery service at LUHFT, which currently has two parallel on call teams at the RLUH and AUH sites. The RLUH EGS service is covered by a Surgeon of the week (currently 1 in 14 rota) who has no elective commitment during that week and is responsible for the provision of Emergency Surgical care for inpatient surgical emergency work; including day to day decision making, consultant led ward rounds and operating. AUH site has dedicated Trauma and EGS Surgeons with General surgeons contributing only to out of hours and weekend emergency rotas.
The existing subSpecialist Upper GI emergency provision will form part of the emergency cover for the city. There will be a pro rata contribution by the new appointment to this activity, shared equally between the Upper GI Surgeons. This will include, not only the provision of Emergency Upper GI provision, but also provide 24/7 cover for Specialist (Cancer and complex benign) Upper GI inpatients at the Royal site, and a regional on-call for complex oesophagogastric emergencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT, CESR (CP) or European Community Rights - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview
- Evidence of high standards achieved in technical operating especially in General Surgery
- A fully comprehensive experience in the management of Emergency and Elective General Surgical patients
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT, CESR (CP) or European Community Rights - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview
- Evidence of high standards achieved in technical operating especially in General Surgery
- A fully comprehensive experience in the management of Emergency and Elective General Surgical patients
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).
