Locally Employed Doctor (LAS STR) - EGSU/TRAUMA

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a full time Locum Specialist Registrar in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma.

The successful applicant will be required for a 12 month fixed term contract from August 2025 to August 2026 and will participate in the General Surgery 1:13 emergency on-call rota at Specialist Registrar level.

The person appointed will be based at University Hospital Aintree and will be a member of the Emergency General Surgery Unit (EGSU)/Trauma Department.

The Trust provides general acute health care to a population of approximately one third of a million from North Liverpool, Sefton Borough and Kirkby. Following completion of the new-build £30 million 'State of the Art Elective care Centre and the transfer of services from the Trust's Walton Hospital site, all in-patient services and out-patient services are now provided on the Aintree site, which is located in Fazakerley. The Trust gained Foundation Trust status in 2006 and is committed to developing services with the involvement of patients.

Following merger with the Royal Liverpool Hospital NHS trust in October 2019, a program of service reconfiguration is ongoing and it is likely that if appointed working across to Trust sites will be required to meet service needs.

**Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received**

Main duties of the job

The EGSU was one of the first dedicated Emergency General surgical Units in the country and has developed into a large dedicated unit which manages the bulk of none elective surgical referrals and admissions to the hospital.

It is staffed by nine dedicated Emergency consultant surgeons, offering a high level of support to trainees attached to the unit. There is an active teaching and clinical research program in which the appointee is expected to participate and previous appointees to these trust grade roles have an excellent track record in subsequent appointment to specialist training programs.

The unit consists of a dedicated admissions and assessment area as well as dedicated wards. There is an expanding program of elective activity, giving the appointee ample exposure to both routine and complex General surgical procedures such as complex hernia repair and benign biliary procedures.

Whilst all day case surgery is carried out in the Elective Care Centre (ECC), which is based on the Aintree site, all emergency and major elective surgery is carried out at the main Aintree University Hospital, regular lists are held at Broadgreen Hospital, a dedicated day case / elective site. The EGSU consists of:-

SAU

Surgical Assessment Area

Ward 16

Acute surgery

Ward 15

Acute surgery / Vascular surgery

Ward 2

Major Trauma Ward

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aintree

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aintree

Liverpool

L9 7AL

Employer's website

https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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