Consultant Upper GI Surgeon

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare is seeking to appoint a Consultant Surgeon based Trust-wide on a full-time basis.

We are looking for highly motivated surgeons to expand our team with experience in emergency and elective benign Upper GI surgery.

We have well established programmes in bariatric surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and advanced hernia surgery, more recently a robotic programme. Candidates would be expected to specialise within an area.

Experience or interest in robotic surgery is highly desirable.

The successful candidates should have undergone specialist training in upper GI and laparoscopic surgery and be competent in emergency surgery.

You will be expected to take part in the acute general surgical workload for the local population in conjunction with the colorectal surgeons at the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

A proposed job plan will be agreed on commencement of appointment.

Manage personal workload in such a way to ensure where possible service contract levels are achieved. Participate in the provision of cover on a shared basis with colleagues for periods of annual, sickness and study leave, except for prolonged absence where locum cover may be necessary.

Provide continuing clinical responsibility for patients under their care and assume responsibility for and facilitate contact from members of staff with delegated duties for personally accountable patient care.

Maintain awareness and commitment to organisational priorities and ensure these are communicated effectively to colleagues and staff. Engage constructive debates about organisational issues through a willingness to interact positively with managers - showing mutual respect to ensure a similar level of respect in turn.

Effectively balance loyalty to the service and to the organisation through corporate behaviours and have an ability to anticipate change in current political climates showing an awareness of where the team sits in the bigger picture.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital

Northumbria Way

Cramlington

NE23 6NZ

Employer's website

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

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