Consultant Upper GI Surgeon

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Our elective upper GI workload includes all aspects of biliary work; bariatric surgery; anti-reflux surgery; and Heller's myotomies. We have an established comprehensive bariatric MDT, primary and revisional bariatric surgery. We deal with all types of hernia repairs including abdominal wall reconstruction and have an established Complex Abdominal Wall MDT. We provide in-house oesophageal physiology studies.

Elective care is delivered across multiple sites. We are the largest trust by geography in the country.

We are a very high-volume emergency cholecystectomy service and competence in this is essential. We are in the top three Trusts nationally for day case fundoplication and cholecystectomies.

We have a well-established robotic surgery programme within the Trust. We have 2 DaVinci robot platforms with one available for the upper GI team. Training will be available to those interested.

A job plan of 10 PAs will be made up of direct/virtual clinical contact including outpatient activity, theatre, endoscopy, emergency work and ACU work along with admin and SPA time. The successful candidate will be on the Upper GI rota.

The successful candidate should have undergone specialist training in upper gastrointestinal surgery and laparoscopic surgery and be competent in emergency surgery. JAG accreditation for upper GI endoscopies is also expected.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will join a team of 14 other Consultants and provide an UGI service for the Trust

Duties will include: on-call, endoscopy, outpatient clinics, attending MDT, theatre sessions.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

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.

As part of its pursuit of excellence, the Trust has introduced a clinically-based management structure to ensure patient care and medical interests always drive decision-making. The consultant body is both cohesive and innovative and a number of senior clinicians are prominent nationally.

Date posted

02 January 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

319-6870825HD

Job locations

North Tyneside General Hospital

Rake Lane

North Shields

NE29 8NH

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Job Plan will typically include an average of 8 Programmed Activities for Direct Clinical Care duties and 2 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities. Please see the attached job description for more information on the role and key responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application
FRCS (Fellow Royal College of Surgeons) or equivalent
Full GMC Registration

Desirable

ATLS

Experience

Essential

Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in general surgery.
Clinical Governance

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of application
FRCS (Fellow Royal College of Surgeons) or equivalent
Full GMC Registration

Desirable

ATLS

Experience

Essential

Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in general surgery.
Clinical Governance

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).