Job summary
The Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery is primarily based at Castle Hill Hospital and currently comprises of nine consultants. Hull has been designated a Specialist Upper GI Cancer comprising of Oesophago-gastric and Pancreatic resectional services and also a recognised centre for bariatric and complex benign surgery. It performs 60-70 major OG resectional cases and 50-60 major pancreatic and biliary resectional cases each year. Aside from these operations, the department also carries out major laparoscopic cases including: hiatus hernia/anti-reflux surgery, laparoscopic CBD explorations, adrenalectomies, achalasia surgery, and bariatric surgery. It is a nationally renowned training centre for minimally invasive surgery.
Main duties of the job
The Department of Acute Surgery serves the people of Hull and East Riding which equates to a population of approximately 600,000 as well as providing tertiary services to 1.2m from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively There are approximately 3800 non-elective admissions annually. Emergency surgery is performed at Hull Royal Infirmary and the service currently has a daily theatre, 6 times a week with 46 emergency general surgery beds divided across 2 wards on the 6th floor as well as access to ITU/HDU facilities and the major trauma ward. The timetable is flexible but will mainly involve supporting the delivery of elective Upper GI activity, including rostered time in: outpatients, endoscopy (including diagnostic and therapeutic OGDs, and ERCPs), day case theatre and also inpatient theatre (including occasional robotics). There is opportunity to participate in a variety of MDTs including OG/HPB cancer, Reflux, Bariatric, Endocrine and Barrett's MDTs. There is also an on-call aspect helping to provide emergency care in Hull Royal Infirmary 24 hours a day as well as a non-resident part covering the elective patients in Castle Hill. The timetable can be modified to reflect the special interests and expertise of the appointee with appropriate exposure to a chosen subspecialty if requested (OG resectional, Pancreas resectional or complex benign UGI).
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this employment opportunity, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details regarding this employment opportunity, please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Desirable
- oEntry on Specialist Register
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMRCS(UK) or equivalent qualification
- oValid ATLS certificate
- oCCrISP certificate or equivalent
Desirable
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD PGCert, JAG qualified diagnostic OGD, FRCS
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ATLS, BSS, CCrISP, Lapacroscopic skills courses
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential
- oFull Registration with the GMC
Desirable
- oEntry on Specialist Register
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- oMRCS(UK) or equivalent qualification
- oValid ATLS certificate
- oCCrISP certificate or equivalent
Desirable
- oPostgraduate degree: e.g. MD, PhD PGCert, JAG qualified diagnostic OGD, FRCS
Clinical Experience
Essential
- oAbility to offer sound clinical opinion on range of acute medical conditions
- oAbility to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Management and Administration Experience
Essential
- oAbility to lead on smooth and efficient running of the unit
- oAbility to organise, prioritise and manage high intensity workload
Desirable
- oAbility to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/ delivery
Teaching, Audit and Research
Essential
- oExperience of supervising junior medical staff
- oCommitment to formal and informal teaching of medical staff, AHPs and medical students
- oEvidence of participation in audit
- oAbility to extrapolate clinical research evidence to care for individual patients
Desirable
- oEvidence of having conducted a practice-changing audit
- oExperience of teaching/ training in clinical courses e.g. IMPACT Course, Faculty, ATLS, BSS, CCrISP, Lapacroscopic skills courses
- oOriginal peer-reviewed research publications
Personal Attributes
Essential
- oAbility to work flexibly in a changing health service
- oExcellent manner with patients, being sensitive to their needs and fears
- oAbility to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, Nurses and other health professionals and flex style as appropriate
- oWillingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional and national levels
Desirable
- oAbility to communicate effectively with external agencies and other disciplines
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).
