Specialty Doctor - Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Specialty Doctor Surgeon will be required to undertake ward review and cover, assist in theatres and with the emergency on-call rota. He/she will be required to have a close relationship with all the wards, including the intensive care unit, the theatre and nursing staff and other professional and technical staff. The successful candidate will demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs of the department.

The post is whole-time. Flexibility in the weekly work pattern is essential given the varying demands upon the service, and will be allocated given the successful candidates level of experience, to best address the needs of the department.

The post will be supervised by the consultants with responsibility to the Clinical Director, Mr Daniel Lawes. The post holder will be required to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstance and to be available for such irregular outside normalrota duties. The post holder will be required to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.The post holder will be required to be involved in continual professional development. The appointee will be encouraged to attend clinics, operating sessions and ward rounds of surgeons other than those to whom he/she is responsible if this is in the interest of training.Both the Maidstone General Hospital and the Pembury Hospital have purpose-built Post Graduate Medical Centres that organise lectures, film meetings and symposia. Approved courses and lectures take place at these locations. There are comprehensive medical libraries in both the Maidstone General Hospital and the Pembury Hospital, with electronic resource access. The Maidstone Post Graduate Centre opened in 2010 as the International Minimal Access Centre for Surgery (IMACS) following a complete refurbishment with links to the Endoluminal Operating Theatre.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MRCS
• GMC Registration

Desirable

• Distinction/Scholarships/ Prizes
• Additional degrees MSC/BSC/Phd

Experience

Essential

• Previous surgery experience
• Ability to manage acute surgical patients Trauma experience with current ATLS certificate
• Competency in the general aspects of surgery
• Colonoscopy/OGD exposure

Desirable

• Previous experience in a large hospital setting
• Experience at registrar level
• JAG accreditation n colonoscopy

Audit

Essential

• Experience of clinical risk management
• Evidence of participation in audit

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Tunbridge Wells

Tunbridge Wells

TN2 9QQ

Employer's website

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