Job summary
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is welcoming applications for a Consultant General and Benign Biliary/Upper GI Surgeon.
The successful applicant will provide benign general surgical and upper gastrointestinal surgical services to the community served by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust. You will play a key role with colleagues in further developing general surgical services. You will provide, alongside consultant colleagues a service in general surgery involving in-patient and out-patient work and share in the on-call rota.
This is a new post to support the development of the General Surgery service. All staff support and ancillary facilities are in place. There will be office space for you with a dedicated computer and IT facilities and medical secretarial support.
We welcome informal visits and enquiries.
Please note we are only able to offer in person interviews - not remote or online.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a general surgical service including general surgical elective activity and 1 in 9 on call emergency cover for general surgery at QEH
- To provide elective benign biliary/Upper GI surgical service
- Consultants are required to have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper funding of their departments. They are expected to undertake administrative duties that arise from these responsibilities.
- To provide an Outpatients service for new referrals and for ongoing care
- To provide an on-call commitment of 1:9 at QEH
About us
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is located near some of the most beautiful scenery in the UK, along the north Norfolk coast, and not far from Sandringham House.
We provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based healthcare services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire.
We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers, approximately 530 beds, and a helipad for air ambulances. We work with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services, including as part of regional partnership and network models of care, such as the trauma network.
In February 2022 the significant progress that has been made at QEH was recognised by the Care Quality Commission who rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected. They recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this opportunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this opportunity.
Person Specification
Entry Criteria
Essential
- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent training an experience
Experience
Essential
- Training and interest in benign elective and emergency general surgery
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the emergency care of patients, both paediatric and adults.
- Training and interest in laparoscopic benign upper gastrointestinal and/or laparoscopic benign biliary surgery
- A wide range of clinical skills and practice in the specialty
- Strong Upper GI endoscopy experience and skills
- Experience at consultant level
- Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework
Person Specification
Entry Criteria
Essential
- Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
- Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- FRCS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent training an experience
Experience
Essential
- Training and interest in benign elective and emergency general surgery
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the emergency care of patients, both paediatric and adults.
- Training and interest in laparoscopic benign upper gastrointestinal and/or laparoscopic benign biliary surgery
- A wide range of clinical skills and practice in the specialty
- Strong Upper GI endoscopy experience and skills
- Experience at consultant level
- Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework
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).
