Staff Grade - General Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Off-Island Specialist services

Transfers to the mainland by air ambulance occur regularly, and on occasion out of hours. The post holder may be required to take part in such transfers, subject to holding the necessary qualifications. The main involvement in transferring patients to the UK involves communication and liaison and not having to physically transfer the patient.

Training

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible and ensure that training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. Resident doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals.

Governance

The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. The post is 10 + 4 PA contract which includes 1 SPA

The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical lead, Chief of Service, and ratified by the Group Medical Director. The post holders job plan will be reviewed annually and will be appraised according to the current guidance.

On-call commitment for this post 1:5 week day and 1:5 weekend, remunerated within the job plan and 4% on call availability supplement. There is a resident doctor (full shift) and a Consultant on-call also.

The post holder will work closely within the Department of General Surgery which provides a complete general Surgical Service:

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Job plan

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THE SPECIALTY

Surgical Staff Grade job description

Emergency, Out-patient and Elective General (Upper GI and Colo-Rectal) Surgery

Emergency, Screening, Out-Patient and Elective Breast Surgery Service

Vascular Out-patient and Day Surgery Service.

The department has a suite of offices for Consultants, non-career grade Doctors, Secretaries, Nursing and Secretarial Support.

The hospital has a main theatre department comprising 4 operating theatres.

There is a dedicated Day Surgery Unit which provides two further operating theatres.

All theatres are equipped to a high standard and 2 main theatres have ultra-clean air-flow systems.

There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive out-patient facilities.

The department uses one dedicated ward for General Surgery and Urology with some female patients also admitted to the combined ward with Gynaecology.

There is a dedicated breast clinical oncology unit which is located adjacent to the Breast Screening and Diagnostic Imaging Unit. Three Radiologists share the Breast Imaging Service, which is particularly well equipped and includes both screening and symptomatic patients.

There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive Out-patient facilities.

Consultant Medical Staff

Mr Matthew Stephenson, MB BS, MSc, FRCS (gen surg) (Clinical Lead) General and Breast

Surgery

Mr Miklos Kassai MD EBSQ (Colo) General and Colorectal Surgery

Mr Jonathan Shenfine MB BS, FRCS (Gen Surg), FRCS (Eng.) FRACS, PhD.

General and Upper GI Surgery

Mr Mark Whyman MB BS, FRCS, Vascular Surgery

Mr Muhammed Aleem Locum Consultant Emergency Surgeon

Rebecca Fallaize Consultant in Emergency and General Surgery

Non- Consultant Medical Staff Middle Grade Tier

Associate Specialists:

Mr Karkala Pai

Mr Sarfraz Jamali

Surgical Staff Grade or Surgical Fellow:

Abigail Hayward

Vacancy Fixed term

Vacancy This post

Resident Doctor Grade tier

Resident Doctors:

1 x F2 (4 monthly rotation)

5 x F1s (4 monthly rotation)

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SPECIALTY MEDICAL STAFF

Surgical Staff Grade job description

Nursing Staff:

2 Specialist Breast Nurses

2 Colorectal Specialist Nurses

1 Urology Specialist Nurse

Medical Secretaries:

4 (1 for each Consultant and their team)

Urology Service Consultant staff

Mr Ben Hughes FRCS (Urol)

The post holder will be expected to admit acute urological conditions (with senior support) and help to look after urological patients on the ward, on a day-to-day basis. This is with close support from the Urological Consultant and Mr Pai.

There is a Consultant led Urology service. On-call staff will handover patients to the Urologists during the morning rounds.

The Surgical Departments encompass a diverse, exciting and very busy service that strives to provide safe quality care that meets the needs of all patient groups. We have many challenges ahead to maintain this quality service but the hospital has a committed highly skilled team who will take the service forward to continually improve and implement changes in practice to deliver this care.

The Ward and Departmental Managers cover a range of services comprising:

3 Surgical Wards - Portelet, Rayner and the Emergency Assessment Ward

Critical Care Unit which includes Medical and Surgical Intensive Unit/H.D.U

Endoscopy Unit on Aubin Ward

Designated Day Surgery Theatre

Main theatre Suite

Outpatient Dental Department

Outpatient ENT facilities Outpatient Ophthalmology Department

Private Wing

Radiology Department

Physiotherapy Department

Anaesthetic Department

ENT and Ophthalmology Departments.

This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holder.

Person Specification

Management Skills

Essential

• Ability to Work Flexibly with Colleagues to provide services
• Ability to Work Effectively with a Multi-Disciplinary Team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, management and other agencies, to include ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing
• Highly motivated
• Able to work within a team
• Experience of Teaching, Training & Supervision of Junior Medical Staff and undergraduate students

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• MRCS or equivalent
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment).
• ATLS or equivalent

Desirable

• Clinical Experience in an NHS environment
• MS or MD
• ALS qualified

Experience

Essential

• 6 years postgraduate training
• Basic legal requirement for consent and note keeping
• Commitment to evidence-based practice
• 3 years surgical training
• Current treatment of emergency surgical and urological conditions
• Basic surgical competencies

Desirable

• Enthusiastic Teacher
• Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience
• Experience in approved UK surgical training programme

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

Health and Community Services

Address

Jersey General Hospital

Gloucester Street

St Helier

Jersey

JE2 3QS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)