Consultant in Emergency General Surgery

Job summary

Jersey General Hospital is
looking to appoint its third Consultant in Emergency General Surgery to provide
a consultant-delivered, future-ready service designed around sustainable
practice, patient-focused pathways, and close integration with acute care, Same
Day Emergency Care and elective surgery.

The appointment consolidates
a model that is already functioning well and the successful consultant will
join a team that values collaboration, clinical leadership, and thoughtful
innovation in the delivery of emergency surgical care on the island.

This Consultant post is
offered at 11 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week, annualised across the year,
comprising: 17 Hot Weeks - Emergency General Surgery 25 Cold Weeks - elective activity, SPA, governance, and
TOIL 10 Leave Weeks - annual leave, study leave, and public
holidays

Supporting Professional
Activities and Time Off in Lieu are annualised in accordance with
contractual rules, departmental need, and service configuration.

Main duties of the job Jerseys Emergency
General Surgery service is built around a consultant-delivered model, providing
rapid senior assessment, timely diagnostics and clear operative
decision-making.

Each EGS consultant
will undertake 17 weeks per year of dedicated EGS activity, scheduled in blocks
and defined within an agreed annualised job plan. During EGS weeks, the
consultants programmed activity will be focused on the emergency surgical
service only, without routine elective commitments. This model is intended to
ensure consistent senior decision-making for emergency admissions, improve flow
through acute surgical pathways, and support resilience within a small
consultant team, while allowing predictable recovery time and elective activity
during non EGS weeks.

During an Emergency
General Surgery (EGS) week, between 08.00 and 18.00, the EGS consultant has
overall responsibility for the delivery of emergency general surgical care for
all patients currently admitted under the emergency general surgery service, as
well as for new referrals received from primary care and the Emergency
Department.

The EGS consultant
leads a daily emergency surgical ward round, personally receives and triages
all emergency referrals, and undertakes emergency surgical operating as
required on a blended CEPOD operating list, retaining responsibility for
clinical prioritisation and operative decision making throughout the working
day.

About us

About us Health care professionals in Jersey enjoy more autonomy and the opportunity to shape the public health service on an island on a development journey.

Jersey is a unique place to live and work and being a Doctor in Jersey is different. As a crown dependency, we are an Island nation which includes our own Health Care Service. And it is a service on the move with the new Enid Quenault health care facility opened in 2023 and commitment to improve and invest in further healthcare facilities including a brand-new acute hospital.

Our patients and health professionals are at the centre of all we do, as a doctor you have more time to care and we give more time to you, for your development and wellbeing as well as the opportunity to carry out private patient work.

Teaching and Research Health and Care Jersey is recognised for junior doctors and active teaching is encouraged in this role. It is expected that the post holder is participating in the training of medical staff and that the candidate will ensure that the training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. This includes educational support for the clinical fellows recruited directly to Health & Care Jersey.

Opportunities for participating in research are supported when appropriate. The Health & Care Jersey has an advantageous policy for professional leave and is supportive of external duties for the good of the wider profession.

We welcome multi centre research clinical trials if approved from a body such as NHS.Details Date posted
20 October 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade Consultant Salary
 to  a year

Dependent on experience.

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference numberKJob locations

Jersey General Hospital St. Helier Jersey Channel  IslandsJE1 3QS
Jersey Job description

Job responsibilities

Service Development Ambulatory emergency surgical services continue to be
developed, with the opening of a dedicated surgical Same Day Emergency Care unit 18 months ago forming the first phase of this work. The
introduction of surgical SDEC has successfully reduced…