Locum Consultant in Upper GI and General Surgery

Barts Health NHS Trust Locum Consultant in Upper GI and General Surgery
10 PAs Post Whipps Cross Hospital

Applicants are invited to join the General Surgery Department at Whipps Cross University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust as a Locum Consultant in Upper GI and General Surgery. We are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. The post will be for six months, but further extensions can be considered.

We are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. The post will be for six months, but further extensions can be considered.

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant to join our friendly department, based in an associate teaching hospital which is dedicated to teaching and training. This will be a full time 10 PA post. The job plan will be agreed with the Clinical Leads upon a successful interview. It will have adequate SPA and Admin session, with DDC's allocates to On-Call work as well as elective theatres and clinics.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.

It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We are looking for the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. The post will be for six months, but further extensions can be considered.

We are seeking to appoint a Locum Consultant to join our friendly department, based in an associate teaching hospital which is dedicated to teaching and training. This will be a full time 10 PA post. The job plan will be agreed with the Clinical Leads upon a successful interview. It will have adequate SPA and Admin session, with DDCs allocates to On-Call work as well as elective theatres and clinics.

• MB BS, or equivalen
• FRCS or equivalent

• Widespread broad based knowledge of all aspects of General & Upper GI Surgery
• Evidence of subspecialty knowledge of hepatobiliary surgery and benign upper GI Proven competency in emergency General Surgery
• Evidence of team working

• Higher Specialist Training in General & Upper GI Surgery. Evidence of sub-specialist training and competency in upper GI laparoscopic surgery
• Experience in training undergraduates and postgraduates
• Experience with complex hiatal work
• Evidence of formal educational training qualification
• JAG accreditation in gastroscopies
• Robotic experience

• Able to provide evidence of clinical audit and demonstrate understanding of impact and challenges this brings
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge and awareness of current and future NHS challenges and strategy
• Ability to support team members in business planning via collaboration and discussion
• Evidence of innovative approaches to healthcare
• Experience of audit management

• Ability to demonstrate personal experience of clinical research and describe and discuss finding and impac
• Publications in peer reviewed medical journals

• Experience of research, presentations to learned societies on topics related to surgery

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical /surgical problems

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.