Locum Consultant General Surgeon; UGI​/HPB Specialist Interest

Main area General Surgery Grade Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 12 months (due to service redesign) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job
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Site Kings Mill Hospital Town Mansfield Salary £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.

Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work.

Overview of the Consultant General Surgery role

• 1. Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients.
• 2. To share best practice and promote team working within the General Surgical department and GI multidisciplinary team.
• 3. Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students.
• 4. To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit.
• 5. To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME)

The post holder will work with consultant colleagues to provide a comprehensive General Surgery service for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Responsibilities include the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred care while supporting the efficient operation of the department. The successful candidate will participate in the consultant on-call rota, provide out-of-hours care and cover colleagues during annual leave and authorised absences.

The role includes delivering specialist clinical services within the post holder's area of expertise, maintaining high professional standards and contributing to service development. The post holder will supervise and support junior medical staff, ensuring compliance with Trust policies and professional requirements. Responsibilities include participation in undergraduate and postgraduate education, examinations, accreditation activities and continuing professional development. The successful candidate will contribute to clinical audit, quality improvement, research and clinical governance activities, attending departmental and governance meetings as required.

Additional duties include compliance with Trust policies, information governance, confidentiality, Health and Safety requirements, infection prevention standards and GMC Good Medical Practice, while undertaking other reasonable duties expected of a Consultant Surgeon.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of this role.