Locum Colorectal Consultant in General Surgery

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The closing date is 16 March 2026

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 an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are proudly the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, and the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care. Our King's Mill Hospital is 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 that 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.

• Full GMC Registration
• JAG accreditation for colonoscopies
• Success in Intercollegiate Specialty Examination (FRCS or equivalent)
• Postgraduate thesis
• MD/MSc/MMEd
• Completed fellowship programme in colorectal surgery

• Successful completion of an appropriate SpR/ST/equivalent training programme
• Experience requisite to meeting all aspects of the job plan
• Ability to lead and maintain clinical credibility with a multi‑professional team including senior trainees
• Extensive practical General Surgery experience, in particular Colorectal Surgery
• Capable of taking part in the emergency General Surgery on call rota (excluding vascular)
• Ability to effectively organise and manage clinical workload Teaching
  • Demonstrable ability as a teacher with evidence of training for the role.
  Research
  • Ability to convert research evidence into clinical practice
  • Publications in peer‑reviewed journals
  Other
  • Ability to communicate effectively with team members, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
  • Commitment to Continuing Medical Education and the requirements of Clinical Governance and Audit
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
  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.

  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust