General Surgery Specialty Doctor

University Hospital Crosshouse
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialty Doctor in General Surgery based at University Hospital Crosshouse (UHC) . This post is offered on a 1 year fixed term contract.

40 hours per week.

A UK driving licence is essential for this role.

The successful applicant will be joining a team of 12 Consultant General Surgeons (with sub-specialty interests), 4 Consultant Breast Surgeons, 5 General Surgery Specialty Trainees, 6 Clinical Fellows, 1 Core Trainee, 1 FY2, 1 Associate Specialist Breast Surgeon and 4 other speciality level doctors in the Department of General Surgery at University Hospital Crosshouse.

NHSAA has two district general hospitals. University Hospital Ayr and University Hospital Crosshouse (UHC).

UHC has been developed as the regional trauma unit, in addition to all paediatric, obstetrics, gynaecology, maxillofacial & ENT services being located on that site. There is an 18 bedded Critical Care unit at UHC providing Level 3 beds.

UHA has been developed as a centre of excellence for Elective Orthopaedics, Urology, General Surgery and Ophthalmology. There is an 8 bedded level 2 critical care unit which is staffed in hours by the critical care service with out of hours cover provided by the anaesthetists on the UHA site. You will have the opportunity to develop subspecialty interests including perioperative medicine, regional anaesthesia and critical care.

Come and join the team at NHS Ayrshire & Arran.

For further information on the role please click the link below to view the job description.

Appropriately experienced applicants must have Full Registration (with a Licence to Practice) with the General Medical Council, and have completed at least 4 years full-time postgraduate training, of which at least 2 years will have been within General Surgery.

For further information on the requirements for the role please click the link below to view the person specification

If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Kevin Robertson, Clinical Director at Kevin , Chris Ray, Consultant Surgeon at  or alternatively Leona Walker, Assistant General Manager at Le .

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