Colorectal Consultant (Clinics)

18 Week Support; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

18 Week Support invites a Colorectal Consultant to provide additional sessions for an NHS Trust in the Southwest. The role offers weekend and weekday sessions in a busy colorectal service, with competitive rates and the chance to contribute across outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and the operating theatre.

You will be GMC registered with a licence to practise, have NHS experience and knowledge of colorectal cancer and perioperative care, and you will work within a multidisciplinary team to

Qualifications

• GMC registration with licence to practise is required
• Current experience working within a surgical setting for a minimum of 6 months within the last 12 months
• Proven NHS experience
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer, benign colorectal conditions, perioperative care and relevant clinical guidelines
• Competence in appropriate elective and emergency colorectal procedures
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills
• Commitment to patient safety, professional development and high-quality clinical care

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with colorectal diseases in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and emergency settings.
• Perform elective and emergency colorectal surgery, including open, laparoscopic and other appropriate minimally invasive procedures within the surgeon’s competence.
• Manage colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, anal fistulas, fissures and other benign and malignant conditions.
• Undertake appropriate diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, where trained and credentialed.
• Provide perioperative care, including preoperative assessment, consent, postoperative monitoring, complication management and follow-up.
• Participate in emergency general surgery rotas and provide specialist advice for acute surgical admissions.
• Coordinate patient care with oncologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and other relevant professionals.
• Recognise and manage clinical deterioration, escalating care when required.

Skills

Communication

Multidisciplinary team-working

Patient safety

NHS experience

Job description

Location: Southwest - Dorset County

Availability: Weekend and Weekday Sessions

Rates: Competitive

Are you a Colorectal Consultant looking for additional work? Here at 18 Week Support, we have an exciting opportunity to support a well-established NHS Trust in the Southwest area within a busy Colorectal service.

Clinical responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with colorectal diseases in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and emergency settings.
• Perform elective and emergency colorectal surgery, including open, laparoscopic and other appropriate minimally invasive procedures within the surgeon’s competence.
• Manage colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, anal fistulas, fissures and other benign and malignant conditions.
• Undertake appropriate diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, where trained and credentialed.
• Provide perioperative care, including preoperative assessment, consent, postoperative monitoring, complication management and follow-up.
• Participate in emergency general surgery rotas and provide specialist advice for acute surgical admissions.
• Coordinate patient care with oncologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and other relevant professionals.
• Recognise and manage clinical deterioration, escalating care when required.

Essential

• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Current experience working within a surgical setting for a minimum of 6 months within the last 12 months.
• Proven NHS experience.
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer, benign colorectal conditions, perioperative care and relevant clinical guidelines
• Competence in appropriate elective and emergency colorectal procedures
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
• Commitment to patient safety, professional development and high-quality clinical care.