Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Isle of Wight NHS Trust; Carisbrooke; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local gyms and shops

Beach hut hire at Ryde

Job summary

Isle of Wight NHS Trust is recruiting a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon to join St. Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight. The role covers colorectal, general and laparoscopic surgery within a robust emergency and planned service for the island population.

The post includes a 10 programmed activities per week plan, with SPA support. It offers a pathway to participate in MDTs with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and opportunities for development on robotic procedures.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent and GMC registration are essential.
• Higher degree (MD/PhD) is desirable.
• CESR or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration may be acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Provide colorectal, general and laparoscopic surgical care.
• Lead on planned and emergency surgical services for the island population.
• Participate in colorectal cancer MDTs with partner trusts.
• Manage a 10 PAs per week job plan with SPA allocation and on-call duties.

Skills

ATLS

Colorectal surgery

General surgery

Laparoscopic skills

Independent responsibility

JAG accreditation

Education

MBBS or equivalent

GMC Specialist Register

Higher Degree (MD/PhD)

Job description

Employer Isle of Wight NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site St. Mary's Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight Town Newport, Isle of Wight Salary £109,725 - £145,478 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/09/2026 23:59

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

Are you looking to develop a unique surgical career or to re-locate to develop a new life style.

We are seeking an imaginative Colorectal & General Surgeon to support the development of our services and to share in the unique life style offered by living and working on the Isle of Wight.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Main duties of the job

Our strategic aims are the key priorities of our strategy, enabling us to deliver out vision . Our vision and values are long term, and out strategic aims are tailored to the next five years. They clearly define our focus and give clarity to our communities, our people, and our partners about what matters most.

Why not come and see for yourself the care we give to our patients and staff.

As a colorectal cancer surgeon you would support our existing general surgical unit. This is an exciting opportunity either for a newly qualified, forward thinking, enthusiastic colorectal consultant or an experienced consultant who wants a new beginning with a better work life balance.

We provide a robust emergency and planned surgical service for the island population and this posts will be part of this plan with inclusion in the emergency general surgery on-call provision. The post is based at St. Mary’s Hospitals, Newport, Isle of Wight.

Our population is small (145000) and we are one of the smallest district hospitals in England. This provides challenges and opportunities. We are an isolated Island community yet only 2 hours from London!

You will be offering core general surgical skills to ensure our surgical take is offering a truly excellent consultant delivered service.

Working for our organisation

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde.

• Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde.
• We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

We have formed a group model with Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. This enables us to be part of their colorectal cancer MDT and currently refer low rectal cancers for Robotic rectal resections, early rectal cancers for Robotic TEMS, young right colon cancers for Robotic CME, selected locally advanced rectal cancers for Robotic exenteration procedures and other procedures like Robotic LPLND and para-aortic lymph node dissection. There may be opportunities in the future for successful candidates to be mentored in such procedures and share joint operation at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The provisional timetable represents a job plan consisting of 10 programmed activities (PAs) per week. The job plan is a prospective agreement that sets out the consultant’s duties, responsibilities and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of the consultant’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external.

In addition it will include personal objectives including details of their link to wider service objectives and details of the support required by the consultant to fulfil the job plan and the objectives.

The job plan, for 10 PAs will commence including 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities [SPA]. After six months in post the SPA allocation will be reviewed with the post holder and any necessary adjustments will be made with a maximum of 2.5 SPAs. It is expected that more direct clinical care (DCC) sessions in theatre or clinic would be available if required.

Current on call commitments are based around a 1:7 provision.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery; CESR or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration or within 6 months of the receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at the time of interview
• Higher Degree e.g., MD PhD

Experience & Clinical Skills

• ATLS
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in colorectal, general and laparoscopic surgery
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• JAG accreditation for lower GI Scope

Audit & Research

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit relevant to speciality
• Published audits
• Publication in peer reviewed journals

Teaching

• Experience of Post Grade teaching

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.