Consultant Colorectal Surgeon - Interest in Intestinal Failure

Newcastle Hospitals; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with a special interest in Intestinal Failure/complex abdominal wall repair and benign colorectal surgery. The role requires senior experience in a tertiary centre and an equivalence in robotic surgery.

Closing date is 08 November 2026. The post emphasizes multidisciplinary collaboration, leadership, and involvement in audits, teaching, and research within a dynamic regional unit.

Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Higher Degree.
• Fellowship level experience in relevant subspecialty

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality elective surgical care to the people of Newcastle and the wider NE.
• Further develop sub-speciality services as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Engage with national audits (NELA, NBOCAP, IMPACT etc)
• Research activities in the department and deliver projects.
• Lead and support medical students and doctors in training.

Skills

Intestinal Failure management

Complex abdominal wall repair

Robotic surgery competency

Clinical governance

Leadership

Education

Primary Medical Qualification.

Full GMC Registration.

Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).

Higher Degree.

Fellowship level experience in relevant subspecialty

Job description

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Consultant Colorectal Surgeon - Interest in Intestinal Failure

The closing date is 08 November 2026

An immediate opportunity has arisen for a Colorectal Consultant appointment with a specific interest in Intestinal Failure/complex abdominal wall repair and benign colorectal surgery

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our team. We are particularly keen to hear from individuals with experience in Intestinal failure and complex abdominal wall repair to assist delivery of the increasing regional workload, including collaboration with other NE Colorectal units.

The successful candidate will be expected to have experience of working at senior level in a tertiary centre specialising in providing Intestinal failure and complex abdominal wall repair and to have equivalency certification in robotic surgery.

Main duties of the job

Clinical: o Provide high-quality elective surgical care to the people of Newcastle and the wider NEo Further develop sub-speciality services as part of a multidisciplinary team

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on Careers at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit our website: Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

Administrative: Provide timely communication to the wider team in hospital and the community Contribute to the efficient running of elective and acute care. Engage with national audits (NELA, NBOCAP, IMPACT etc) Research: Engage with research activities in the department Provide leadership in supporting medical students and doctors in training deliver research projects

Teaching: The department leads many educational programs and teaching is an important part of this role Opportunities to lead/further develop courses are numerous via the Newcastle Surgical Training Centre (NSTC)

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Specialist Skills

• Primary Medical Qualification.
• Full GMC Registration.
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
• Higher Degree.
• Fellowship level experience in relevant subspecialty

Clinical Experience

• Evidence of experience in management of Intestinal Failure
• Evidence of experience in complex abdominal wall repair
• Certification of equivalence in robotic surgery
• Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality.
• Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.
• Additional training/skills in one of the following areas -IBD -Complex proctology

Management and Administration Experience

• Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
• Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines.An understanding of Clinical Governance.
• Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals.
• Evidence of leadership / project management.
• Evidence of having implemented change.

Teaching

• Experience of supervising junior medical staff.
• Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
• Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills.
• Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
• Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

• Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings.
• First-author publications in peer-reviewed journals.
• Commitment to/ evidence of recruiting patients into clinical trials
• High impact research publications

Audit

• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit.
• Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

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.

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