Consultant Emergency General Surgeon

United Lincolnshire Hospitals; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

United Lincolnshire Hospitals (ULHT) invites applications from a Consultant General Surgeon to join Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital. The role covers emergency and elective general surgery, with outpatient duties, theatre lists and a 1:9 on-call rota, offering teaching and research opportunities.

The successful applicant will deliver high-quality care, contribute to ambulatory surgery services, and engage in governance and service development.

Qualifications

• FRCS in General Surgery (or equivalent) is required.
• Postgraduate higher degree (MD, MSc, PhD or equivalent) is desirable.
• Full GMC registration is required to practice in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality emergency and elective general surgical care.
• Participate in outpatient clinics, theatre lists and ward rounds.
• Contribute to ambulatory emergency surgery pathways and SEAU initiatives.
• Lead in clinical governance, audit, and service development initiatives.
• Provide supervision and training for Foundation, Core, and Higher Surgical Trainees.

Education

FRCS (General Surgery)

Postgraduate higher degree (MD, MSc, PhD or equivalent)

Full GMC registration

Job description

We are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the community it serves and welcome applicants from all sectors of the community.

Main area Surgery Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (On Calls As Per Rota) Job ref 357-CLN-341-26-A-QIA2155

Site Lincoln County Hospital Town Lincoln Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 11/11/2026

We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.

We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.

Our Group values guide everything we do. They are:

• Compassionate - We care about people - Compassionate is the act of showing empathy, kindness, and respect to others, recognising their individual needs and circumstances. It involves listening, understanding, and supporting others in a way that makes them feel valued, safe, and cared for.
• Collaborative - We work together as a team - Collaborative is working inclusively and respectfully with others to achieve shared goals. It involves open communication, valuing diverse perspectives, and building trust to create a supportive and effective team environment.
• Innovative - We strive to improve - Innovative is the process of exploring new ideas, approaches, and technologies to improve care, services, and working practices. It involves creativity, curiosity, and a willingness to take risks in a safe and supportive environment.

If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.

We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £710 million (22/23) and we employ nearly 8,600 people.

Our Group Board have recently agreed a new vision statement – “Caring and building a healthier future for all” – stating their ambition for our Trust and the wider group to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

So,what is in it for you?

• Flexible working: Depending on the needs of your role, we will consider requests for flexible and/or part-time working for whatever reason you should need it. We recognise flexible working will not look the same for everyone, because it depends on the nature of the role and the needs of the individual.

Types of flexibility could include:

• Part-time - less than 37.5 hours per week.
• Off-site/remote working - working from home or other sites for part or all the week.
• Compressed hours – usually full-time hours but over fewer days or shifts.
• Staggered hours – having different start and finish times.
• Set shift patterns – to allow for predictability
• NHS Pension:A generous and flexible pension scheme with contributions from us as your employer fully protected against inflation and guaranteed by the government
• Annual Leave: Starting at 27 days a year, rising to 33 days after 10 years plus eight bank holidays (for staff covered by Agenda for Change) For Medical Workforce positions (Consultant and Specialty Doctor), the full-time entitlement commences from 32 days per annum. For all other Medical Workforce positions, the full-time entitlement commences from 27 days per annum.
• Bank working:The chance to work extra hours at enhanced rates and we will pay you weekly too, ideal if your income needs a quick boost.

In addition, there ismore.

• Family & Childcare: Including on-site nurseries at Lincoln County Hospital and Pilgrim Hospital Boston, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave following a set period of employment.
• Health & Wellbeing: including counselling, mental health first aid, physiotherapy, eye tests.
• Learning & Development including Lincolnshire Talent Academy, leadership training, medical education, clinical education, Lincolnshire clinical research
• Financial support and benefits including Cycle2Work, car lease scheme, home electronics. Free on-site parking and free tea and coffee and the ability to save and borrow through your salary.
• Rewards & Recognition including staff awards, long service awards, retirement awards, examples of excellence and staff lottery.

Enjoy a better quality of life in one of the UK’s most welcoming counties. Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire welcomes everyone. Discover a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Emergency General Surgery to join our expanding surgical team at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of Consultant General Surgeons delivering high-quality elective and emergency surgical care across Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and further developing our Emergency General Surgery service, including the Lincoln Emergency and Ambulatory General Surgery (LEAGS) service, whilst also maintaining an elective general surgery practice. The post includes outpatient, theatre, emergency surgical assessment and inpatient responsibilities, alongside opportunities for teaching, training, service development and research.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality emergency and elective general surgical care.
• Contribute to the Surgical Emergency Admission Unit (SEAU) and emergency general surgery pathways.
• Undertake elective theatre sessions and outpatient clinics.
• Participate in the Consultant on-call rota for Emergency General Surgery.
• Provide senior clinical decision-making and leadership within the multidisciplinary team.
• Support the ongoing development of ambulatory emergency surgery services.
• Supervise and train undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors in training.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development initiatives.
• Participate in departmental teaching programmes, mortality and morbidity meetings and multidisciplinary working

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group comprises acute and community services working together to deliver outstanding patient-centred care to a mix of urban and rural communities.

We are committed to our values:

As a Teaching Hospitals Group, we have strong links with the University of Lincoln Medical School and provide opportunities for education, training, research and CPD.

Our General Surgery service is ambitious and evolving, with well-established emergency surgery pathways, a thriving ambulatory model, strong multidisciplinary support and opportunities for clinicians to influence service developments.

On-Call Responsibilities

• 1:9 Consultant Emergency General Surgery on-call rota.
• Weekend on-call from Saturday morning to Monday morning.
• Non-resident overnight on-call.
• Senior support for emergency admissions, ward referrals and emergency operating.

Teaching and Training

• Supervision of Foundation, Core, and Higher Surgical Trainees.
• Undergraduate teaching through Lincoln Medical School.
• Educational and clinical supervision following appropriate accreditation.
• Support for multidisciplinary staff education and development.

Audit, Governance and Service Development participation

• Clinical Governance and Morbidity & Mortality meetings.
• Local and national audits including NELA and NCEPOD.
• Contribution to research, quality improvement and service development.
• Support innovation within emergency and elective surgical pathways.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidate will join a team of Consultant General Surgeons providing emergency and elective surgical services across Lincolnshire. The role includes:

• Delivery of high-quality emergency and elective general surgery services.
• Participation in outpatient clinics, theatre lists and ward rounds.
• Contribution to the Surgical Assessment Unit and ambulatory emergency surgery pathways.
• Participation in the Consultant Emergency General Surgery on-call rota (1:9).
• Supervision and training of undergraduate and postgraduate learners.
• Active involvement in clinical governance, audit, service development and quality improvement activities.
• Working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to support the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration.
• FRCS (General Surgery) or equivalent.
• On the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery, within six months of CCT, or at the point of submission of a Portfolio Pathway application.
• Postgraduate higher degree (MD, MSc, PhD or equivalent).

Experience and Clinical Skills

• High standard of clinical skill and expertise in Emergency and Elective General Surgery.
• Broad operative experience demonstrated through an extensive logbook.
• Ability to work independently at Consultant level.
• Previous Consultant-level experience.
• Accreditation as a Clinical Supervisor and/or Educational Supervisor.
• Experience of service development and redesign.
• Understanding of healthcare management and service organisation.

Additional Skills and attributes

• Flexible, resilient and able to work under pressure.
• Ability to implement and support change.
• IT literate.
• Ability to build effective professional relationships.
• Evidence of developing innovative service improvements.
• Ability to introduce new technologies and ways of working.
• Willingness to lead audit activities.

ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy. We will continue to promote equality and challenge discrimination in all service provision, recognising and meeting the needs of the diverse communities we serve. We will strive to provide an environment in which people want to work and to be a model employer leading in good employment practice.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.

We welcome applications from the UK Armed Forces Community. On the application form please tick “Member of the Armed Forces Community” if the below applies to you.

You are:

• A Veteran
• A Military Reserve
• Partner/Spouse of those Serving NB: partners/spouses are only eligible whilst their partner is serving in the Armed Forces

All new employees will be subject to a charge for the DBS check that is required for the post. The Disclosure & Barring Service application form (formerly CRB) will be provided by ULTH and the fee will be deducted from your salary over a 3 month period.

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Please note, for applicants with previous NHS service: If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement.

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.