Consultant General Emergency and Benign Colorectal Surgeon

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Hasland; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS hospital in Chesterfield is seeking a Consultant in Colorectal surgery to enhance surgical capacity and team interests. You will join a team of 16 consultants, providing care to patients from North Derbyshire and surrounding areas. Responsibilities include performing regular colonoscopy lists and participating in the on-call rota. This role offers professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment. Enjoy benefits such as on-site parking, local discounts, and health and wellbeing facilities.

Benefits

On-site parking

Local discounts

Cycle-to-work scheme

Health and wellbeing hub

Qualifications

• Demonstrate requisite numbers of index logbook operations for emergency surgery and elective benign colorectal surgery.
• Ability to function as a general and benign colorectal surgeon with mentorship available.
• An interest in Inflammatory bowel disease is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Join an existing team of consultants providing surgical care.
• Provide regular colonoscopy lists and deliver the subspecialty service.
• Commit to the 'Duty Surgeon' daytime general on-call rota.

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Consultant within our friendly and well-established Surgical Specialties Division to expand Colorectal surgery capacity as well as increase the sub-specialty interests of other existing Consultants and augmentation of the on‑call rota.

Responsibilities

You will join an existing team of 16 consultants, 4 upper GI (1 fixed term) 7 Colorectal, four Breast and one Vascular, providing Surgical care in Chesterfield for patients from North Derbyshire and surrounding areas.

The General Surgery Department is expanding the number of consultants to meet increasing demand which will result in a change in the current frequency of on‑call duties once further appointees are in place.

The successful candidate may provide regular colonoscopy lists and will work with several other established Colorectal surgeons to deliver the subspeciality service and cancer pathway.

The post will include a commitment to the ‘Duty Surgeon’ daytime general on‑call rota along with night on call.

There will also be an opportunity to work with consultant colleagues in the development of new, more effective, patient care pathways.

Qualifications

Candidates should be able to demonstrate requisite numbers of index logbook operations for emergency surgery and elective benign colorectal surgery. This will allow the candidate to function as general and benign colorectal surgeon, although they will have opportunity to have a mentor from within the department. An interest in Inflammatory bowel disease will be welcome.

Benefits

Our staff enjoy a range of benefits including on‑site parking, local discounts, on‑site Caf and Amazon lockers. There is a cycle‑to‑work scheme along with electric vehicle charging points. A newly opened hub, dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our staff, which includes rooms for mindfulness, gym and shower facilities and different programmes to keep you active.

Location

Chesterfield is a thriving market town surrounded by attractive countryside, contemporary leisure facilities and extensive retail outlets. The town has excellent road and rail links, and easy access to airports.

Derbyshire is home to the Peak District National Park and is an area of outstanding beauty. Numerous stately homes are within easy travelling distance. The Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire Moors, a number of coastal resorts and many historic cities are also close enough for day trips.

Housing in the Chesterfield area is competitively priced and offers a wide range of choice, including urban and rural locations. There are several high‑performing state schools in the town, as well as a number of excellent private schools across the wider region.

In addition to local shops and complexes, the Meadowhall Shopping Centre is within easy travelling distance and is one of the largest and most up‑to‑date in Europe, attracting some 30 million visitors each year.

The city of Sheffield is only 9 miles away and hosts two universities, one with a medical and dental school.