Consultant in General Surgery

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare trust is seeking an Emergency General Surgeon to provide clinical leadership and engage in teaching and professional development for junior medical staff. Responsibilities include senior clinician services to both the Emergency and General Surgery Departments, participating in quality improvement audits, and contributing to clinical governance projects. The position offers opportunities for career development within a supportive environment and emphasizes work-life balance, alongside affordable accommodation options and good local schools.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Generous benefits

Support for training and development

Qualifications

• Applicants must have full GMC registration.
• Proven ability to provide senior clinician services.
• Experience in teaching and training medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinician services to the Emergency Department.
• Contribute to teaching and professional development of junior staff.
• Participate in clinical audit and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Clinical governance

Teaching medical trainees

Audit participation

Flexibility in duties

Full GMC registration

Job description

Work as an Emergency General Surgeon and to be involved in a sub-specialist area of surgery that will complement the interests of the department. Provide hands on clinical leadership to the emergency general surgery pathway operating in accordance with the operational policy. Contribute to teaching, including undergraduate teaching, and the teaching and professional development of junior medical staff. Share in the general administrative and management responsibilities of the departments and participate in the R & D programmes of the department. Participate in the supervision and training of specialty trainees and clinical scientists, teaching of other junior trainees, medical students and hospital staff as appropriate. Participate in clinical audit and quality improvement. Participate in service development and policy review. Participate in CPD and quality assurance activity including annual appraisal and re-validation. The following is not an exhaustive list of the duties of a consultant.

• Provide senior clinician services to both the Emergency Department and the General Surgery Department as per job plan or as agreed within the Trust, and as required when on call.
• Work with consultant colleagues and nursing staff to ensure efficient use of Trust's resources and contribute actively to clinical governance in the department and to development of quality enhancement projects in the unit.
• Provide senior clinician services to area of special interest
• Show flexibility within allocated DCC sessions at the request of the clinical manager, as the need arises.
• Actively participate in the departments Teaching Programme and undertake supervision, teaching and training of medical trainees and other multi-professional staff
• Actively participate in clinical guidelines development, audit and CPD.
• This post provides an exciting opportunity to join our team of Consultants, Middle Grade Doctors and Junior Doctors in training. We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to work with us to build on the existing strengths of the departments. Benefits of this post include: location (close to Greenbelt); affordable accommodation in nearby Hertfordshire; good local schools; a fair work life balance. As part of the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust, we actively support training and have regular medical students in our departments.
• Applicants must have full GMC registration.
• The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.