Consultant in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Guildford is seeking a Consultant in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Surgery to join their HPB cancer surgical team. The role involves contributing to emergency on-call duties and providing specialist HPB surgical services. Applicants should have full GMC registration and significant experience in HPB surgery. A competitive salary ranging from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum is offered depending on experience.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and wellbeing program

Support for professional development

Investment in physical environment and new equipment

Qualifications

• Suitable training and exposure to advanced HPB cancer surgery and benign upper GI surgery.
• Experience in a dedicated high volume HPB unit.
• Experience of advanced laparoscopy.
• Experience of minimal access HPB Surgery.
• Fellowship-level clinical HPB experience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the team of HPB cancer surgeons.
• Join the emergency general surgery on-call rota.
• Provide an on-call service for specialist HPB surgery.

Skills

Trained in radical HPB resectional surgery and relevant aspects of HPB cancer

Advanced laparoscopic surgery skills

Advanced endoscopic skills

Education

Full GMC registration

Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery

MBBS or equivalent

Higher surgical qualification

Higher postgraduate research degree

Qualification in leadership and/or clinical management

Teaching/Education Qualification

Job description

Consultant in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery

Applications are invited for appointment of a substantive consultant in General Surgery (10 PAs) with a specialist interest in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) surgery to join the existing team of HPB cancer surgeons at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford. This is a new appointment to join the team of HPB surgeons as part of the Regional HPB Unit.

This appointment will strengthen the critical mass of expertise in the unit, improve the sustainability of the specialist on call commitment and position the Trust well in ensuring sufficient capacity to provide for the additional work expected as Cancer Alliances begin to develop plans for sustainable specialist services.

Main duties of the job

The HPB team have established the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust/Royal Surrey Cancer Centre as a centre for the treatment of HPB cancer as well as providing a tertiary service for emergency regional transfers. The Centre serves 7 other Cancer Units, comprising a catchment population of approximately 2.4 million within the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance. In addition, this HPB unit accepts referrals from several other NHS trusts, creating an effective catchment of 3 million.

The postholder will be expected to contribute to the emergency general surgery on-call rota as well as provide an on-call service for specialist HPB surgery.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Job responsibilities

This is a 10 PA post for a Consultant in General Surgery (with a specialist interest in Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Surgery) based at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust.

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the role, job plan and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery (or relevant specialty) via CCT or Porfolio Pathway
• MBBS or equivalent
• Higher surgical qualification
• Provider status in ATLS/APLS/ALS or equivalent, or willingness to obtain within 6 months of interview date
• Higher postgraduate research degree
• Qualification in leadership and/ or clinical management
• Teaching/Education Qualification

Experience

• Suitable training and exposure to advanced HPB cancer surgery and benign upper GI surgery
• Significant experience in a dedicated high volume HPB unit
• Significant evidence of experience in clinical leadership
• Experience of advanced laparoscopy
• Experience of minimal access HPB Surgery
• Fellowship-level clinical HPB experience

Skills

• Trained in radical HPB resectional surgery and in relevant aspects of HPB cancer
• Advanced laparoscopic surgery skills
• Advanced endoscopic skills

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum, dependent on experience