Emergency General Surgeon Consultant – Urgent & Elective Care

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group is seeking a Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Emergency General Surgery to join our expanding surgical team serving Lincolnshire’s two acute sites, Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital.

The successful candidate will support and develop our Emergency General Surgery service (LEAGS), while maintaining an elective general surgery practice.

Qualifications

• Experience as Consultant General Surgeon in emergency/general surgery
• Ability to deliver high-quality emergency and elective surgical care
• Leadership within multidisciplinary teams
• Teaching, training and supervision of junior doctors and students
• Involvement in clinical governance, audits and service improvement

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality emergency and elective general surgical care across Lincolnshire.
• 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 MDT.
• Support ambulatory emergency surgery services development.
• Supervise and train Foundation, Core and Higher Surgical Trainees.
• Engage in teaching programmes, morbidity and mortality meetings and multidisciplinary work.

Job description

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group is seeking a Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Emergency General Surgery to join our expanding surgical team serving Lincolnshire’s two acute sites, Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital.

The successful candidate will support and develop our Emergency General Surgery service (LEAGS), while maintaining an elective general surgery practice.