Locum Consultant in Emergency General Surgery

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust in Buckinghamshire is seeking a Locum Consultant in Emergency General Surgery to join our team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The role includes day-to-day leadership of emergency general surgery with a 4+2 consultant rota and on-call responsibilities in a supportive, teaching hospital environment.

You will work within the General Surgery CDU, benefit from mentoring, and be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Leadership and communication abilities to lead a surgical team.
• Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills within a teaching hospital.
• Proven English language skills and professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of emergency general surgery.
• Maintain a sub-specialty elective practice.
• Uphold high clinical standards in general surgery.
• Support and supervise junior staff and teaching activities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

English language

Education

GMC Registration

Specialist Register (CESR/CCT)

Job description

Locum Consultant in Emergency General Surgery

Main area general surgery Grade Locum Consultant Contract Fixed term: 6 months (3% - 1 in 12) Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week (3% - 1 in 12) Job ref 434-MSCC8078086-A

Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Buckinghamshire Salary £113,565 - £150,569 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/10/2026 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

The appointee will be within the General Surgery Clinical Directorate (CDU), and join the team specialising in Emergency General Surgery. The CDU works in specialist teams (Emergency, Colorectal, Upper GI, Breast and Vascular) with a good deal of flexibility and excellent working relationships between teams.

You will be part of a team of 4 consultant surgeons who deliver the emergency surgical service during the day, Mon to Fri. All GI surgeons contribute to the out of hours and weekend cover on a frequency of 1 in 12. During the weekday mornings, there are 2 emergency surgeons leading the on call/take/emergency wards/emergency theatres and ambulatory clinic. During the day the wider emergency team currently comprises 2 Specialty Trainees, 1 Core Trainee, 1 Advanced Care Practitioner and 2-4 FY1’s.

The successful candidate will be assigned a mentor. We are a very supportive and close-knit service with good relationships throughout. Whilst no formal arrangements exist for out of hours/weekend support, it is recognised that emergency surgery is a highly complex and sometimes very demanding field requiring expertise and guidance from other specialists. This is provided on an ad hoc basis by any and every consultant in the department who can be approached at any time to help in difficult situations as needed.

Main duties of the job

Emergency Surgery almost exclusively happens at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital Site and covered Mon-Thu daytime by 4+2 consultants on a surgical floor with 3 wards. The surgical floor is shared with other surgical specialties and encompasses a surgical assessment unit, consulting rooms, minor ops room and future enhanced care beds. Emergency theatre provision is via 1-2 emergency theatres daily available to General Surgery. The service utilises an ambulatory emergency surgical service where possible with a daily emergency clinic and day case emergency surgery where possible.

Duties include the care of elective patients at both Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Wycombe Hospital hosts the Wycombe Elective Surgical Centre (WESC) is a regional elective surgical hub catering for the majority of elective surgery including paediatric and complex major surgery. There is some elective day-case surgery undertaken at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Elective sessions include clinics, day case and inpatient elective surgery.

The trust is part of the Oxford deanery and is a teaching hospital for residents at all levels of the training programme. All consultants are expected to be clinical and education supervisors to our resident doctors.

Working for our organisation

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To have responsibility for and lead the delivery of emergency general surgery
• To maintain a sub-specialty elective practice
• To maintain the highest clinical standards in general surgery.
• To work well with colleagues, junior staff and all health professionals
• Teaching and training of junior staff.
• Teaching of undergraduate
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).

Person specification

Other Requirements

• Full GMC Registration
• Ability to travel to and between sites

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

• Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant
• Good personal and interpersonal skills - Effective teamwork
• Good spoken and written English
• Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Experience of teaching doctors-in-training and undergraduates
• Experience of clinical audit
• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government’s agenda for its modernisation
• Management training and experience
• Research Experience
• Undergraduate Teaching experience

Experience

• General training in General Surgery to specialist level or equivalent.
• Experience and training in the surgical management of common, emergency non-specialised conditions in children. Specialised Endocrine Surgery and Emergency General Surgery
• Extensive years WTE minimum - Specialised Endocrine Surgery and Emergency General Surgery
• Ability to make decisions at consultant level - Specialised Endocrine Surgery and Emergency General Surgery

Education, Qualifications & Training

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT or CESR (CP) – proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview CESR or European Community Rights
• An appropriate higher surgical qualification in General Surgery

Trust 'CARE' Values

• Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
• Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued
• Enable - Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative

PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

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.

Name Mr Rame Sunthareswaran Job title Consultant and Joint Clinical Director Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01296 314577 Additional information

For further information about this post and to make arrangements to visit the department please contact:

Mr Rame Sunthareswaran (Surgery Joint Clinical Director) on 01296 314577

[e-mail]