Specialty Doctor - General Surgery

Queen Elizabeth Hospital; North End; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS Trust in King's Lynn is seeking a Specialty Doctor in General Surgery to provide surgical services as part of their established team. This role involves outpatient clinics, theatre lists, and teaching junior medical staff in a supportive environment. Applicants should have a relevant qualification and a commitment to clinical governance and service development. The position offers benefits like flexible working and a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Free counselling service

NHS Pension scheme

Access to Wagestream

Qualifications

• Willingness to contribute to on-call rota and service development.
• Commitment to clinical governance, teaching and audit.

Responsibilities

• Undertake outpatient clinics seeing follow-up patients and new cases under the supervision of the Consultant.
• Undertake theatre lists to include day cases and surgery as appropriate under the supervision of the Consultant.
• Provide intermediate level care for emergency admissions as required.
• Participate in postgraduate activities and surgical audit.

Skills

Surgical services

Teaching junior medical staff

Clinical governance

Computer literate

Education

Specialty Doctor in General Surgery or equivalent qualification

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Specialty Doctor in General Surgery to join our well established team in King's Lynn. The successful candidate will provide surgical services to the community served by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Trust and will play a key role with colleagues in further developing general surgical services. You will provide a varied service in general surgery involving in-patient and out-patient work and share in the 1:12 on-call rota. If this fits your profile we would love to hear from you. We would welcome informal queries and visits.

Responsibilities

• Undertake outpatient clinics seeing follow-up patients and new cases under the supervision of the Consultant.
• Undertake theatre lists to include day cases and surgery as appropriate under the supervision of the Consultant.
• Undertake ward rounds with the Junior Medical Staff for the management of patients.
• Provide intermediate level care for emergency admissions as required.
• Undertake teaching of junior medical staff and other clinical staff as appropriate.
• Participate in postgraduate activities and surgical audit.
• Depudise from time to time for absent colleagues, where consistent with duties.
• Be available for irregular commitments outside normally rostered duties as essential for continuity of patient care.
• Perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances as appropriate.
• Carry out duties with due regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
• Maintain a safe and healthy environment for patients, visitors and staff and attend relevant health and safety training.
• Ensure all duties are carried out to the highest possible standard. Advanced Life Support (ALS) can be organised at the Trust; it is desirable to have before starting.
• Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.
• All staff should be computer literate as part of the Trust's digital maturity program.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Specialty Doctor in General Surgery or equivalent qualification.
• Willingness to contribute to on-call rota and service development.
• Commitment to clinical governance, teaching and audit.

About the Trust and Benefits

There has never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We are building a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2031/32 and are undertaking extensive digital transformation, including a new electronic patient record (EPR) from 2026 to improve joined-up care. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital serves around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that values kindness, wellness and fairness, and we strive for continuous quality improvement. We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, and offer a welcoming, community-focused environment with modern facilities.

We offer a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• NHS Pension scheme
• Access to Wagestream — an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access

We are committed to being a menopause-friendly employer and offer support networks including Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.