Trust Specialist Registrar in General Surgery

Trust Specialist Registrar in General Surgery

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

A whole time equivalent position for a Trust Registrar has become available to join the General Surgery Emergency Team at Northwick Park Hospital.

Main duties of the job

This post is a fixed term post of 12 months in General Surgery which includes Emergency and Elective Colorectal and Upper GI surgery. The post holder will be required to provide clinical support to the surgical teams, outpatient clinics and partake in the 1 in 12 on call middle grade Rota. The General Surgery Team has a dedicated Consultant-led General and Emergency Service which includes a Surgical Assessment Unit and Ambulatory Hot Clinic supporting the A&E flow. Candidates will get vast exposure to complex and innovative emergency surgical management of patients and will also get surgical exposure to the elective surgical theatres.

The implementation of the new junior doctor contract has provided an opportunity to create an exciting new Rota which both provides excellent training opportunities and robust service provision.

As well as exposure to a full range of emergency general surgery experience, the post also involves experience with a full range of Upper and Lower GI specialist surgery. Candidates must have GMC registration and surgical experience at ST2 level as a minimum.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as a 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the Job Description for a detailed look at the main responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Basic life support
• Advanced life support
• MRCP or equivalent

Knowledge and experience

• General medical experience in the UK in a definitive post
• Ability to take day to day responsibility for clinical care of patients under consultant supervision
• Clinical experience in general surgery
• Clinical experience in emergency surgery

Management

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management

Research

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
• Evidence of participation in research

Teaching

• Experience of teaching nurses and medical students
• Teaching qualification

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.