Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Freeman Hospital

Carthage (MO)

On-site

USD 119,000 - 146,000

Full time

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Job summary

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon to join a dynamic team delivering high quality colorectal care in the North East. The role includes involvement in the EGS rota and the development of subspecialty services such as IBD, pelvic floor disorders and colon cancer, with strong emphasis on teaching and research.

The appointment supports flexible working patterns and mentorship, with opportunities to lead educational programs at the NSTC and participate

Qualifications

Must be a fully registered medical practitioner with GMC; eligible for Specialist Register within six months.
FRCS in General Surgery required or equivalent.
Higher Degree and JAG colonoscopy accreditation desirable but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

Provide high quality elective and emergency surgical care to Newcastle and the wider NE.
Develop sub-speciality services as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Participate in teaching, education, and audits.
Engage with national audits and research activities in the department.
Lead and participate in the supervision of junior medical staff.
Contribute to the efficient running of services and patient care pathways.

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC Registration

Entry onto GMC Specialist Register

FRCS in General Surgery

Higher Degree

JAG accreditation in colonoscopy

Job description

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.

With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.

As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.

Job Overview

We are particularly keen to hear from individuals with interests in Inflammatory Bowel Disease, colon cancer and pelvic floor surgery, to assist delivery of the increasing regional workload, including collaboration with other NE Colorectal units. There are potential mentorship and training opportunities for new consultants and considerable flexibility within the department to support the appointment of the very best candidates.
An immediate opportunity has arisen for two Colorectal Consultant appointments, one with a specific interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Benign Colorectal Surgery and a second Colorectal Consultant post, for candidates with sub-specialty interests to support planned areas of expansion including: colon cancer, pelvic floor surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and proctology services.
In addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.
Candidates for the post must be registered medical practitioners and on, or eligible to join, the Specialist Register within six months of the date of the Appointments Committee
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you
Please read attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

The candidates will be expected to participate in the EGS rota which is currently 1:13 but will likely move to 1:16 following consultant expansion of posts in UGI/EGS. The rota includes a commitment to cover the Major Trauma Centre at the RVI and in‑house support/mentorship/further training in trauma care is also readily available as required. Additional posts will enable support for a new reconfiguration of the EGS service aimed to provide the highest quality, continuous specialist and colorectal surgical input for the EGS.

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.

Clinical

Provide high quality elective and emergency surgical care to the people of Newcastle and the wider NE
Further develop sub‑speciality services as part of a multidisciplinary team

Administrative

Provide timely communication to the wider team in hospital and the community
Contribute to the efficient running of elective and acute care. Engage with national audits (NELA, NBOCAP, IMPACT etc)

Research

Engage with research activities in the department and sit within Newcastle Centre for Bowel Diseases
Provide leadership in supporting medical students and doctors in training deliver research projects

Teaching

The department leads many educational programs and teaching is an important part of this role
Opportunities to lead/further develop courses are numerous via the Newcastle Surgical Training Centre (NSTC)

Flexibility

In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications And Specialist Skills

Essential criteria

Primary Medical Qualification
Full GMC Registration
Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register (within 6 months from the date of the AAC).
FRCS in General Surgery

Desirable criteria

Higher Degree.
JAG accreditation in colonoscopy

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

Evidence of experience in the specialty.
Evidence of a substantial commitment to the specialty
Ability to offer an expert clinical opinion within the speciality
Ability to take independent responsibility for the clinical care of patients referred to a tertiary centre.

Desirable criteria

Additional training/skills in one of the following areas -IBD -Pelvic floor disorders -Complex proctology -Colon cancer -Abdominal wall reconstruction
Experience of major trauma surgery/ care delivery

Management and Administration Experience

Essential criteria

Involvement with management and project leadership within the specialty.
Evidence of involvement in authoring or reviewing clinical guidelines
An understanding of Clinical Governance

Desirable criteria

Proven management and administrative experience and understanding of management goals
Evidence of leadership / project management
Evidence of having implemented change
Experience in developing and implementing new technologies

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience of supervising junior medical staff
Experience of participation in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
Ability to teach clinical / technical / practical skills

Desirable criteria

Attendance at courses to develop teaching skills.
Postgraduate qualification in medical education.

Research

Essential criteria

Evidence of involvement in and understanding of research methodology and publication of findings
Research/critical review of literature

Publications in the last five years.

Desirable criteria

Higher degree
Commitment to/ evidence of recruiting patients into clinical trials
High impact colorectal research publications

Audit

Essential criteria

Evidence of participation in audit.

Desirable criteria

Evidence of having changed practice as a result of audit
Evidence of having revisited the audit to assess improvement.

Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form

All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.

Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e‑mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Applicant requirements

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.

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