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Location
Rotherham, South Yorkshire | United Kingdom
Job description
The Department The department consists of 10 Consultants and areably supported by: 1 x Associate specialist,5 x Speciality doctors,3 x Higher specialty, trainees,5 x Senior Clinical Fellows,1 x CT trainee,5 x Junior Clinical Fellows and7 x Foundation Year Ones (of which one is Trust appointed) A number of established and capable ACPs complete the medical team. There are two upper GI specialist nurses and the department has strong working links with consultant colleagues in gastroenterology. We serve our patients with straight to test services, a busy endoscopy unit, strong peri-operative care and where required critical care including high dependency provision. Inpatient provision is within dedicated surgical wards. Our Acute Surgical Unit is situated adjacent to Surgical SDEC and we have good pathways for patients with acute surgical problems. We have an elective ward with an impressively short length of stay and a dedicated acute ward shared with our urology service. The links with other trusts in the locality benefit the department with a hub and spoke model for MDT working with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and Weston Park the tertiary centre and a shared gastroenterology department with Barnsley Hospital The Post This is a full-time substantive Consultant post, offered in an established general surgery department to augment and expand benign Upper Gastro-intestinal service. In addition to providing emergency general surgical service, the appointee will join a team of Surgeons for providing acute Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Service, anti-reflux surgery, diagnostic and palliative Upper GI cancer services, including stents and PC gastrostomy. A person with experience in Upper GI endoscopy, anti-reflux surgery and laparoscopic bile duct exploration would be an ideal candidate and best fit for the team. Support will be provided to perform and further skills in such procedures if adequately trained. We anticipate broadening the portfolio of benign upper GI work, including complex hiatal hernia repair, gastric volvulus, and CBD exploration. The appointee will be expected to manage complicated pancreatitis. The post-holder will work within and provide leadership for a supportive multi-disciplinary team to provide acute and planned care for our patients. Clinical work would typically involve theatre lists, outpatient clinics, endoscopy sessions and MDT meetings with oversight of triaging processes and supervision of junior colleagues. The general surgical team is arranged as two large teams for inpatient care with plenty of opportunity for team working and peer support. The on call is a 1:9 pattern, non-resident with remote supervision of a senior and junior resident non-consultant tier. The on call work is commensurate with a typical district general hospital with a varied emergency and acute take and inpatient weekend ward rounds.
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£93.67k - £126.28k per annum
