Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

The Colorectal Service at Ashford and St Peter's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to invite applications for the post of substantive consultant. This is a benign Colorectal position primarily involving day surgery operating and endoscopy with no major resections. We have a talented team of dedicated consultants working in a friendly, flexible and cohesive group. We are enthusiastic, welcoming and proactive in supporting special interests. We wish to recruit a new consultant to join our team, bringing the number up to 8 substantive consultants. We are supported by a strong team of 2 clinical fellows, 4 registrars, 4 TWR faster diagnosis standard nurse specialists, an enhanced recovery nurse team, and 2 colorectal cancer nurse specialists. We can offer a fantastic development and coaching programme for new consultants and we will support you with your professional development. There are excellent opportunities to develop individual professional portfolios. We aim to provide a high quality patient experience and an excellent place to work for all staff. We believe that the key to improved patient and staff experience is a high quality, efficient and patient-centred pathway, in which the patient sees the 'right doctor, first time'., Deliver Clinical, Educational and Managerial Services of the highest professional standard at Consultant Level to the Department Work with existing consultants and the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high quality well-led service for patients of Ashford & St Peter's, including the diagnosis, investigations, treatment and management of patients, in accordance with Trust policies and practices. Deliver Direct Clinical Care to patients, through all parts of the Department assisting clinical decision-making and sharing equally in the workload. The Consultant team will provide comprehensive senior clinical cover to the Department. Have a continuing responsibility for the careof patients in his/her charge, ensuring safe handover as appropriate. Engage fully with the care of patients outside the department and provide a prompt opinion on request from consultant colleagues in other specialties. Engage with medical, nursing, management and all relevant co-workers in the delivery of department objectives: to provide clinical leadership, improve the patient experience; ensure the highest quality clinical care. Actively participate in and support other staff with education, research, audit and clinical governance activities involving a multi-disciplinary workforce across the department Support recruitment, appraisal,development and mentoring activities to a multi-disciplinary, multi-professional team Undertake any other duties appropriate for a consultant.

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care. We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics