Consultant General Surgeon with an interest in Benign HPB Surgery

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a new appointment for a committed and enthusiastic Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in benign HPB surgery

The successful candidate will participate in the General Surgery on call rota and their elective work will focus on management of benign biliary disease, becoming a member of the Upper GI MDT. They will also be expected to participate in training Specialist Registrars on rotation from HEE and trust grade registrars.

The on-call frequency is currently 1 in 10 and this is supported by a resident registrar as well as other junior doctors and ACP's., The department provides both elective and emergency surgical services to the people of South Warwickshire. The emergency commitment of this post is through an active part in a non-resident on-call rota, the frequency is 1 in 10. While on-call, the post-holder will be expected to do a ward round each morning of emergency patients (including Saturday and Sunday) and will have access to a daily NCEPOD theatre. We have an active Surgical Assessment Unit and aim to provide ambulatory and outpatient surgical emergency care where possible. On call and elective work is supported by a full complement of junior doctors (on rotation from HEE West Midlands and locally employed) and a team of ACPs. Elective commitments are not scheduled during on-call periods.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.