Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric) Surgeon

Liverpool University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (LUHFT) wishes to appoint a Substantive Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric) Surgeon, to be based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital (RLUH), Liverpool. The successful applicant would join the existing team of resectional Upper GI Surgeons based at RLUH.

The supra-regional Upper GI Surgical service is amongst the largest oesophago-gastric cancer units in the country. We also provide cover for complex benign Upper GI surgery, oesophago-gastric trauma and emergencies. There are currently eight Consultant Surgeons within the Upper GI Unit across RLUH and Aintree University Hospital (AUH) sites at LUHFT (6 Cancer, 2 Benign). We cover a population of over 1.5 million in the Northwest of England, and the Isle of Man, receive quaternary referrals from North Wales and undertake more than 200 complex oesophago-gastric procedures annually.

Main duties of the job

Applications are invited from suitably qualified individual to apply for the post of Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric)/General Surgeon (Full time). This is a replacement post currently held by a locum.

The successful candidate will have clinical duties across LUHFT sites but will be based in the Directorate of General Surgery at the RLUH. This post is to help develop and expand the centralised Upper GI surgical service at LUHFT as well as contribute to elective General Surgery, including Day Case Surgery.

The new post holder will help meet cancer and other targets for oesophago-gastric disease and contribute to general surgical workload within the trust. Expertise in major oesophago-gastric resections for malignant disease and possession of a higher degree is essential.

Post CCT Upper GI Fellowship, expertise in Robotic surgery and advanced endoscopy would be highly desirable.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum (Plus On Call)