Consultant Upper GI Surgeon

The appointee will be expected to provide 10 programmed activities (PAs) per week. This will be split into 8.5 sessions of direct clinical care (DCC), and 1.5 sessions of supporting professional activity (SPA). When the appointee can justify an additional SPA, this will be granted automatically.

The weekly timetable for the appointee will be flexible. The UGI team has three full day operating lists each week. The appointee will be expected to ensure lists are fully covered for annual and study leave. Additionally there are three endoscopy lists and outreach clinics that will also prospectively covered. The team has a bi monthly Planning Meeting where theatre and endoscopy lists are allocated among the team.

This is an NHS post in Upper GI and General Surgery attached to the Department of Surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. QEHB is a state of the art hospital opened in June 2010. QEHB provides a full range of tertiary services as well as several supra-regional services. QEHB is the main hospital for the Centre for Defence Medicine with a full complement of military medical and nursing staff and is the main receiving hospital for servicemen injured in combat operations. It is a regional trauma centre. The hospital is well equipped to deal with both complex surgery and major trauma with 100 ITU beds, multiple CT scanners (including one in A&E), MRI scanners, and PET on site.

The UGI Unit at QEHB is the major tertiary Upper GI cancer unit in Birmingham covering a population of 2.7 million referred both locally and from four District General Hospitals. Tertiary workload is a combination of UGI cancer, and referrals for complex benign cases. The appointee will join six established UGI Surgeons and be expected to contribute fully to the UGI service both benign and malignant.

The appointee will join six established Upper GI surgeons and take a full role in the management of UGI cancers and complex benign conditions., We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

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