Locum Consultant General Surgeon UGI / HPB

Providing General surgical services to King's Mill and Newark Hospital with two dedicated inpatient wards at King's Mill to cover all aspects of General surgery. A Day Case Unit and Surgical Assessment Unit provides 24 hour care for surgical admissions and emergencies. Several dedicated General surgical theatres and an emergency theatre shared with other surgical specialties.
We are a committed and enthusiastic department with Consultants providing surgical cover and a special interest, as well as general surgery. The General surgical Consultants have good working relationships with Gastroenterology Consultants and surgical colleagues at the regional gastro-oesophageal and hepatobiliary/pancreatic cancer (Nottingham University Hospitals) centres and colorectal surgery at NUH.
The spectrum of benign UGI/HPB is mostly biliary and anti-reflux related. We have strong links with the regional tertiary referral UGI and HPB units in Nottingham with regular clinics and joint multidisciplinary meetings. We have a local ERCP and EUS service run by Gastroenterology.
This appointment supports the expansion of our surgical same day admission unit, with a plan for this to be extended beyond an initial 6 months. The applicant will be fully integrated in to the unit with active involvement in the on call rota (currently 1 in 10 but expected to increase with this role.) Involvement in the hot cholecystectomy service is advantageous and endoscopic/advanced laparoscopic skills are welcomed., + Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients
+ To share best practice and promote team working within the General Surgical department and GI multidisciplinary team
+ Teaching and training of junior staff and medical students
+ To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
+ To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing medical education (CME)

Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
In the past four years our staff engagement scores have been the best for Acute Trusts in the Midlands.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal's Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King's Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us., + Full time post in UGI/HPB and general surgery at Consultant level.
+ Involvement in general surgery on call rota 1:10.
+ Benign UGI/HPB currently is mostly biliary and anti-reflux related.
+ Strong links with the regional tertiary referral UGI and HPB units in Nottingham with regular clinics as well as joint multidisciplinary meetings.
+ We have a local ERCP and EUS service which is currently run by Gastroenterology.
+ Support in the expansion of our Surgical Same Day admission Unit
+ Involvement in research and management welcomed., We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Priority for vacancies at the Trust will be given to existing employees of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust whose roles are currently at risk of redundancy due to organisational change.
Only applications received on or before the closing date will be considered for short listing. This is to ensure that the Trust meets its commitment to Equality of Opportunity.
In submitting an application, you authorise Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any current and previous NHS Service details and you agree to the Trust obtaining and transferring personal date held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be shared using the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and third party systems via an automated process and will only be used for the purposes of maintaining your employment record.
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be invoiced to you once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £40 plus VAT for an enhanced and £23 plus VAT for a standard check. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.