Specialty Doctor in General Surgery

General Surgery in East Kent Hospitals is at an exciting period of innovation and development. At William Harvey Hospital we have a highly specialised and equipped colorectal department offering cancer resections, benign pathology treatment including IBD and endoscopy. The Upper GI team offers laparoscopic cholecystectomy including bile duct exploration, anti-reflux surgery, achalasia treatment and splenectomy. The team consists of 8 Colorectal consultants and 3 Upper GI Consultants. There are 12 registrars, 9 SHOs and 6 F1 Doctors. The department is looking to expand the services offered in line with current innovation and technological advances.
Due to the large catchment area, our emergency take provides the applicant with good acute exposure and plentiful emergency operative opportunities. Our team has a burgeoning research portfolio, including high-profile national studies. We work closely with other specialties and offer opportunities to combine specialisms. We offer a forward-thinking approach to flexible working and portfolio careers, The appointee will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and to undertake the administrative duties associated with their care. They will also develop the General Surgical services including a specialist interest to support existing services.
Other responsibilities include: Communication: This will include responsibility for and arrangement of:- (i) Communication and liaison with all other medical and service departments within the hospital including:- General Management, Medical Records, Social Work Department (ii) Communication with General Practitioners will include telephone discussion of problems and writing of letters about cases seen in the department (iii) Communication with other hospitals and special departments in other hospitals.

Working for our organisation
We are a pioneering Trust, on an exciting journey of healthcare transformation, with award-winning research and innovation, and a strong team ethos. We're looking for positive clinical leaders who want to help us deliver first-class patient care to a fascinating and complex population and be part of something special.
As you would expect from a large teaching Trust, we prize training doctors, nurses and other health professionals and we already work closely with local universities and King's College, University of London. We now have the exciting new opportunity of working with Kent and Medway's new Medical School, jointly provided by the University of Kent and Canterbury Christchurch University, which opens in September 2020.

Staff and patients from across East Kent Hospitals are the feature of the biggest NHS recruitment drive in its 70 year history. https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/work-here/
Filmed in William Harvey and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother hospitals, the 'We are the NHS' campaign highlights the extraordinary work that staff across EKHUFT do every single day. As one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a population of over one million people, EKHUFT was perfectly placed to demonstrate the care, cutting-edge treatments, research, innovations and life-saving operations that the campaign needed.
There are lots of great opportunities at East Kent Hospitals, where staff are caring and put patients first, innovation flourishes and you can develop your career. We're on an exciting journey of transformation. With a new Medical School at the centre of our community, a focus on research, clinical leadership and making our trust a rewarding and friendly place to work,
there's never been a better time to join us. To find out more about east Kent visit our website at. The Trust fully supports the SAS Doctors Charter and is committed to their development through its CPD Framework.
We'll close this job advert once we've received sufficient applications which may be before the closing date so please apply as soon as possible. We only accept online applications. If you have any difficulty with this please contact our Resourcing Team on who are happy to help.
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The Trust is committed to supporting flexible working to fulfil our pledge as part of The Trust's People Strategy to help staff to achieve a healthy work/life balance. Please speak with your Recruiting Manager for further information on how this can be managed alongside department expectations and requirements.
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