Locum Consultant in General Surgery (Paeds interest preference)
Job Description
Job summary
This full-time post is for a Locum Consultant in General & Paediatric Surgery who will join the existing Surgical Team delivering care across Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
This role is based at Wexham Park Hospital, however there will be a requirement to travel to other trust sites as and when required (namely, Heatherwood Elective Centre)
The job is full time post comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs).
General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to: Mr. David Gerrard Chief of Service, General Surgery and Urology Services - 0300 6134772
Main duties of the job
Job Plan (excluding Oncalls & Surgical Emergency Unit cover)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM Week 1 Admin Off Endoscopy Adult Outpatient Clinic Paediatric Outpatient Clinic SPA Endoscopy Off Theatre Week 2 Admin Off Endoscopy Off Paediatric Outpatient Clinic SPA Endoscopy Adult Outpatient Clinic Off Week 3 Admin Off Endoscopy Adult Outpatient Clinic Paediatric Outpatient Clinic SPA Supervising Nurse Endoscopy Off Theatre Week 4 Admin Off Endoscopy Theatre Paediatric Outpatient Clinic SPA Endoscopy Adult Outpatient Clinic OffAbout us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job responsibilities
A full Job description and Person specification is attached to this vacancy.Please read carefully before applying, and ensure you give examples, to demonstrate, how you meet the essential criteria for the post.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Mr David Gerrard
Job title
Chief of Service
Email address
Additional contact information
General enquiries, about the job or for an informal discussion about this post should be directed to: Mr. David Gerrard Chief of Service General Surgery and Urology Services 0300 134772
Person Specification
Competencies
Essential
- Able to demonstrate effective leadership skills
Qualifications
Essential
- FRCS or equivalent registration
- Full GMC registration
- Possession of CTT or within six months of receipt at the date of interview
Experience
Essential
- A wide grounding during training of all aspects of emergency surgery
- Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
- Understand principles and participated in audit activity
- Understand the principles of Clinical Governance and demonstrate experience of evidence-based practice.
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
Desirable
- Evidence of Research Activity or Higher Degree
- Completion of recognised College specialty training in sub-speciality
- Completion of teaching course
- Undertaken research with published papers in refereed journals.
- Experience of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
- Emergency surgery course
- Sub-specialist interest
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wexham Park Hospital
Wexham St
Slough
SL2 4HL
