Specialty Doctor in General Surgery

You will provide a clinical service in conjunction with your colleagues and under the direction of Consultant General Surgeons, which will include the responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness. You will be required to adhere to the principles of good medical practice laid down in the guidance of Good Medical Practice issued by the General Medical Council. The post holder will be involved with the examination and treatment of new patients in the department and will also assist in the review clinics. The post holder will participate in an on-call rota (1:10) with resident on-call shiftsout of hours. You will be expected to deputise for absent colleagues and in exceptional unforeseencircumstances may have to perform additional duties to ensure the safe running of the department. Where such duties take place outside your normal contracted duties, you will receive either an equivalent off duty period or will be remunerated appropriately. You will be required to participate in the LHBs risk management process and in clinical audit and other clinical governance activities within the department, the directorate and the Trust. Adherence to Caldicot Principles is mandatory. You will be required to participate in the LHBs Appraisal Scheme in conjunction with your Supervising Consultant, to identify training and development needs. You will be expected to participate in personal and professional development to fulfill Royal College CME requirements. You will provide advice to clinicians in hospital and primary care, originating either from telephone calls or ward referrals. You will be responsible for undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. You will be required to participate and contribute to Clinical Audit in line with the Trusts policy. Travel as necessary between hospitals/clinics will be required/ Travelling between hospitals/clinic sites may be required to undertake duties. In exceptional circumstances it may also be necessary to undertake duties at other locations with the UHB. Subject to the terms and conditions of service the post holder will beexpected to observe policies and procedures of the LHB drawn up in consultation with the professions, where they involve clinical matters. The successful candidate would be working at ST / registrar level within the Department of General Surgery, Colorectal and Upper GI Surgery. The post would offer regular outpatient clinics, theatre sessions and registrar on-call duties (1 in 10). A Flexible Weekly timetable, which would include on average 2-3 theatre sessions, 1-2 outpatient clinic sessions.

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