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Applications are invited for a Locum Consultant Upper GI/General Surgery with a specialist interest in hiatus surgery based at Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust for 12 month fixed term post. This post attracts 10 PA's.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a wide range of acute and elective general surgical conditions and have a special interest in benign Upper GI.
Significant advanced benign Upper GI and biliary laparoscopic experience is essential. The successful candidate is expected to have significant emergency surgery experience including ‘hot gallbladders’.
It will be desirable if the successful candidate is a fully trained and JAG accredited endoscopist for upper GI endoscopy.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Mr Karim Jamal, Consultant General Surgery, Endocrine and Clinical Lead for General Surgery [email protected]
The successful candidate will work with ten other surgeons to provide an emergency service to a catchment area of approximately 450,000. They will contribute to the General Surgical on call rota 1:11 at Epsom and St Helier. Emergency appendectomies are performed on children aged 7 and above. We do not carry out any other emergency general surgical operations in the paediatric population. Elective paediatric surgery is managed by our local tertiary unit, St George’s Hospital.
The Trust has a strong commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate education and the candidate should also be able to demonstrate previous commitment in this area. The successful candidate should have an interest in postgraduate education. There is ample opportunity to get involved in audit & clinical research. In this regard, candidates with a formal higher degree would be strongly considered as advantageous.
The Department operates activity cross-site therefore clinical/outpatient work is required on both sites.
The successful candidate will have administrative support from one of our Patient Pathway Coordinators within our General Surgery Pod.
The successful candidate will work with ten other surgeons to provide an emergency service ti a catchment area of approximately 450,000. They will contribute to the General Surgical on-call rota 1:11 at Epsom and St Helier.