Consultant in General Surgery & Benign Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

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Consultant in General Surgery & Benign Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

YC72

Main area: General Surgery

Grade: YC72

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time – 10 sessions per week (1 in 11 consultant on-call rota)

Job ref: 349-WTWA-7024846*

Site: Wythenshawe Hospital

Town: Manchester

Salary: £105,504 – £139,882 pa

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 30/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

This is a new post, introduced to facilitate succession planning within the Department of General Surgery, Wythenshawe Hospital. This post will be available with immediate effect. The post is for a Consultant in General Surgery; subspecialty interests in benign upper GI and HPB surgery would be welcomed. The unit provides elective and emergency general surgery, benign upper gastrointestinal, general and sub-specialist colorectal surgery. Minimally invasive surgery is well established, and we are keen to progress MIS Upper GI hiatal and diaphragmatic surgery.

Main duties of the job

Applications are sought from candidates who will help deliver General Surgery in both emergency and elective settings. The appointee will join the current team of surgeons where there is a tradition of support for Consultant colleagues. There is an established habit of “mentoring” new colleagues.

The unit currently runs a 1 in 11 consultant of the week duty rota, responsible for emergency admissions. We also have an established Surgical Ambulatory Care Receiving Unit (SACRU) run by Advanced Care Practitioners supported by Consultants on a rota.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate, so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness, and drive research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide ’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits, and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on GMC speciality register via CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the date of interview), CESR or European Community Rights
• Post graduate thesis

Clinical Experience

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT (details provided in JCHST specialty curriculum for General Surgery)
• Ability to offer expert opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective in General Surgery
• Ability to take full independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Documented ability to handle an acute surgical take
• Specialist interest in upper GI surgery – benign OG or HPB
• Experience in Advanced emergency benign hepatobiliary surgery

Management and administrative experience

• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities, surgical waiting lists, and operating lists
• Ability to manage and lead a surgical firm
• Understanding of clinical governance network
• Evidence of audit
• Leadership and management qualifications

Teaching Experience

• Experience of supervising foundation year trainees or equivalent
• Ability to teach clinical and operative skills
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
• Experience of teaching more junior surgical trainees

Research Experience

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
• Up-to-date GCP training
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work in a team
• Good interpersonal skills
• Enquiring critical approach to work
• Caring attitude to patients
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, and other agencies
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels
• Demonstration of local, regional or national roles and responsibilities
• Membership of relevant professional societies (AUGIS)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Miss Karen Telford

Job title: Specialty lead and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Email address:

Telephone number: 0161 291 6654

Additional information: 0161 291 6654 for Miss Telford\’s Secretary

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