Trust Grade SHO

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To provide Surgery Department service and this includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the department.

1. Responsible for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness.

1. Clinical supervision of junior medical staff as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.

1. Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to Continuing Medical Education and clinical governance initiatives.

1. Responsible for out-patient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed by Croydon Health Services

1. To contribute to departmental research interests in accordance with the Trusts R&D framework.

1. To contribute to the 4.

1. To take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Trusts Objectives. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with both internal and external agencies.

1. To conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for the Department.

1. To exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.

1. To work in conjunction with clinical and professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for junior colleagues.

1. To undertake management duties as agreed with the Clinical Director and Head of Service.

1. To be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene. To undertake annual training/updates in infection prevention and control.

1. To be accountable for implementation of the Code of Practice within own department/area of responsibility.

1. To prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice and maintaining patient safety.

1. You have a general duty of care for the health, safety and well-being of yourself, work colleagues, visitors and patients within the hospital in addition to any specific risk management or clinical governance accountabilities associated with this post.

1. You are required to observe the rules, policies, procedures and standards of Croydon Health Services together with all relevant statutory and professional obligations.

1. You are required to observe and maintain strict confidentiality of personal information relating to patients and staff.

1. You are required to be responsible, with management support, for your own personal development and to actively contribute to the development of colleagues.

1. The post holder has an important responsibility for and contribution to make to infection control and must be familiar with the infection control and hygiene requirements of this role. These requirements are set out in the National Code of Practice on Infection Control and in local policies and procedures which will be made clear during your induction and subsequent refresher training. These standards must be strictly complied with at all times.

1. All employees responsible for transferring Personal Identifiable Data (PID) must ensure that this is sent from and to NHS.net email accounts. If the information is being sent to an organisation outside the NHS (Social Service for example), it should be sent to the secured email account of that organisation. Under no circumstances should PID be sent, using the normal Trust email account to an external email address.

1. This job description is intended as a guide to the general scope of duties and is not intended to be definitive or restrictive. It is expected that some of the duties will change over time and this description will be subject to review in consultation with the post holders.

The above represents an outline of the duties of the post and will, together with the job plan, be reviewed on an annual basis in accordance with the Trusts performance review scheme for consultants

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or Equivalent

Desirable

• ATLS
• MRCS

Further Training and Knowledge

Essential

• Surgical aptitude

Desirable

• Basic Surgical skills course

Aptitudes and Skills

Essential

• Management and diagnostic skills

Desirable

• Research and study background

Experience

Essential

• At least a complete year of Foundation Year 1 jobs.

Desirable

• Extra curricular achievements. Two ST1/FY2 posts or equivalent.

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

Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Croydon University Hospital

Thorton Heath

CR7 7YE

Employer's website

https://www.croydonhealthservices.nhs.uk/recruitment/ (Opens in a new tab)