Job summary
The post represents an exciting 6-month opportunity to join a dynamic surgical team in General Surgery.
The GI department comprises of 8 (7.5 WTE) colorectal (including one clinical academic) and 6 WTE upper GI surgeons. The team is part of the rota providing 24-hour emergency surgical care at North Bristol NHS Trust. NBT is also a major trauma centre and the postholder will manage trauma cases when doing emergency general surgery on-call. The colorectal team treated 2049 emergency patients, 1600 outpatients, 190 colorectal cancers, 750 elective procedures and 1900 endoscopy procedures last year.
The emergency general surgical take has evolved over the past decade in both volume and complexity and the proportion of the colorectal surgical workload presenting and being managed acutely has increased significantly. The gastrointestinal surgery team at NBT provide a subspecialist upper and lower GI take. We have a co-located medical and surgical SDEC unit. The surgical SDEC unit includes other surgical specialties such as urology and neurosurgery.
Main duties of the job
This post is needed to cover a 3-month leave of absence for an existing colorectal surgeon. This surgeon is a robotic cancer surgeon performing complex pelvic surgery. The postholder will perform some cancer resections but will focus mainly on benign conditions. They will participate in the full on-call rota. As this cover is for a robotic surgeon, there will be some flexibility in the job plan as if there is availability of the robot, we need to maximise use, meaning that this postholder might be redirected to alternative clinical commitments. The post holder will also do a hot list alternate weeks.
About us
North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) is a progressive and ambitious provider of health services, delivering for a large local population and providing specialist regional services. With a turnover of £550m and 9,000 staff, our clinical teams have built a strong reputation for exceptional healthcare. North Bristol NHS Trust is the largest Trust in the South West region, and one of the largest trusts in the country. Last year the Trust treated over 100,000 inpatients, over 350,000 outpatients, 90,000 emergency department patients and helped deliver over 6,000 babies. It employs more than 9,500 staff, has approximately 1,050 inpatient beds and income in excess of £540 million.
The Trust provides medical, surgical, and maternity care for its local population of approximately a million people in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. The Trust also provides regional services in Neurosciences, Orthopaedics, Pathology, Plastic Surgery and Burns, Renal Medicine, Vascular, Transplant and Urology. NBT is also a major trauma centre.
In 2014 the Trust moved most of its acute services to the Brunel Building on the Southmead Hospital site, which is regarded as one of the best hospital facilities in Europe. Other services based on the Southmead site include maternity and women's health services, the Bristol Breast Care Centre and the Trust's Severn Pathology service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The health service in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire is being remodelled to concentrate acute facilities and, where appropriate, to provide more care close to patient homes through a network of community hospitals and facilities. As well as Southmead Hospital, the Trust also provides services from Cossham Hospital (Kingswood, Bristol) which recently completed a £19m refurbishment, the Bristol Centre for Enablement (Cribbs Causeway, Bristol) and the Trust also runs childrens community health services across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
This is a fixed term 3-month post. The job plan activities provided are subject to change based on service requirements.
The appointee will be expected to work within the facilities available to the group and any new service developments are subject to the provision of necessary resources within the Trust. There is an active appraisal and development programme, and all consultant staff will take part in this process.
The post holder must be fully registered with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise and is advised to maintain up to date membership of a recognised medical defence organisation. The Trust has arrangements in place to ensure that all medical staff receive an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports all medical staff through the revalidation process.
The Trust has a list of identified mentors which is used to allocate a suitable support to new consultants during the first year in post
The appointee will be required to stay within a distance that allows safe discharge of all clinical commitments and no more 30 minutes travelling of your base hospital whilst on call.
An applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed with the Trusts on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The successful candidate is expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trusts.
Consultant appointments are made to North Bristol NHS Trust as services are developed and changed, the base of posts may alter and any employee of the Trust will be expected, within an agreed clinical strategy, to move his/her sessions as the service requires.
Your attention is drawn to the confidential nature of information collected within the NHS. The unauthorised use or disclosure of patient or other personal information is a dismissible offence and in the case of computerised information, could result in a prosecution for an offence or action for civil damages under the Data Protection Act 1998.
The appointment is subject to pre-employment health screening
Job description
Job responsibilities
The health service in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire is being remodelled to concentrate acute facilities and, where appropriate, to provide more care close to patient homes through a network of community hospitals and facilities. As well as Southmead Hospital, the Trust also provides services from Cossham Hospital (Kingswood, Bristol) which recently completed a £19m refurbishment, the Bristol Centre for Enablement (Cribbs Causeway, Bristol) and the Trust also runs childrens community health services across Bristol and South Gloucestershire.
The Trust has University Teaching status and is associated with both the University of Bristol and the University of the West of England.
This is a fixed term 3-month post. The job plan activities provided are subject to change based on service requirements.
The appointee will be expected to work within the facilities available to the group and any new service developments are subject to the provision of necessary resources within the Trust. There is an active appraisal and development programme, and all consultant staff will take part in this process.
The post holder must be fully registered with the General Medical Council with a licence to practise and is advised to maintain up to date membership of a recognised medical defence organisation. The Trust has arrangements in place to ensure that all medical staff receive an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports all medical staff through the revalidation process.
The Trust has a list of identified mentors which is used to allocate a suitable support to new consultants during the first year in post
The appointee will be required to stay within a distance that allows safe discharge of all clinical commitments and no more 30 minutes travelling of your base hospital whilst on call.
An applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post; if such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed with the Trusts on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
The successful candidate is expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trusts.
Consultant appointments are made to North Bristol NHS Trust as services are developed and changed, the base of posts may alter and any employee of the Trust will be expected, within an agreed clinical strategy, to move his/her sessions as the service requires.
Your attention is drawn to the confidential nature of information collected within the NHS. The unauthorised use or disclosure of patient or other personal information is a dismissible offence and in the case of computerised information, could result in a prosecution for an offence or action for civil damages under the Data Protection Act 1998.
The appointment is subject to pre-employment health screening
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Maintain Full registration with the GMC
- Must have CCT or CESR in General Surgery and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment
- Specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date
- FRCS or equivalent
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 5 years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
- Training and independent operating experience in diagnosis and treatment of UGI general surgery conditions
- Ability to independently run the acute surgical take
- JAG accreditation for UGI endoscopy
- Experience in audit project or quality improvement in clinical practice
- Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
- Knowledge of political context within which we operate
- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
- Proven teaching ability
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates
- Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or PhD).
- Experience of working as part of a major trauma team
- Subspecialty experience in either complex biliary management, advanced hiatal surgery, laparoscopic hernia surgery or abdominal wall reconstruction
- Experience of robotic surgery for benign disease
- Completion of a general management course or programme
- Interest in medical management
- Experience in leading audit or quality improvement projects
- Evidence of service improvement or redesign
- Proven track record in research and willingness to undertake further research
- Ability to teach effectively. Teaching qualification or formal teaching role
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Maintain Full registration with the GMC
- Must have CCT or CESR in General Surgery and have been entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of the appointment
- Specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 6 months of the interview date
- FRCS or equivalent
- Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
- Minimum of 5 years postgraduate experience including higher surgical/medical training, three years as a Senior Registrar in an approved training post, or equivalent. Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training potential
- Training and independent operating experience in diagnosis and treatment of UGI general surgery conditions
- Ability to independently run the acute surgical take
- JAG accreditation for UGI endoscopy
- Experience in audit project or quality improvement in clinical practice
- Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues
- Knowledge of political context within which we operate
- Evidence of recent CME/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career
- Proven teaching ability
- Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates
- Evidence of relevant publications in peer reviewed journals
Desirable
- Higher academic qualification (e.g. MD or PhD).
- Experience of working as part of a major trauma team
- Subspecialty experience in either complex biliary management, advanced hiatal surgery, laparoscopic hernia surgery or abdominal wall reconstruction
- Experience of robotic surgery for benign disease
- Completion of a general management course or programme
- Interest in medical management
- Experience in leading audit or quality improvement projects
- Evidence of service improvement or redesign
- Proven track record in research and willingness to undertake further research
- Ability to teach effectively. Teaching qualification or formal teaching role
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
