Job summary
Upper GI Consultant Advert
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals wishes
to appoint a fulltime Upper GI Consultant to join our ever-expanding team. You will play a key role alongside our other Upper
GI Consultant in the development and delivery of Upper GI Services.
Main duties of the job
The Upper GI team sits within Digestive
Diseases Clinical Business Unit under Planned Care.
Our CBU structure also encompasses the
following specialities and services:
General Surgery inc Paediatric Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Breast Surgery
Endoscopy and Gastroenterology
Theatres
Anaesthetics, Pre-Op and Chronic Pain
About us
The post is based at Warrington
Hospital with additional elective work undertaken at the Nightingale Centre,
Runcorn.
This is an exciting
opportunity to join a busy benign upper GI surgery service with potential to
grow in future. We provide full spectrum of benign upper GI surgery and general
surgery services including treatment for reflux diseases, complex
paraesophageal hiatus hernia and achalasia. Most of our elective general
surgical procedures including gall bladder, inguinal hernia and incisional
hernia surgeries are performed by minimal invasive technique.
We have in house GI physiology
services for pH studies and manometry. We work closely with our
gastroenterology department and provide support for nutritional MDT. We are
part of our local upper GI MDT which is primarily run by gastroenterologists
with close liaison with regional upper GI surgery and HPB MDTs with support of two
dedicated specialist nurses. We have good communication channel to regional
upper GI surgery through once in a month benign upper GI surgery MDT for very
complex upper GI surgery patients.
The position is a 10 PA post
and comprises of Theatre, MDT, Endoscopy and Outpatient clinics.
Our department has an active
interest in clinical audit including contributing data for national audits and
NCEPOD surveys.
We run a formal teaching
programme and would support the candidate in Clinical and Educational
supervision of junior doctors.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED THE FULL JD AND ADVERT ATTACHED
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post is primarily based at Warrington Hospital
You will play a key role alongside our
other Upper GI and General Surgery Consultants in the development and delivery of
Upper GI Services.
Teaching/Audit
There
is an organised formal teaching programme for both postgraduates and medical
Students.
The department would support in
Clinical and Educational supervision of junior doctors across the trust.
Clinical
Governance
The
post holder will be required to participate in the Trusts and the Clinical
Business Units Governance activities.
Yearly appraisal is expected.
Mentoring and support will be
available for the candidate to approach appraisal and revalidation.
Other responsibilities within the
organisation
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines.
Quality
The
postholder will strive to maintain quality within the service.
Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and drive/enhance the teams performance.
Effectively
manage own time, workload, and resources.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED THE FULL JD AND ADVERT ATTACHED
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post is primarily based at Warrington Hospital
You will play a key role alongside our
other Upper GI and General Surgery Consultants in the development and delivery of
Upper GI Services.
Teaching/Audit
There
is an organised formal teaching programme for both postgraduates and medical
Students.
The department would support in
Clinical and Educational supervision of junior doctors across the trust.
Clinical
Governance
The
post holder will be required to participate in the Trusts and the Clinical
Business Units Governance activities.
Yearly appraisal is expected.
Mentoring and support will be
available for the candidate to approach appraisal and revalidation.
Other responsibilities within the
organisation
Awareness
of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines.
Quality
The
postholder will strive to maintain quality within the service.
Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and drive/enhance the teams performance.
Effectively
manage own time, workload, and resources.
PLEASE SEE ATTACHED THE FULL JD AND ADVERT ATTACHED
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council and on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of interview date
- CCT / CESR / European Community Rights
- An appropriate higher surgical qualification
Desirable
- Postgraduate thesis or higher degree
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
- An awareness of current specialty developments, initiatives, and issues
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs nurses, other staff and agencies
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives, and issues
- Ability to travel to fulfil requirements of the post.
Desirable
- Formal training in teaching
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council and on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of interview date
- CCT / CESR / European Community Rights
- An appropriate higher surgical qualification
Desirable
- Postgraduate thesis or higher degree
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES
Essential
- Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to plan strategically and to exercise sound judgements when faced with conflicting pressures
- Ability to use the evidence base and clinical audit to support decision-making
- An awareness of current specialty developments, initiatives, and issues
- Energy and enthusiasm and the ability to work under pressure
- Caring attitude to patients
- Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs nurses, other staff and agencies
- An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives, and issues
- Ability to travel to fulfil requirements of the post.
Desirable
- Formal training in teaching
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
Address
Warrington Hospital
Lovely Lane
Warrington
Cheshire
WA5 1QG
Employer's website
https://whh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
