Job summary
We are inviting applications for a full time consultant for six months. The role will enable the candidate to get acquainted with the inner workings of the department and to provide an excellent opportunity to apply for and succeed in obtaining the substantive consultant post which we plan to recruit to later on during 2026.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
- Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
- Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
- Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the ED
- Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care
- Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary workforce
- Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
- Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated
- Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to college requirements
- Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust's agreed policy
- Become part of the ICENI teaching faculty in delivering or facilitating courses/programmes.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide on-call cover for general surgery. There is currently a 1 in 12 oncall rota for General Surgery at Ipswich Hospital with a 4 /3 split (Mon-Thurs and Fri-Sun oncalls. The oncall general surgeon is only expected to manage appendicitis in children over the age of 5 years and all other childhood surgical conditions are managed by the Ipswich paediatrics team in conjunction with the paediatric surgeons in Norwich. Vascular surgery emergencies are dealt by the on call vascular team in Colchester.
- Support provision of surgical services to maintain compliance with RTT timeframe
- Provide leadership in developing the hot gallbladder service
- Provide upper GI specialist general surgery services (laparoscopic cholecystectomy, common bile duct exploration and laparoscopic fundoplication amongst others). You will have the opportunity to be mentored and trained in fields that you are potentially interested in
- Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to outpatients or admission to hospital
- The candidate is expected to be based at Ipswich Hospital. There are no outreach clinics etc. which are currently planned to outlying hospitals.
- Provide supervision to trainee doctors in an Educational and/or Clinical supervisor role (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously)
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide on-call cover for general surgery. There is currently a 1 in 12 oncall rota for General Surgery at Ipswich Hospital with a 4 /3 split (Mon-Thurs and Fri-Sun oncalls. The oncall general surgeon is only expected to manage appendicitis in children over the age of 5 years and all other childhood surgical conditions are managed by the Ipswich paediatrics team in conjunction with the paediatric surgeons in Norwich. Vascular surgery emergencies are dealt by the on call vascular team in Colchester.
- Support provision of surgical services to maintain compliance with RTT timeframe
- Provide leadership in developing the hot gallbladder service
- Provide upper GI specialist general surgery services (laparoscopic cholecystectomy, common bile duct exploration and laparoscopic fundoplication amongst others). You will have the opportunity to be mentored and trained in fields that you are potentially interested in
- Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to outpatients or admission to hospital
- The candidate is expected to be based at Ipswich Hospital. There are no outreach clinics etc. which are currently planned to outlying hospitals.
- Provide supervision to trainee doctors in an Educational and/or Clinical supervisor role (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously)
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- FRCS or equivalent
- Competent in Upper GI endoscopy
- Experience in acute general surgery
- Training in laparoscopic surgery
- At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent)
- Ability to lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and be involved in the organisation of the department
- Must be able to travel to meet requirements of post
- Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
Desirable
- MD/MS/PhD or equivalent
- Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT/CESR date at interview
- Training in advanced laparoscopic surgery
- Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
- Formal training in management
- Evidence of leadership in quality improvement and bringing about service change
- Formal training in teaching
- Formal training in Educational/ clinical supervisor roles (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously)
- JAG accreditation for upper GI endoscopy
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- FRCS or equivalent
- Competent in Upper GI endoscopy
- Experience in acute general surgery
- Training in laparoscopic surgery
- At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent)
- Ability to lead and work as part of multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and be involved in the organisation of the department
- Must be able to travel to meet requirements of post
- Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
Desirable
- MD/MS/PhD or equivalent
- Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT/CESR date at interview
- Training in advanced laparoscopic surgery
- Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
- Formal training in management
- Evidence of leadership in quality improvement and bringing about service change
- Formal training in teaching
- Formal training in Educational/ clinical supervisor roles (the necessary training will be provided for applicants that have not undertaken these roles previously)
- JAG accreditation for upper GI endoscopy
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).
