Staff Grade - General Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Off-Island Specialist services

Transfers to the mainland by air ambulance occur regularly, and on occasion out of hours. The post holder may be required to take part in such transfers, subject to holding the necessary qualifications. The main involvement in transferring patients to the UK involves communication and liaison and not having to physically transfer the patient.

Training

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible and ensure that training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. Resident doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals.

Governance

The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. The post is 10 + 4 PA contract which includes 1 SPA

The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical lead, Chief of Service, and ratified by the Group Medical Director. The post holders job plan will be reviewed annually and will be appraised according to the current guidance.

On-call commitment for this post 1:5 week day and 1:5 weekend, remunerated within the job plan and 4% on call availability supplement. There is a resident doctor (full shift) and a Consultant on-call also.

Off-Island Specialist services

Transfers to the mainland by air ambulance occur regularly, and on occasion out of hours. The post holder may be required to take part in such transfers, subject to holding the necessary qualifications. The main involvement in transferring patients to the UK involves communication and liaison and not having to physically transfer the patient.

Training

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible and ensure that training and learning needs are identified and facilitated. Resident doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals.

Governance

The post holder will be expected to take part in management and audit activities and represent the service at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. The post is 10 + 4 PA contract which includes 1 SPA

The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical lead, Chief of Service, and ratified by the Group Medical Director. The post holders job plan will be reviewed annually and will be appraised according to the current guidance.

On-call commitment for this post 1:5 week day and 1:5 weekend, remunerated within the job plan and 4% on call availability supplement. There is a resident doctor (full shift) and a Consultant on-call also

Emergency, Out-patient and Elective General (Upper GI and Colo-Rectal) Surgery

Emergency, Screening, Out-Patient and Elective Breast Surgery Service

Vascular Out-patient and Day Surgery Service.

The department has a suite of offices for Consultants, non-career grade Doctors, Secretaries, Nursing and Secretarial Support.

The hospital has a main theatre department comprising 4 operating theatres.

There is a dedicated Day Surgery Unit which provides two further operating theatres.

All theatres are equipped to a high standard and 2 main theatres have ultra-clean air-flow systems.

There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive out-patient facilities.

The department uses one dedicated ward for General Surgery and Urology with some female patients also admitted to the combined ward with Gynaecology.

There is a dedicated breast clinical oncology unit which is located adjacent to the Breast Screening and Diagnostic Imaging Unit. Three Radiologists share the Breast Imaging Service, which is particularly well equipped and includes both screening and symptomatic patients.

There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive Out-patient facilities.

The post holder will be expected to admit acute urological conditions (with senior support) and help to look after urological patients on the ward, on a day-to-day basis. This is with close support from the Urological Consultant and Mr Pai.

There is a Consultant led Urology service. On-call staff will handover patients to the Urologists during the morning rounds.

The Surgical Departments encompass a diverse, exciting and very busy service that strives to provide safe quality care that meets the needs of all patient groups. We have many challenges ahead to maintain this quality service but the hospital has a committed highly skilled team who will take the service forward to continually improve and implement changes in practice to deliver this care.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• 6 years postgraduate training Basic legal requirement for consent and note keeping Commitment to evidence-based practice 3 years surgical training Current treatment of emergency surgical and urological conditions Basic surgical competencies

Desirable

• Enthusiastic Teacher Previous Management Responsibility / Leadership Experience Experience in approved UK surgical training programme

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree MRCS or equivalent Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a Licence to practise (for overseas candidates it is mandatory that a licence is obtained prior to appointment). ATLS or equivalent

Desirable

• Clinical Experience in an NHS environment MS or MD ALS qualified

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

Health and Community Services

Address

General Hospital

St. Helier

Jersey

Channel Islands

JE1 3QS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)