Job summary
Employer heading
Upper GI Surgeon
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Outstanding Care, Outstanding Careers
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Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant Upper GI Surgeon to join our friendly Surgical Unit at Dorset County Hospital. This is a newly created post, joining 2 other UGI surgeons. The successful candidate will join a 1 in 9 on call rota for general surgery. There will be a requirement to support the acute Upper GI bleed rota and help triage UGI fast track and routine UGI diagnostic pathways. The appointee will join the surgical team providing specialist Upper GI and general surgical services to the population of West Dorset and the adjoining areas.
It is expected that the candidate would be on the specialist register with experience of emergency general surgery, laparoscopic Upper GI surgery and be JAG accredited in gastroscopy.
Proposed interview date: 29th July 2024
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to provide high quality care for patients with Upper GI conditions including cholecystitis and pancreatitis, as well as meeting the increasing demand for routine general surgical procedures.
The surgical department currently offers a “hot gallbladder” service and the successful candidate would actively take part in supporting and developing this service.
The Upper GI firm has an excellent track record in elective and emergency laparoscopic gallbladder surgery, with low conversion /complication rates. We are aiming to increase the numbers of Lap Choles performed as day case procedures in line with GIRFT.
Experience in specialist Upper GI-laparoscopic surgery e.g. anti-reflux procedures is desirable but not essential.
The post holder would be expected to carry out assessment and management of a range of upper GI conditions, including the triage of Upper GI cancer referrals and supporting Faster Diagnostic Standard, which we aim to be fully compliant with by March 2024.
The post-holder would be a core member of a well-established and functioning network Upper GI MDT (DCH,UHD and UHS) which includes specialist cancer nurses and is expected to manage patients presenting locally, arranging staging investigations and being able to provide palliative and diagnostic surgical procedures. Radical cancer resections are performed at the tertiary cancer centres, (UHD or UHS)
Working for our organisation
The Trust is the main provider of acute hospital care to the residents of West Dorset, North Dorset, Weymouth and Portland, a population of approximately 380,000. It also provides specialist services to the whole of Dorset and beyond including renal services in Bournemouth and Poole, and South Somerset. It serves an area with a higher than average elderly population and lower than average proportion of school aged children. There is a wide range of populations ranging from affluent to some pockets of high deprivation. Dorset continues to experience an increasing total population.
Dorset County Hospital has been selected for investment as part of the Government’s New Hospitals Programme. A multi-storey carpark has recently been completed allowing space to start work on development of a new and expanded A&E department, critical care unit, main entrance and hospital support hub. New key worker housing and an integrated care hub are also being considered.
The geographical spread of the community the Trust serves requires it to deliver community based as well as hospital-based services. This is achieved through providing services in GP practices, in patient homes through Acute Hospital at Home, and at community hospitals, in West Dorset, including Weymouth Community Hospital, Bridport Community Hospital, the Yeatman Community Hospital in Sherborne and Blandford Community Hospital. The Trust also works closely with social services to ensure integrated services are provided.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification attached. Please contact us to discuss further
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with license to practice
- Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via CCT, CESAR or EC Rights
- Appropriate higher surgical qualification - FRCS (general surgery) with declaration of upper GI or equivalent
Experience and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Minimum three years clinical experience in Upper GI Surgery at Registrar level or equivalent
- JAG accreditation in gastroscopy
Desirable criteria
- JAG accreditation in colonoscopy
- Experience in a special interest that will complement those existing tin the department
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Anjay Talwar
- Job title
- Consultant Surgeon and Assistant Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01305 255934
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