Locum Consultant General Surgeon (Experience in Emergency Surgery)inWakefieldinWakefieldPUBLISHED THU 27 FEB 2025
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to provide top-tier clinical service and lead within our Acute Surgical Assessment Unit. With a focus on teamwork and mentorship, you’ll inspire junior staff and shape the next generation of surgical professionals. We value your unique interests and experiences, encouraging you to design your own specialty developments, whether it be emergency general surgery, paediatric conditions, or innovative surgical techniques. At Mid-Yorks, we believe in empowering our people, offering flexibility in contracts and fostering an inclusive atmosphere where everyone can thrive. If you're ready to take the next step in your career with a Trust that values diversity and champions women in healthcare, we’d love to hear from you.
Were proud that our workforce - our greatest asset - strives for excellence every day in providing care and support to thousands of people living across Wakefield and North Kirklees. Mid-Yorkshire celebrates excellence and innovation. We have modern, state-of-the-art facilities and provide first class learning and development opportunities. Mid-Yorks is transforming, grounded in our values to care and improve, respecting our patients, our community and our staff, to deliver the highest standards of care.
If you are a dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking clinician with a passion for your profession and an enthusiasm to be part of a Trust striving to be the best, get in touch to see what a career at Mid-Yorkshire could be like for you.
Desirable - Applicants should possess, or be within 6 months of receiving a CCT at the time of the advisory appointments committee.
The appointment will be on the basis of a Locum Consultant 12 month fixed term contract laid down by the Hospital Medical and Dental Staff Terms and Conditions of Service and will be remunerated as appropriate on the salary scale £105,504 - £139,882 per annum.
The main duties of the post will include:
To provide a clinical service of the highest quality to general surgical patients
To participate in acute care including sharing leadership and oversight of the Acute Surgical Assessment Unit
To work collaboratively with colleagues as part of a cohesive team
To drive the services Excellence in Teaching agenda, as a leader and role model to junior members of staff
About us
The post will form part of our general surgical team providing excellent surgical care for our patients, with the opportunity to design and develop within your own specialty interest as part of your appointment process.
Opportunities for development currently include:
Emergency General Surgery
Paediatric surgery-common surgical conditions
Endoscopy
Complex abdominal wall hernia reconstruction
Surgical SDEC service development
Division of Surgery are keen to consider other interests where these can fit with our overall strategy and objectives. This is your career and we want to work with you in developing your future.
This post is offered on a full time (10 PA) basis for a 12 month fixed period on a Locum contract, although less than full time applications will be considered. Duties will be based primarily on our Wakefield (Pinderfields) site although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care on all our sites.
The main duties of the post will include:
To provide a clinical service of the highest quality to general surgical patients
To participate in acute care including sharing leadership and oversight of the Acute Surgical Assessment Unit
To work collaboratively with colleagues as part of a cohesive team
To drive the services Excellence in Teaching agenda, as a leader and role model to junior members of staff
With recruitment to these posts the acute rota will become shared amongst 16 colleagues and attract 4.75Pas. There are plans to further expand our consultant workforce in the future and thereby bringing down the emergency work commitments and increasing the potential for delivering more elective activities.
Non-elective weeks pair an Upper GI surgeon and a Colorectal surgeon on call alternating roles between first and second call on a 1:8 non-resident basis. Nights on-call are covered separately on a 1:8 basis.
Supporting Professional Activities are actively supported in accordance with the Trust Framework, with 1.5 SPAs included in the core timetable; additional SPA or DCC time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate and changing requirements of the service.
The unit works as a team and all consultants will have equitable access to office space and secretarial, admin, medical and non-medical staff support.
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