University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Locum Consultant in UGI Surgery (with special interest in cancer surgery) for an as soon as possible start until August 2027.
Overview
Based at the Royal Derby Hospital the UGI department provides a full range of out‑patient diagnostic services and inpatient elective operating services for benign, bariatric and malignant disease as well as outpatient clinics and day case sessions. The department provides a full service to patients with Upper GI cancers across Derby‑Burton and Bariatric services for the East Midlands, serving Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
There are currently 9 UGI consultants within the unit, supported by a team of junior doctors, clinical fellows and clinical nurse specialists.
The department has access to a 9‑theatre inpatient suite and a 3‑theatre Day Case facility. The inpatient theatre suite boasts two fully integrated laparoscopic theatres, and the Trust offers Da Vinci Robotic cancer surgery in urology, colorectal, head and neck and UGI/HPB, including UGI robotic cancer surgery.
This post will be based across Royal Derby Hospital and with clinical activity also delivered at community sites across Derbyshire. The post holder will have a 10‑PA job plan including outpatient clinics, endoscopy, day case and inpatient operating as well as time for patient administration, ward rounds and supporting professional activities.
The post holder will provide emergency cover as part of a 1 in 9 consultant day‑time rota and a 1 : 18 nights and weekends rota. The post holder will be expected to participate in a 1 : 8 surgical paediatric on‑call rota providing 24‑hour cover for paediatric emergencies.
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
Benefits
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On‑going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4,810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week.
* An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Responsibilities
* Provision alongside Upper Gastro‑Intestinal consultant colleagues of a comprehensive service for Southern Derbyshire and the surrounding areas, with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis & treatment of cancer and benign general and upper GI disease.
* Responsibility for the continuing care and treatment of patients in your charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for proper delegation to and teaching of trainee staff.
* Provision of an out of hours general surgical service with consultant colleague including on‑call commitments. Provision of subspecialty cover for Upper GI, cancer, bariatric & paediatric emergencies.
* Cover for consultant colleagues’ annual leave and other authorised absence, including care of patients and supervision of trainee doctors (a minimum of 6 weeks’ notice must be given for all leave requests).
* Responsibility for the professional supervision, training and management of trainee medical staff, carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity locally and nationally as appropriate.
* Participation in medical audit under local arrangements, the Trust’s Clinical Governance processes and in CPD.
* Involvement in research and supervision of trainees in audit / research.
* Managerial, including budgetary, responsibilities where appropriate.
* Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of the Trust such as domiciliary consultations, or services provided by the Trust for other agencies, e.g. the prison service. (This excludes work done under direct arrangements between an individual Consultant & a third party, e.g. Category 2)
* Participation in Medical Student Teaching Programmes and Examinations.
* Responsibility for implementing Infection Control Policies.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Mar 2026.
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