You will be expected to support the General Surgery services offered by the Trust and provide the highest quality care to the local population. You will be supported by middle-grade doctors, including deanery trainees and substantive staff, with ward support from FY doctors and nurse practitioners.
You will be part of a team of five colorectal surgeons and five general surgeons with endocrine, upper gastrointestinal and complex hernia interests.
General Surgery has a well-functioning endocrine and abdominal wall MDT. The pre-operative care is well supported with CPEX and pre-hab arrangements.
There are established ties with the benign upper GI MDT in Preston and HPB MDT at Blackburn.
You will undertake 10 PAs including 1.5 SPAs and 1 admin PA.
We are looking for a General Surgery Consultant, with a focus on emergency and upper gastrointestinal/ hepato-biliary surgery to join a well-functioning team. The post has become available following departure of a consultant colleague. The post holder will undertake initially 10 PAs including 1.5 SPAs and 1 admin PA. On-calls will be at Royal Lancaster Infirmary on a 1 in 8 non-resident basis.
Our strong ties with Lancaster University offer great opportunities to get involved with teaching medical students and with research; the launch of the Health Innovation Campus brings us further local opportunity.
We operate from three main hospitals – Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal – as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
RLI and FGH have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.