Overview
Locum Consultant General Surgeon role at NHS Lanarkshire – University Hospital Wishaw. An opportunity has arisen for a Locum Consultant General Surgeon based at University Hospital Wishaw for an initial period of 1 year.
The successful applicant will join a dynamic Surgical Unit consisting of 6 Colorectal Surgeons and 5 Upper GI Consultants, participating in a 1:12 on-call rota.
This busy District General Hospital was the first in NHS Lanarkshire to offer laparoscopic colorectal resection to all patients by all members of the team. Interests include a large Sacral Nerve stimulation practice, complex inflammatory Bowel Disease, laparoscopic ventral rectopexy and the endoscopic management of complex polyps with the biggest ESD practice in the West of Scotland. There is a weekly CRC MDT, as well as monthly Pelvic Floor MDT, and monthly IBD MDT. Wishaw is the centre for the pre–assessment service for the NHS Lanarkshire Bowel Screening Programme.
In addition, Wishaw is the regional centre for specialist UGI surgical services including oesophago-gastric cancer resections, bariatric surgery and complex hiatal/biliary surgery. The Upper GI Team actively manage the endoscopic palliation of advanced Upper GI malignancy through an OP fast track pathway. Both UGI & CR services are supported by an excellent endoscopy department.
NHS Lanarkshire has excellent post-graduate libraries and IT facilities and the unit has a proven track record for research and publications. Active post-graduate educational programmes are in place.
Responsibilities
* Join a dynamic Surgical Unit consisting of 6 Colorectal Surgeons and 5 Upper GI Consultants, and participate in a 1:12 on-call rota.
* Engage in laparoscopic colorectal resections; interests include Sacral Nerve stimulation, complex inflammatory bowel disease, laparoscopic ventral rectopexy and endoscopic management of complex polyps including the largest ESD practice in the West of Scotland.
* Participate in MDTs: weekly colorectal cancer MDT; monthly Pelvic Floor MDT; monthly IBD MDT. Wishaw is the centre for pre‑assessment for the NHS Lanarkshire Bowel Screening Programme.
* Regional centre for specialist upper GI surgical services including oesophago-gastric cancer resections, bariatric surgery, and complex hiatal/biliary surgery. Endoscopic palliation of advanced Upper GI malignancy via an OP fast track pathway.
* The Upper GI team and colorectal services are supported by an excellent endoscopy department.
* Unit has post-graduate libraries and IT facilities; active post-graduate educational programmes are in place and the unit has a proven track record for research and publications.
Requirements
Informal enquiries regarding this post will be welcomed by Mr Gavin Bryce, Clinical Director of Surgery and Critical Care on 01698 361100.
For any application queries, please contact Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant 01698 754350 or via medical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
* Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.
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Recruitment | NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)
Interview Date: TBC
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
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