Overview
Locum Consultant General Surgeon based at University Hospital Wishaw, NHS Lanarkshire. The post is 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 and colorectal 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
* Provide surgical services as a Locum Consultant General Surgeon at NHS Lanarkshire.
* Join a Surgical Unit of 6 Colorectal Surgeons and 5 Upper GI Consultants; participate in a 1:12 on-call rota.
* Contribute to a multidisciplinary care culture with weekly CRC MDT, monthly Pelvic Floor MDT and monthly IBD MDT.
* Support the pre‑assessment service for the NHS Lanarkshire Bowel Screening Programme; Wishaw is the regional centre for specialist UGI services including oesophago‑gastric cancer resections, bariatric surgery and complex hiatal/biliary surgery.
* Engage with the Endoscopy Department and participate in endoscopic palliation of advanced Upper GI malignancy as appropriate.
* Contribute to research and postgraduate education within NHS Lanarkshire.
Enquiries and Applications
* Informal enquiries: Mr Gavin Bryce, Clinical Director of Surgery and Critical Care, 01698 361100.
* Applications/queries: Nicole Hetherington, Senior HR Assistant, 01698 754350 or medical.dentalSAS@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk.
Diversity and Entitlements
NHS Lanarkshire is 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 and knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced or any other dimension that differentiates people from one another. Care‑experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who have lived in residential settings or secure units.
NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check entitlement to work for all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.
Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access information on the UK Border Agency’s Points Based System at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Please follow the link below for further information on NHS Lanarkshire Recruitment: NHS Lanarkshire (scot.nhs.uk)
Interview Date: TBC
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