Consultant in Benign Colorectal and General Surgery

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointments will be subject to full Occupational Health Clearance and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for the successful candidates prior to commencement.

Applicants must be fully registered on the UK General Medical Council.

Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or apply to be on the specialist register/obtaining CCT within 6 months of the date of interview.

If you have not received correspondence inviting you for interview within 28 days of the closing date, you should assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

AAC closes: 8.11.26

Dearden Assessment: TBC

AAC date: 04.12.26

Person specification

Qualifications and Registration

Essential criteria

• MB ChB or Equivalent.
• FRCS (General Surgery) or equivalent
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise is mandatory before employment commences
• Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register, CCT or within 6 months of receipt of CCT at time of interview

Desirable criteria

• Post graduate qualification MSc, MD, PhD, MA, Masters in Education

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in General Surgery
• Able to take full and independent responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision
• Experience in Laparoscopic Surgery
• Experience in diagnostic and therapeutic Colonoscopy in Endoscopy with JAG accreditation or to be working towards this.
• Comprehensive knowledge in Colorectal surgery and ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems, both emergency and elective within General surgery.

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of subspecialty training or Colorectal fellowship out of region

Clinical Governance

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate a broad understanding of the principles and elements of clinical governance and individual responsibilities it implies
• Knowledge of the principles of evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and direct experience of audit.
• An interest which improves the General Surgery and colorectal pathway in all aspects

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of implementing relevant evidence-based medicine
• Implementation of evidence-based guidelines
• Participation in relevant national audits.

Research

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of the principles of research and ability to interpret and apply clinical research
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems

Desirable criteria

• Recent published clinical research in peer reviewed journal
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and ability to teach all grades of trainees and medical students.
• Understands learner centered teaching.
• Completed a Teaching the Teachers or similar course within two years of appointment or agree to attend such a training course within one year of appointment.

Desirable criteria

• Interest in teaching medical, nursing and other groups of staff

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential criteria

• Evidence of management experience or training.
• Ability to advise on efficient and smooth running of specialist service
• Ability to manage and lead department
• Ability to organise and manage out-patient priorities and waiting lists

Desirable criteria

• Ability to share departmental management duties e.g. staff rotas.

Personal attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff
• Able to organise, prioritise workload and the ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances
• Ability to take responsibility and show evidence of leadership
• Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
• Able and willing to work with consultant colleagues in equitable sharing of clinical, non-clinical and on-call duties
• Possess an enquiring and critical approach to work
• Ability to present effectively to an audience, using variety of methods and to respond to questions
• Satisfactory Trust health screening prior to appointment
• Have a commitment to CME/CPD

Desirable criteria

• Satisfactory DBS check

Knowledge and Standards

Essential criteria

• Knowledge and Experience of Safeguarding for Children and Adults.
• Knowledge and experience of general and Colorectal
• Has a thorough knowledge and understanding of Good Medical Practice set out by the GMC.
• Confirmation of satisfactory appraisal signed off by Responsible Officer

Domicile

Essential criteria

• Residence within 10 miles by road or up to thirty minutes travelling time of the hospital for purposes of on-call emergencies.

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