Job summary
Are you a Colorectal Consultant looking for additional weekend work? Here at 18 Week Support, we have an exciting opportunity to support a well-established NHS Trust in the Southwest area within a busy Colorectal service.

Main duties of the job
To provide high-quality, safe and effective assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of patients with colorectal conditions.

About us
Who We Are:

At 18 Week Support, we are the UKs leading insourcing provider to the NHS. We partner with trusts nationwide to expand clinical capacity, reduce waiting times, and improve patient access to outpatient and surgical care. Clinical excellence and patient safety are at the heart of everything we do.

Details
Date posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Locum
Duration: 3 months
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: E0341-26-0086
Closing date: 19 January 2027

Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with colorectal diseases in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and emergency settings.
• Perform elective and emergency colorectal surgery, including open, laparoscopic and other appropriate minimally invasive procedures within the surgeons competence.
• Manage colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, anal fistulas, fissures and other benign and malignant conditions.
• Undertake appropriate diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, where trained and credentialed.
• Provide perioperative care, including preoperative assessment, consent, postoperative monitoring, complication management and follow-up.
• Participate in emergency general surgery rotas and provide specialist advice for acute surgical admissions.
• Coordinate patient care with oncologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and other relevant professionals.
• Recognise and manage clinical deterioration, escalating care when required.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Current experience working within a surgical setting for a minimum of 6 months within the last 12 months.
• Proven NHS experience.
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer, benign colorectal conditions, perioperative care and relevant clinical guidelines.
• Competence in appropriate elective and emergency colorectal procedures.
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
• Commitment to patient safety, professional development and high-quality clinical care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. Apply through our website.

Employer details
Employer name: 18 Week Support Limited
Address: 3rd Floor, Dorset and Surrounding, Dorset, EC3R 5AR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Contact: Aneesa Begum, abegum@18weeksupport.com

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