Job summary
The appointee will be within the General Surgery Clinical Directorate (CDU), and join the team specialising in Emergency General Surgery. The CDU works in specialist teams (Emergency, Colorectal, Upper GI, Breast and Vascular) with a good deal of flexibility and excellent working relationships between teams.

You will be part of a team of 4 consultant surgeons who deliver the emergency surgical service during the day, Mon to Fri. All GI surgeons contribute to the out of hours and weekend cover on a frequency of 1 in 12. During the weekday mornings, there are 2 emergency surgeons leading the on call/take/emergency wards/emergency theatres and ambulatory clinic. During the day the wider emergency team currently comprises 2 Specialty Trainees, 1 Core Trainee, 1 Advanced Care Practitioner and 2-4 FY1's.

The successful candidate will be assigned a mentor. We are a very supportive and close-knit service with good relationships throughout. Whilst no formal arrangements exist for out of hours/weekend support, it is recognised that emergency surgery is a highly complex and sometimes very demanding field requiring expertise and guidance from other specialists. This is provided on an ad hoc basis by any and every consultant in the department who can be approached at any time to help in difficult situations as needed.

Main duties of the job
Emergency Surgery almost exclusively happens at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital Site and covered Mon-Thu daytime by 4+2 consultants on a surgical floor with 3 wards. The surgical floor is shared with other surgical specialties and encompasses a surgical assessment unit, consulting rooms, minor ops room and future enhanced care beds. Emergency theatre provision is via 1-2 emergency theatres daily available to General Surgery. The service utilises an ambulatory emergency surgical service where possible with a daily emergency clinic and day case emergency surgery where possible.

Duties include the care of elective patients at both Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Wycombe Hospital hosts the Wycombe Elective Surgical Centre (WESC) is a regional elective surgical hub catering for the majority of elective surgery including paediatric and complex major surgery. There is some elective day-case surgery undertaken at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Elective sessions include clinics, day case and inpatient elective surgery.

The trust is part of the Oxford deanery and is a teaching hospital for residents at all levels of the training programme. All consultants are expected to be clinical and education supervisors to our resident doctors.

About us
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Job responsibilities

• To have responsibility for and lead the delivery of emergency general surgery
• To maintain a sub-specialty elective practice
• To maintain the highest clinical standards in general surgery.
• To work well with colleagues, junior staff and all health professionals
• Teaching and training of junior staff.
• Teaching of undergraduate
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
• To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).

Person Specification
Other Requirements
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Ability to travel to and between sites

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential

• Excellent leadership, organisational, communication, professional and personal skills to undertake effectively the role of consultant
• Good personal and interpersonal skills - Effective teamwork
• Good spoken and written English
• Communication skills should be highly developed.
• Experience of teaching doctors-in-training and undergraduates
• Experience of clinical audit
• Knowledge of the organisation of the NHS and the Government's agenda for its modernisation
• Management training and experience
• Research Experience
• Undergraduate Teaching experience

Experience
Essential

• General training in General Surgery to specialist level or equivalent.
• Experience and training in the surgical management of common, emergency non-specialised conditions in children. Specialised in Emergency General Surgery
• Extensive years WTE minimum - Specialised in Emergency General Surgery
• Ability to make decisions at consultant level - Specialised in Emergency General Surgery

Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via oCCT or CESR (CP) - proposed CCT/CESR (CP) date must be within 6 months of interview oCESR or oEuropean Community Rights
• An appropriate higher surgical qualification in General Surgery

Trust 'CARE' Values
Essential

• Collaborate - Communicates openly, honestly and professionally, and actively promotes team working and building strong working relationships
• Aspire - Patients are always first. Drives service improvements. Strong self-awareness with a desire to grow.
• Respect - Treats all with compassion and kindness. Ensures everyone feels valued
• Enable - Consults others and listens to their views/opinions. Enables others to take the initiative

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).