Consultant Emergency General Surgeon

This position is a whole time (10 PA), or maximum part time, Consultant General Surgeon appointment for the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust based at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital. The appointee will make up a team of 12 Consultant General Surgeons. The appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his/her colleagues, to provide comprehensive general surgical services to Lincoln County Hospital and associated hospitals, population 450,000. There is the option of additional PA's in agreement with the successful candidate, however, any additional PA's will be reviewed through the job planning process.

The Appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his / her colleagues, to provide comprehensive General surgery service with elements of Emergency general Surgery supporting the provision of an effective countywide service and contribute towards achieving the 18 week wait across the whole General surgery department. He/she will be expected to carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education program and in the teaching of General surgery trainee staff. They will be involved in the delivery of undergraduate teaching to the students from Nottingham and Leicester Medical Schools. The successful candidate will regularly attend Clinical Audit and Departmental Team meetings. He/she will be required to play an active part in the robust clinical audit program in operation within the Department and to take part in regional and national audits.