Consultant - Emergency & General Surgery
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
CQC: GoodFrimley
Salary
£113,565 – £150,569
Posted
2 weeks ago
About the role
We invite applications for our Consultant in Emergency & General Surgery vacancy. The post holders will join the existing Surgical Team delivering care in the Surgical Emergency Unit (SEU).
The post is full time comprising 11 Programmed Activities (PAs).
The Trust is committed to the NHS policy of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC). The post holder will have an important role, in partnership with whole General surgical team in further developing the Unit in line with SDEC. The Department is reviewing all roles.
This post has been developed to reflect the Royal College of Surgeons guidance on NHS Surgical Consultant Job Descriptions, June 2016.
The appointed Consultant will be part of a team of 6 SEU consultants who, between them will support the emergency service from Monday-Friday covering CEPOD operating (07:30-13:30hrs), Emergency Surgery Ambulatory Clinics and "Hot Clinics" (09:00-13:00hrs)
They will provide frontline consultant cover for emergency surgical admissions and supervise/guide junior Emergency Surgical Team (EST) staff in the management of acute surgical admissions in SEU/A&E (13:30-20:30) and planned CEPOD operating.