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Job summary

Main area
Gastro-Intestinal Surgery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
356-25-7267913
Employer
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
HRI
Town
Hull
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 pa pr
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon Interest in GI Surgery

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

The Paediatric surgical service is part of the Family Services Care Group. A Triumvirate team heads the Division and consists of Clinical Director, Senior Matron and Senior General Manager. Paediatric Clinical Leads provide support to the Triumvirate and the service to ensure high quality care is provided and clinically led. All Paediatric services are undertaken on the Hull Royal Infirmary site. The Paediatric surgical services are largely provided in the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WACH). Further transformation work is ongoing in order to bring the remaining services into the WACH.

Main duties of the job

To provide leadership and support to the paediatric surgical service, delivering outpatient, day case and in patient care at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.

To work as part of the consultant, nursing and Divisional team providing high quality surgical services for children which are responsive to them and their families.

To provide high quality surgical care for patients requiring both elective and non-elective surgical intervention.

Working for our organisation

Hull University Teaching Hospitals is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) - our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites, are Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLaG.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration with entry on the Specialist Register
Desirable criteria
  • MD, MS or equivalent

Clinical Experience and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Minimum of 5 years in recognised training in paediatric Surgery
  • Minimum of 18 months in Paediatric Surgery.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Demonstrable subspecialty interest compatible with the needs of the surgical service
Desirable criteria
  • Post CCT or Subspecialty Fellowship
  • Evidence of Interest in Paediatric GI surgery +/- Interest in developing services alongside interventional radiology eg Vascular Access

Knowledge and Teaching Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of managing and developing a surgical sub specialty
  • Ability to take responsibility and cope with stressful situations
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of teaching and supervising SPRs and SHOs

Management and Administration Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams
  • Commitment to play and active role in the management of the service
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of clinical risk management

Audit Skills

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of active interest in research, academic activities, audit
  • Evidence of teaching experience
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of research publications, presentations

Research and Academic Skills

Essential criteria
  • Record of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team
  • Evidence of contribution to service development
  • Skills of leadership and organising as required for a consultant
Desirable criteria
  • Research experience
  • Presentations
  • Publications
  • Prizes and other academic distinctions

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardDisability confident employer

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anna Radford
Job title
Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01482 875875
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