Job overview

An opportunity has arisen at Salford Royal Hospital for the appointment of a Locum Consultant Upper GI & General Surgeon. The successful candidate will join an established team of 9 Colorectal Surgeons, 6 General Surgeons with mixed Specialty interest & 7 OesophagoGastric Surgeons within the General Surgery department.

Main duties of the job

It is proposed that the appointees will provide 10 PAs per week (which will include outpatient clinics, operating theatre lists, and administration).  The job plan will be a flexible job plan.

All Consultants will be allocated 1 core SPA per week for professional development (CPD), Job Planning, Appraisal, Mandatory Training, attendance at regular team meetings which will have a clinical governance aspect and participating in Audit.

Additional SPA time will be made available to consultants on the basis of evidenced need. Such allocation will be agreed and subsequently reviewed.

The appointee will be expected to participate fully in the provision of District General Hospital services to the residents of Salford.

The post-holders will be expected to take a lead role in ensuring delivery of a quality service. This will include the following:

• Implementing and ensuring compliance with Trust and national policies and procedures.
• Reviewing and allocating resources appropriately
• Reviewing and managing progress and improvement within the are

You will also be involved in a 1 in 19 emergency oncall rota, this will entail weekends and nights.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

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