Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in IBD
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS TrustWhatsApp job alerts
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Job overview
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon with interest in IBD who will be predominantly based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites.
The successful candidate will be expected to take part in continuing Medical Education and Audit, Endoscopy, and provide teaching to members of the professional and nursing staff within the hospital, as well as Medical Students. Those candidates with an interest in research will of course be encouraged.
Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a general, colorectal surgical practice including the management of colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and the full range of benign coloproctological conditions.
- To manage an unselected emergency general surgical take across a two site Trust including the surgical management of common, non-specialised emergency general surgical conditions in children and pregnant women referred by their respective specialties.
- To contribute to the colorectal cancer and IBD multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and take responsibility for the management of patients with complex disease and clinical needs.
- To participate in the training and education of the wider surgical team with a particular focus on postgraduate surgical training.
- To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
- To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
- To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways, ensuring high levels of care and effective communication.
- To deliver sub-specialist IBD surgery in collaboration with our established multi-disciplinary service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon with interest in IBD who will be predominantly based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites.
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in IBD with Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust in Shrewsbury, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor General Surgery role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 19 Jun 2026.
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