# Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in IBD > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-colorectal-surgeon-with-a-sub-specialist-interest-in-ibd/91d9ebe7-19e4-4fe1-93b1-4622ec8ff7ca - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-colorectal-surgeon-with-a-sub-specialist-interest-in-ibd/91d9ebe7-19e4-4fe1-93b1-4622ec8ff7ca.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - **Town:** Shrewsbury - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 10 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-22T07:22:13.771Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Shrewsbury/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Colorectal_Surgery/Colorectal_Surgery-v7990851 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7990851?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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. ## 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. ## Person Specification ### Entry Criteria **Essential** - Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC) - Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) - Wide clinical training and experience in General Surgery with level III training in Colorectal Surgery - Competence in index minimally invasive surgical (MIS) colorectal resections - Sub-specialist interest and associated competencies in the management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - Ability to advise on efficiency and smooth running of specialist service - Ability to organise and manage out-patient priorities and ability to contribute to multi-disciplinary team working - Competence to teach clinical skills, and to teach and lecture on Specialty to Surgical Trainees and Medical Students - Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems **Desirable** - Experience of audit management - Ability to supervise postgraduate research - Evidence of peer reviewed publications/presentations ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification - FRCS or qualification of an equivalent standard - Joint Advisory Group (JAG) accreditation in Colonoscopy **Desirable** - Postgraduate research degree ## Documents - [job pack (pdf, 877.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10274870) - [gmc good medical practice (pdf, 275.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1265) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.