Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Job summary

The post will support the busy on call rota with increased consultant on-site involvement. Advanced minimal access surgery and/or robotic surgery experience in colorectal surgery is of particular importance. These posts are based in the Lower GI surgical unit to work very closely with 8 consultant colleagues and a specialist on a day-to-day basis to cover general aspects of lower GI work. We aim to appoint awell-trained specialist in Lower GI surgery with sufficient general surgical experience to manage general surgical emergencies. Training and experience in a tertiary referral centre for colorectal disease will be preferable, and a higher degree, colorectal publications and ongoing colorectal research interests will be looked upon very favourably. Ability to work very flexibly as a team member with existing colleagues is essential. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of dynamic colorectal team and an advanced robotic colorectal platform. Being a competent surgeon entails more than just operative skills, and evidence will be sought as to the appointee's clinical judgement, record of working in teams and in management of post operative complications and/or critically ill surgical patients.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will join a team of 7 surgeons, 6 of whom participate in colorectal cancer resections and the other performs benign colorectal resections, advanced IBD surgery and endometriosis joint surgeries. We perform about 250 colonic cancer resections with over 90% minimally invasive access. Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust has had a very successful Lapco proctorship programme and currently runs a successful Robotic Colorectal programme with more than one robotic platform. We are pioneering Robotic CME programme for right colon cancer and there may be opportunities for appointees to be mentored in them. As we are in partnership with St Marys Hospital, Isle of Wight, it is envisaged that the new appointee may be asked to work across both sites.

Portsmouth is accredited with the British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BGSE) as the Southern Endometriosis Centre. This is a multidisciplinary team with dedicated Gynaecologists (Ms Nadine Di- Donato, Ms Janet Berry and Mr Matt Dipper), Colorectal Surgeon (Mr John Richardson), Urologist (Mr Dan Wilby) and Endometriosis Specialist Nurse. This centre is one of the busiest in the UK with 64 cases of rectovaginal endometriosis treated in 2018. A dedicated endometriosis MDT meets once a month and surgical input is expected alternate weeks.

Job responsibilities

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.