# Consultant Emergency General Surgeon

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Lincoln
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Surgery
- **Grade:** Consultant
- **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-01T14:31:14.247Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lincolnshire/Lincoln/United_Lincolnshire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Surgery/Surgery-v8025465
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8025465?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ulh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

This position is a whole time (10 PA), or maximum part time, Consultant General Surgeon appointment for the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust based at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital.  The appointee will make up a team of 12 Consultant General Surgeons. The appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his/her colleagues, to provide comprehensive general surgical services to Lincoln County Hospital and associated hospitals, population 450,000. There is the option of additional PA’s in agreement with the successful candidate, however, any additional PA’s will be reviewed through the job planning process.

### Main duties of the job

The Appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his / her colleagues, to provide  comprehensive General surgery service with elements of Emergency general Surgery supporting the provision of an effective countywide service and contribute towards achieving the 18 week wait across the whole General surgery department.

He/she will be expected to carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education program and in the teaching of General surgery trainee staff.  They will be involved in the delivery of undergraduate teaching to the students from Nottingham and Leicester Medical Schools.

The successful candidate will regularly attend Clinical Audit and Departmental Team meetings. He/she will be required to play an active part in the robust clinical audit program in operation within the Department and to take part in regional and national audits.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will provide an Emergency General Surgical Services at Lincoln United Hospital  and Associated Hospitals and contribute to the comprehensive countywide  General Surgical Service for the population of Lincolnshire. Please see attached job description for full details.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to teach and work with a multi-disciplinary team
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance

**Desirable**

- Willingness to organise relevant audit activities
- Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching

### Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive experience in Emergency General Surgery
- High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the speciality

**Desirable**

- Familiarity with issues of service, organisation and development Knowledge of the utilisation of IT in clinical practice
- Experience in performing lower GI endoscopies

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Full GMC registration
- An appropriate higher surgical qualification

**Desirable**

- FRCS
- CESR or working towards

## Documents

- [ceo welcome letter (pdf, 83.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2883)
- [ulht staff networks (pdf, 13.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2739)
- [job description & person specifications (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10312313)
- [acceptable use of ai in personal statements (pdf, 95.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2953)

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