Consultant in Emergency General and Trauma Surgery

Job overview

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

1 x Consultant in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma  (Full Time)

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint 1 new Consultant in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma Full Time 10 pa, to join one of the UK’s vanguard units in acute care surgery based at University Hospital Aintree.

The Emergency General Surgery Unit (EGSU) is a high volume unit providing large volumes of emergency operating of all complexities, and is in the highest volume tier for emergency laparotomies according to the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit. The unit sits at the heart of the major trauma service, with the major trauma centre at Aintree seeing one of the highest rates of penetrating trauma outside of London.

Main duties of the job

The appointee, together with their colleagues will have a primary commitment to the provision of acute general surgical care, including leading the general surgical care for visceral injury and major haemorrhage control of the major trauma service. The appointee will be expected to align themselves with a subspecialty interest to which they have previous experience, with elective operating lists and clinics available for this.

The team of consultants will work on a rotational basis over a cycle of acute weeks and non-acute flexible weeks. Two consultants will cover the daytime acute general surgery work. One dealing with admissions / ambulatory care and the other covering the in-patients and the Emergency Theatres.

A third consultant will cover the visceral trauma surgery aspect of the major trauma service. This would involve leading the daily MDT trauma morning meeting, where all new patients are discussed and radiology reviewed in the   Major Trauma ward round, including assessment of Trauma patients in the Critical Care Unit, and will deliver the provision of trauma surgery for major haemorrhage and visceral injury.

In the flexible non-acute weeks there will be a requirement to cover for colleagues leave, as well as deliver elective activity.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the flexible non-acute weeks there will be a requirement to cover for colleagues leave, as well as deliver elective activity. Some of these sessions are flexible and will be delivered through the regular unit planning meeting. Within the job plan there are sessions to develop elective practice in line with the interests of the post holder, alongside the sub-specialties within the department.

A precise timetable of activity is dependent on the number of participating Consultants to ensure an equal division of work across the unit

There will be an expectation that the consultant team will supervise and train StR’s and Core Trainees in emergency and trauma surgery. There will be a weekly operating list and access to the 24 hour NCEPOD theatre for emergencies. There are weekly opportunities to backfill elective lists to support the RTT agenda and subspecialty interests.

There is an afternoon board round of all inpatients on EGSU and Trauma wards to review investigations and revise management plans to expedite ongoing care.