# Locum Consultant General Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-general-surgery/24a02257-3999-4c25-8a9b-cc4e94fc638a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-general-surgery/24a02257-3999-4c25-8a9b-cc4e94fc638a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust - **Location:** Darent Valley Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term) - **Employment type:** 10 sessions per week (Full Time) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-01T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T12:51:09.133Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Dartford/Dartford_Gravesham_NHS_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8220337 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8220337?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dvh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### We are advertising for a Locum Consultant in General Surgery on a fixed term contract for 12 months. ### To provide clinical care for patients referred to General Surgery at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and other related activities to ensure a high standard of service and education. To contribute to the development, compliance and professional requirements of Trust priorities and policies. ### Main duties of the job We are looking for an applicant who has experience in Emergency and Elective General Surgery to support the provision and development of service. Work as an emergency general surgeon and to be involved in a sub-specialist area of surgery that will complement the interests of the department- benign upper gi. The successful applicant will work within the multidisciplinary establishment with outpatient General Surgery clinics, an endoscopy list and elective theatre lists across both sites DVH and QMS. This post offers 10 PAs of combined direct clinical and supporting programmed activity. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The appointee would be expected to be proficient in laparoscopic and general surgery. This is a replacement post, and the appointee will contribute to the emergency general surgery service, and weekends on call rota 1:11. The appointee is expected to undertake teaching duties and to play a full part in the clinical governance of general surgery. The Consultant will have a team consisting of a middle-grade surgeon & shared juniors at the FY1/FY2/FY3/CTs and Clinical Fellow level. Junior doctors across the department provide crosscover for leave and absence. Firm Structure will be split into two firms to support inpatient and emergency care. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Audit **Essential** - Understanding of principles of clinical audit - Evidence of previous audit ### Management **Essential** - Leadership and Budgetary skills. Good interpersonal relationship **Desirable** - Previous management experience, Courses. ### Administration **Essential** - Experience in working in a Surgical Unit **Desirable** - Familiar with the NHS structure and new directives/targets ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registerable medical qualification, MRCS/FRCS Orthopaedic - GMC registration **Desirable** - Research degree/MBA ### Training and experience **Essential** - - Wide experience in all aspects of colorectal field - - Emergency surgery experience - - Advanced Endoscopic procedures **Desirable** - - National Bowel screening accreditation ## Documents - [surgery (pdf, 892.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10528864) - [our behaviours (pdf, 86.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2315) - [staff car parking (pdf, 70.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2307) - [information for applicants (pdf, 92.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2308) - [staff benefits and incentives (png, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2309) ## 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.