Locum Consultant in Emergency General Surgery

Job summary

Main duties of the job

The new consultant in Emergency General Surgery will join our existing team of eleven consultants within the department which is led by Mr Adam Peckham-Cooper. This innovative, exciting, collaborative and flexible department manages acute general surgery patients during the day running amongst other things an Ambulatory Surgical Centre (ASC), a Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU), elective Rapid Access and emergency theatres. The successful applicants will be encouraged to develop their own personal interests which may include training, teaching, research and management. The unit has developed rapidly over the last four years but continues to present enormous opportunities in embedding Leeds as a national leader for innovation, research and service delivery of emergency and acute care surgery. The successful applicant should possess FRCS or equivalent, and should be on the Specialist Register or within six months of being admitted onto the Register for trainees currently in a training programme within the UK, or have references which have been authorised by the Deputy Medical Director and Clinical Director. Candidates should have established skills and competencies in managing unselected Emergency General Surgery patient and its related specialties including upper GI, colorectal and hepatobiliary surgery. A commitment to undergraduate / postgraduate teaching and a research interest is desirable. Consideration will be given to applicants who wish to work full or part time

Job responsibilities

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.