Locum Consultant in Emergency Surgery

Job overview

Consultant

The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a locum Emergency Consultant to support the cross-site surgical team.

The successful candidates will support the Emergency Surgery team at West Middlesex & Chelsea and Westminster hospitals.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to contribute to the Emergency Surgery Consultant of the week rota.  In addition, he/she will be included in the General Surgery on-call nights/weekends roster. This will still provide ample opportunity for elective work in accordance with the post-holders’ subspecialty interest – with specific time allocated for ongoing personal development in their chosen field. In particular, support will be given to areas of innovation in improving the quality of patient care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide consultant care in the elective and emergency general surgery service across a range of procedures
• To undertake to operate on and turn over patients at a speed comparable with peers to allow optimum usage of the operating theatres
• To participate in outpatient clinics
• Deliver consultant review of all non-elective admissions review within 12 hours of admission
• Promote early and safe discharge, including the use of community providers to reduce length of stay
• Develop new innovative communication pathways with GPs and patients.
• Interact with commissioners when appropriate to streamline pathways and facilitate patients’ access for treatment

Please refer to our detailed job description for more information.

Interviews for this post will be held in January 2025.