Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to perform the requirements of the post
- Skills
Excellent communication skills
- Skills
Excellent organisational skills
- Skills
Commitment to working cooperatively and collaboratively with other health professionals and organisations
- Skills
Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
- Experience
Evidence of completing an approved period of training in General Surgery
- Qualifications
MBChB or equivalent
- Qualifications
MRCP or FRCS of equivalent to specialty (UK) or equivalent
- Qualifications
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (UK) or equivalent
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Locum Consultant in General Surgery.
This is a full time post (10 PA) fixed term for 12 months.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be expected to take up a post as a Consultant General Surgeon and would be expected to undertake a wide variety of general and emergency general surgery. The post holder would be expected to be skilled in both elective and acute gallbladder surgery, hernia repair and benign colorectal disease. Proficiency in advanced laparoscopic operating is desirable.
As part of the department the post holder would be expected to provide assessment to outpatients with a wide variety of conditions and would be expected to partake in the triage and investigation of fast track referrals. The post holder would be expected to be Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG) Accredited in Lower and/or Upper GI endoscopy.
The Gastrointestinal (GI) surgeons run the general surgical on call service (colorectal and upper gastrointestinal) which is currently a 1 in 14 rota. During periods on call the post holder will be freed up from all elective activity in order to run the surgical assessment unit and to triage and treat all acute surgical referrals. The post holder will also partake in a 1 in 14 rota to provide CEPOD acute operating lists and weekday hot clinics. Familiarity with the management of general surgical pathology, both upper and lower GI, would therefore be essential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information before applying for this role.
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.
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This advert is for Locum Consultant in General Surgery with Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bradford, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor General Surgery role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 PA. The contract type is Locum: 12 months. The application deadline is 05 Nov 2026.
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