Locum Consultant in Oesophagogastric Surgery

Job overview

OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST

LOCUM CONSULTANT IN OESOPHAGOGASTRIC SURGERY

The Upper GI Department currently has a vacancy for a Locum Consultant Oesophagogastric Surgeon to join five current Consultant colleagues.

Applications are invited to apply for the post based at the Department of Upper GI Surgery, Churchill Hospital, Oxford.

The department’s expertise covers a wide  range of Oesophagogastric surgery with high volumes of Oesophagogastric cancer, complex benign disease and general surgery. The new Consultant will have specialist training in robotic Upper GI cancer surgery and experience of complex benign Upper GI surgery and be able to integrate and help develop the above services.

To gain further details of this post go to NHS Jobs via www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/working-for-us/default.aspx

Please apply via this website and e-mail your CV to [email protected]  quoting vacancy reference xxxx and your application reference number as issued by NHS jobs.

In the interest of equal opportunities, we want to make sure that information about candidates is provided in the same format so all applicants should fill in the standard application form on the NHS Jobs website.

Main duties of the job

• JOB TITLE:                        Locum Oesophagogastric Consultant - 10PA’s
• DURATION:                        Locum fixed term 1 year
• GRADE:                              Consultant
• DEPARTMENT:                   Surgical Directorate
• ACCOUNTABLE TO:          Clinical Director

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Elective and Emergency Upper GI Surgery (inc Robotic Upper GI cancer and complex benign oesophageal surgery); Upper GI Surgical Clinics; Endoscopy and Participation in a 24-hr rota to cover Emergency Surgery as well as subspecialist cover for Oesophagogastric emergencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

POST OF: LOCUM CONSULTANT IN OESOPHAGOGASTRIC SURGERY

A whole-time post as Locum Consultant in Oesophagogastric Surgery is available now at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a Locum post available from July 2026.

Candidates are highly recommended to visit the department and hospital and are invited to contact Giles Bond-Smith, Clinical Director for Surgery [email protected] or Richard Gillies, Clinical Lead for Oesophagogastric Surgery [email protected] , Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post.  If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues.  Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.

The following papers are attached:

• Advertisement
• Job Description
• Person Specification
• Outline Job Plan
• Division and service information
• Main Conditions of Service
• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Profile