# Locum Consultant Surgeon in General Day Case Surgery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barts Health NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-surgeon-in-general-day-case-surgery/b1b84a2b-7cf6-445f-a5e2-289ec3d9a0c2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/locum-consultant-surgeon-in-general-day-case-surgery/b1b84a2b-7cf6-445f-a5e2-289ec3d9a0c2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barts Health NHS Trust - **Location:** St Bartholomew's Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** General Surgery - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 6 months (6 Months) - **Employment type:** 10 sessions per week (Full Time) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T10:20:47.413Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Barts_Health_NHS_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8379901 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8379901?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview ### Barts Health NHS Trust ### Whipps Cross Hospital ### Locum Consultant Surgeon in General Day Case Surgery We're looking for two locum consultant surgeons to join our general and colorectal surgery team and help us give patients safe, kind and efficient day case surgery. One post has a special interest in coloproctology. ### Main duties of the job The other has a special interest in core general surgery, including hernia repair, gallbladder surgery and lumps and bumps. Your work will help patients get the care they need quickly and go home to recover the same day. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You'll work in a friendly, supportive team where our WeCare values guide how we care for patients and treat each other. You'll hold full GMC registration and be on the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery, or eligible to join it within \[6 months\] of interview. We welcome applications from surgeons of all backgrounds. Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. ### 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 ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understands what makes day case surgery safe and efficient, including patient selection and discharge - Knows national standards for waiting times and cancer pathways - Understands clinical governance, consent, safeguarding and infection prevention - Understands the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion in patient care and in the workplace - Knows how GMC guidance applies to practice **Desirable** - Knows about current developments in day case and enhanced recovery surgery - Understands how NHS services are planned and paid for - Knows about audit methods and improvement tools ### Experience **Essential** - Has worked independently as a surgeon in general and colorectal surgery, with a clear record of safe outcomes - Has carried out day case operations, and can show a broad, logbook backed case mix. - Post 1: has treated anorectal conditions such as haemorrhoids, fissures and fistulae - Post 2: has carried out hernia repairs, gallbladder surgery and lumps and bumps surgery. Has worked as part of a multidisciplinary team. **Desirable** - Has helped set up or improve a day case pathway. Has taught or supervised junior doctors, trainees or other staff - Has presented or published work. Has worked in more than one NHS trust or hospital - Post 1: has worked in a colorectal MDT and had exposure to endoscopy or advanced coloproctology procedures ### Qualifications **Essential** - Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent). Full GMC registration with a licence to practise - On the GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery, or eligible to join it within \[6 months\] of the interview - Membership or Fellowship of a Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS or FRCS) **Desirable** - Higher research degree (MD, MS or PhD) - Teaching or education qualification. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) certificate - Leadership or management training ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 327.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10708608) - [our values and behaviours (pdf, 334.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1119) - [candidate information pack (pdf, 549.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2446) - [policy statement on the recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 92.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1120) ## 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.