Job Description

Colorectal Surgeon - General Colorectal

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The closing date is 15th May 2025

Job summary

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INTRODUCTION


This is an NHS post in Colorectal and General Surgery attached to the Department of Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham (QEHB), part of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. QEHB is a state-of-the-art hospital opened in June 2010 and provides a full range of tertiary services as well as several supra-regional services. QEHB is the main hospital for the Centre for Defence Medicine with a full complement of military medical and nursing staff and is the main receiving hospital for servicemen and women injured in combat operations. It is a regional trauma centre. The hospital is well equipped to deal with both complex surgery and major trauma with 100 ITU beds, multiple CT scanners (including one in A&E), MRI scanners, and PET on site.


The Colorectal Unit at QEHB provides services in colorectal cancer and benign colorectal conditions to the local population. It also provides tertiary services in complex colorectal cancer (including peritoneal malignancy, early colorectal cancer and exenterative surgery across the Trust), familial colorectal cancer and polyposis services, anal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal failure, complex proctology and pelvic floor. The appointee will join a team of thirteen established Colorectal Surgeons and be expected to contribute fully to the service, including both benign and malignant disease.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

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The appointee will be expected to provide 10 programmed activities (PAs) per week. This will be split into 8.5 sessions of direct clinical care (DCC), and 1.5 sessions of supporting professional activity (SPA). When the appointee can justify an additional SPA, this will be granted automatically.


Elective Activity


The weekly timetable for the appointee will be flexible. The QEHB Colorectal team covers four full day operating lists at QEHB and four at Solihull hospital each week. The appointee will be expected to ensure lists are fully covered for annual and study leave. In addition to a weekly endoscopy list and two clinics, the appointee will be expected to attend a weekly colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary team meeting, monthly consultant meetings, morbidity & mortality / Governance meetings.


On Call Activity


The appointee will contribute to the Emergency On-Call service for General Surgery as previously described. The on-call week is split into midweek Monday to Thursday, and weekend Friday to Sunday, with a hand-over on Monday and Friday mornings.


The appointee will initially take part in the midweek emergency on call rota at a rate of 1:6. After two years the appointee will be able to reduce the midweek emergency on call to the rate of the non-EGS consultants - currently 1:14. The weekend on calls are split equally between all the Emergency and General Surgery Consultants and is currently 1:11.

About us

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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job description

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The on-call surgical team consists of two SpRs, Two Core Trainees and two FY1s. At night there is one SpR, two Core Trainees and two FY1s. The full shift pattern for juniors is compliant with EWTD. Patients are initially admitted to a specialised Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU). On this ward, all patients will be under the care of the On-Call Surgeons. When patients are transferred to the elective surgical wards or to outlying wards, care will be continued to be provided by the admitting surgeon. The consultants are relieved of all other clinical commitments during their period of emergency on-call.


Emergency on-call includes but is not limited to:

managing patients on SAU ensuring that all emergency admissions have a senior review within 12 hours of admission performing and supervising emergency general surgery seeing in-hospital referrals for general surgery emergency opinions being available for general and military trauma as requested.

The appointee will not normally be expected to cover vascular or urology emergencies or deal with head injuries. QEHB does not admit paediatric patients.


Teaching


As the main teaching hospital for the University of Birmingham, the appointee will be expected to regularly teach students and postgraduates as well as contributing to examinations. They will also be expected to supervise resident doctors.


To provide the best healthcare for the people and communities we serve locally, nationally and internationally by delivering excellence in patient care through clinical expertise, research, innovation, teaching, training and support services.


Our Values


Respect


We respect each other at all times with regard to age, disability, gender, position, race, religion and sexual orientation through professionalism and courtesy, treating all patients, colleagues, visitors, carers, communities and others as they would wish to be treated


Responsibility


We take personal and collective responsibility to do the best we can, working towards agreed individual and Trust-wide goals and expect to be held accountable and to challenge poor performance


Honesty


We are open, have integrity and are inclusive in our engagement and our decision processes


Innovation


We strive to be responsive, creative and flexible; always looking for ways to do things better. We trial new ideas and share best practice quickly and fully.


The appointee should be competent to perform colorectal resectional surgery as well as be able to deal with colorectal emergencies and complications of surgery out of hours. Mentoring will be available, but the appointee should demonstrate via their logbook that they are capable of independent practice and have recent experience in colorectal cancer surgery. Elective work takes place at both QEHB and Solihull hospital.


The appointee will perform two outpatient clinics per week, a weekly endoscopy list, and general or colorectal surgery operating lists with continuing support from other team members. The appointee will be expected to work flexibly with the other team members to ensure operating lists and endoscopy lists are used to maximal effect.


In addition to contributing to the Colorectal service, the appointee will support the Emergency General Surgery On-Call service, including night cover. The new hospital has attracted a significant increase in the number of emergency referrals to General Surgery and an equivalent increase in the number of admissions through the Emergency Department. Although provision of emergency care for General Surgical patients is becoming a speciality in its own right, this is a nascent service which remains fully supported by the General Surgeons. There are two General Surgical consultants on call (normally of differing GI specialities) and they are both released from all elective activity whilst on call. There is a separate vascular, urology and neurosurgery on-call rota.


The appointee will contribute to the Colorectal Consultant of the Week at Solihull Hospital where they will manage the colorectal inpatients including daily ward rounds and out-of-hours cover. This duty is shared with Consultant Colorectal Surgeons from other sites within the Trust.


The department has a strong research reputation with a number of academic consultants covering a breadth of research themes. It is desirable that the appointee will have an academic background to support the strength of the Unit, such as a higher degree (MD or PhD) and/or a track record of high quality publications.

Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential

CCT in general surgery


GMC registration specialist register or eligible within 6 months


Higher Degree, MD or PhD


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Desirable

Involvement in National Committees or Guidelines


Track record of high-quality publications


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Experience

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Essential

Ability to perform colorectal resections and deal with complications.


Ability to manage an unselected Emergency General Surgery take


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Desirable

Experience in management and treatment of complex colorectal cancer surgery


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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.


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Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.


From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.


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UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.


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For help with your application, contact:

Stephen Ward


Stephen.ward@uhb.nhs.uk




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Pay scheme

Hospital Medical and Dental


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Band

Consultant


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Salary

105504.00 to 139882.00 Yearly
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Contract

Permanent


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Working pattern

Full-Time


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Reference number

12142


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Job locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH


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Attachments

CR1 JD-PS QE Colorectal JD.pdf - 786KB Opens in a new window