Job Description

The new post will be based in the Department of General Surgery and bring the number of EGS consultants to five.



This is a post that is designed to help with the evolution and growth of our unit.



The new post will be based in the Department of General Surgery and bring the number of EGS consultants to five. We are hoping to appoint a consultant with prior upper training, and we anticipate the new appointees will be able to deliver a range of procedures (elective and emergency) from early on in their appointment, although mentoring will be available for those who require it.



The new consultant will alternate emergency cover on a one week on/four weeks off basis with the other four EGS consultants. When covering the emergency service, the post holder will be free of all other elective clinical duties during daytime hours enabling them to see new emergency admissions, as well as to see and manage the existing emergency admissions and operate on patients in a dedicated CEPOD list. There are also weekday Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) appointments overseen by the EGS consultant.



Open and laparoscopic emergency operations are undertaken, including 'hot' laparoscopic cholecystectomies. As the hospital has a large Bariatric Department, any bariatric emergencies should be discussed with a relevant bariatric consultant. The hospital takes part in the NELA audit, to which the post holder will be expected to contribute.



There will be an on-call evening and weekend commitment on a 1 in 13 basis



Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people's and children's services across medical and surgical specialties.

The trust operates acute services from a single site:

Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as 'Outstanding'. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.



There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care, and 2 PA's allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:



the provision of a first-class service effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training undertaking all work in accordance with trust policies and procedures including the Code of Behaviour conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of Homerton's business plans * contribute to the management of the clinical service and service development