Job Description

The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery. This is a new post designed to support the general surgery service. The primary purpose of the role will be to support elective day case clinical activity in the general surgery and upper GI firms and a degree of flexibility will be expected depending on the precise requirements, which can vary from time to time. The post holder will perform independent general surgery outpatient clinics and will be allocated sufficient admin time to independently manage the output from these clinics. The post-holder will have access to theatre with sessions annualised to allow the ability to cover vacant lists, and their job-plan will be such as to allow sufficient freedom to provide such cover. It is anticipated that the post-holder will cover these lists independently and without direct consultant supervision. The main procedures will be laparoscopic cholecystectomy, open and laparoscopic hernia repairs and lumps and bumps. The post-holder will also be expected to provide support to the existing team in managing general surgery patients and supervising resident doctors. The post holder will be expected to attend Consultant meetings, M&M meetings and teaching sessions.



This will be a 10 PA post. There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care and 2 SPA.



As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder 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.

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.



The hospital has three day-surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxio-facial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatres complex.



The trust provides some highly specialised tertiary services, including bariatric surgery and the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. It is one of London's designated perinatal centres and provides a range of highly specialised obstetric and neonatal intensive care services.



The post holder will be expected to participate in teaching and training of postgraduate doctors, which may include acting as an educational supervisor to one or more individuals, providing them with regular appraisal and support.



It is in the mutual interest of the Trust and Barts and The London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry to support quality medical education funded via the SIFT contract. The Trust requires consultant staff to support undergraduate teaching activities.



Research and development



The trust is keen to support high quality R&D and innovation. Current R&D funding arrangements in the NHS require that all R&D is recorded and co-ordinated by the Trust's R&D office. Before starting projects, appropriate steps should be taken to ensure that projects meet prevailing standards of research governance. The R&D office will also advise staff about intellectual property.



Audit and administration



The post holder will be expected to contribute and participate in the departments ongoing clinical audit program and will carry out all administrative duties associated with the care of their patients



Please see job description and person specification for full details of the role.