Locum Consultant - Gloucester, United Kingdom - Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Gloucester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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This is a substantive appointment in the Upper GI surgery Department in the Gloucestershire Hospitals
ambitious team of seven Upper GI consultants to provide general and specialist Upper GI care to the
population of Gloucestershire and beyond. The post will join the benign UGI team but non-operative
involvement in the management of cancer is performed by all members of the department.

This is a substantive appointment in the Upper GI surgery Department in the Gloucestershire Hospitals
ambitious team of seven Upper GI consultants to provide general and specialist Upper GI care to the
population of Gloucestershire and beyond. The post will join the benign UGI team but non-operative
involvement in the management of cancer is performed by all members of the department.

We are a large organisation providing acute services from
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham
General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as
well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated
staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patientcentred,
high quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a
range of clinical areas.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to
achieve our Vision of providing 'Best Care for Everyone' and our
success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff,
many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and
research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by
joining our team.

The appointment to this post has the following aims:

To join a team that provides comprehensive consultant-based, patient-centred management of

Upper GI patients. The Trust is committed to providing equitable working conditions with
colleagues for new appointments.

To share in a comprehensive rota for emergency and elective general and Upper GI care
To provide expertise and leadership within the Three Counties Oesophagogastric Centre based

in Gloucestershire Hospitals

Including:

Comprehensive management of benign Upper GI surgical conditions
Specialist Benign Upper GI and general surgery clinics
2WW and MDT Cancer clinics
Diagnostic endoscopy service (with opportunity to develop/acquire specialist endoscopy

skills

MDT attendance.
Service development
To contribute to the continuing development of the department's clinical, research and

educational interests. Appropriate additional duties would be incorporated into the post-holders
job-plan after initial job-plan review.

To contribute to the ongoing reconfiguration of GI and emergency general surgery in

Gloucestershire.
The post-holder will be expected to contribute to a consultant-led service.
Clinical responsibilities

The appointee will be expected:

To share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the
department
To examine and treat patients on the shop floor of the Department
To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
To provide on call support out of hours. To attend the Department out of hours as per agreed
protocols. To remain contactable and available when on call

To Carry out ward rounds