Consultant Doctor in Colorectal & General Surgery

Job Description

Cradlefin Consultants are recruiting for Consultant Doctors in Colorectal and General Surgery able to demonstrate a high level of competence across all aspects of acute and elective colorectal surgery. The successful applicant should possess membership of the Royal College of Surgeons and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT at the time of interview, if currently within a training programme within the UK. In accordance with the consultant appointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on the Specialist Register.

Job responsibilities:

• The role will support the PTS activity of CPOC with a focus on the management of Peritoneal Surface Malignancy. The successful candidate will work with the existing consultants to deliver the nationally commissioned services for appendiceal neoplasia and colorectal peritoneal disease
• They will also join the existing consultants in supporting the Gynaecology Oncology Consultant Surgeons in the management of ovarian peritoneal disease
• The successful candidate will join the existing colorectal consultants in providing support to other surgical specialties for multivisceral operations. The appointee will be based at The Christie and is a full-time appointment
• To support the activity of the Peritoneal Tumour Service, it is expected that the successful applicant will undertake inpatient and outpatient activity and operating as part of service delivery for The Colorectal and Peritoneal Oncology Centre. Endoscopy activity will be available (but is not required) if the successful candidate wants to undertake this. If so, the successful candidate would need to demonstrate full JAG accreditation
• Minimal access surgery, including robotic surgery, and an enhanced recovery programme are established and the successful applicant will work in conjunction with the rest of the team to make use of the comprehensive facilities to deliver efficient and effective colorectal and peritoneal surgery
• The appointee will be given equal access to the trainee medical staff and the clinical nurse practitioners who work in the unit. Because of the organisation of the units activities, no one trainee is assigned to an individual consultant, but trainees are allocated for a block of time and rotate through consultant teams
• The unit activities are agreed prospectively at a weekly diary meeting and flexibility is expected across the team to allow mutual goals for training and service to be achieved

Requirements:

• FRCS or equivalent qualification
• GMC registration with a license to practice
• Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Surgery, or evidence of completion within 6 months of the date of the Appointments Committee
• Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)
• Evidence of experience in colorectal surgery
• Evidence of research/publications in peer reviewed journals
• Evidence of presentations at scientific meetings
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT in General Surgery and inclusion on the GMC’s specialist register
• Experience of working independently
• Completed postgraduate thesis
• JAG accreditation in lower GI endoscopy
• Post CCT Colorectal Fellowship Training
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on problems, both emergency and elective, using open and laparoscopic colorectal and general surgical skills
• Ability to take on full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Whilst some previous experience in peritoneal surgery is preferred, this is not mandatory. Support and mentorship will be given to the successful candidate for development of the skills needed to undertake peritoneal surgery.

The successful candidate will also join the existing colorectal consultants in providing support to other surgical specialties for multivisceral operations.