General/ Benign Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery Consultant: Sponsorship Available

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to invite applications for a substantive General Surgery Surgeon with a sub-specialty interest in Benign Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery based in the Department of General Surgery. This is a permanent, full-time post comprising 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week.

Main duties of the job

This post offers an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, collaborative and forward-thinking General Surgery department. The post has been developed to support service expansion and to ensure continuity in the delivery of high-quality elective care. We are seeking to appoint a consultant with prior Upper GI/Hepatobiliary training and anticipate that the successful appointees will be able to undertake a broad range of elective and emergency procedures from an early stage in their appointment.

The appointee will also be expected to contribute to the Emergency General Surgery (EGS) service as required to support the effective running of the department. They will undertake routine cholecystectomy and, where clinically appropriate, contribute to the delivery of ‘hot cholecystectomy’ as part of the department’s acute biliary service.

In addition, the postholder will be expected to undertake a broad range of general surgical procedures in line with their experience and the needs of the service, including hernia surgery and the management of benign lumps and bumps.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • On GMC specialist Register relevant to the post, or within 6 months of being admitted to GMC specialist register by date of interview
  • CESR/Portfolio pathway, or alternative routes to specialist registration – applicant must be on Specialist Register at the time of interview

Desirable

  • Other higher degree or diploma (e.g. MD, PhD)

Experience

Essential

  • Clinical training and experience in upper GI/ Hepatobiliary

Desirable

  • Previous consultant-level experience in General Surgery

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to perform routine operations in elective general surgery
  • Ability to safely manage general surgery emergencies.
  • Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need
  • Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates
  • Experience of undergraduate and post- graduate teaching
  • Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
  • Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co-operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team

Desirable

  • Proven track-record of clinical leadership and service development
  • xperience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

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.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 28 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.