Consultant Emergency General Surgeon

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Job summary

This position is a whole time (10 PA), or maximum part time, Consultant General Surgeon appointment for the United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust based at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital. The appointee will make up a team of 12 Consultant General Surgeons. The appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his/her colleagues, to provide comprehensive general surgical services to Lincoln County Hospital and associated hospitals, population 450,000. There is the option of additional PA’s in agreement with the successful candidate, however, any additional PA’s will be reviewed through the job planning process.

Main duties of the job

The Appointee will be expected, in conjunction with his / her colleagues, to provide comprehensive General surgery service with elements of Emergency general Surgery supporting the provision of an effective countywide service and contribute towards achieving the 18 week wait across the whole General surgery department.

He/she will be expected to carry out teaching duties as required and take an active part in the Postgraduate Medical Education program and in the teaching of General surgery trainee staff. They will be involved in the delivery of undergraduate teaching to the students from Nottingham and Leicester Medical Schools.

The successful candidate will regularly attend Clinical Audit and Departmental Team meetings. He/she will be required to play an active part in the robust clinical audit program in operation within the Department and to take part in regional and national audits.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full GMC registration
  • An appropriate higher surgical qualification

Desirable

  • FRCS
  • CESR or working towards

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to teach and work with a multi-disciplinary team
  • Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance

Desirable

  • Willingness to organise relevant audit activities
  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive experience in Emergency General Surgery
  • High standard of clinical skill and expertise in the speciality

Desirable

  • Familiarity with issues of service, organisation and development Knowledge of the utilisation of IT in clinical practice
  • Experience in performing lower GI endoscopies

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: 29 July 2026

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