Specialty Doctor in General Surgery: Sponsorship Available

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

10 PA’s per week (plus adjustments for on-call)

The General Surgical department at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust provides a variety of services across the Trust sites including General Surgery, Upper GI surgery, and Colorectal Surgery.

An opportunity exists for an enthusiastic surgeon with at least 12 months uk experience seeking an opportunity to join the General Surgical, Upper GI and Colorectal Surgical team for a fixed term appointment. This post does include an on-call commitment.

Main duties of the job

The department serves a population of 210,000 for General Surgery, comprising of list cases, endoscopy sessions, emergencies and outpatient clinics.

The department is extremely busy and the person appointed will take part in regular operating and outpatient sessions as well as having ward duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Eligibility

Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
  • Eligibility to work in the UK.
  • Evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2/CT2 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post.
  • oapplicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English oR ohave the following scores in the academic lnternational English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7 OR ohave achieved at least grade B in the medicine version of the Occupational English Test, in each area, speaking, listening, reading & writing
  • Evidence of 4 years (FTE) postgraduate training in the UK (or equivalent training) of which at least 2 year’s training must be in relevant specialty or a recognised equivalent training.

Clinical

Essential

  • General Surgery experience and general skills so able to demonstrate they can safely provide Middle Grade cover for acute on-call.
  • Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job, MRCS or equivalent
  • Audit: evidence of active participation in audit.
  • Learning and personal development: demonstrates interest in the specialty required for the job. Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining professional skills and knowledge relevant to the job
  • Demonstrates a willingness to fully engage in appraisal. Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback.

Desirable

  • ATLS
  • Previous experience at Middle Grade level
  • Teaching: evidence of experience in teaching where required in the job.

12 months’s uk experience as a Specilaty Doctor

Essential

  • At least 12 month’s uk experience as a Specialty Doctor

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: 20 September 2026

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