The appointee will be within the General Surgery Clinical Directorate (CDU), and join the team specialising in Emergency General Surgery. The CDU works in specialist teams (Emergency, Colorectal, Upper GI, Breast and Vascular) with a good deal of flexibility and excellent working relationships between teams.
You will be part of a team of 4 consultant surgeons who deliver the emergency surgical service during the day, Mon to Fri. All GI surgeons contribute to the out of hours and weekend cover on a frequency of 1 in 12. During the weekday mornings, there are 2 emergency surgeons leading the on call/take/emergency wards/emergency theatres and ambulatory clinic. During the day the wider emergency team currently comprises 2 Specialty Trainees, 1 Core Trainee, 1 Advanced Care Practitioner and 2-4 FY1’s.
The successful candidate will be assigned a mentor. We are a very supportive and close-knit service with good relationships throughout. Whilst no formal arrangements exist for out of hours/weekend support, it is recognised that emergency surgery is a highly complex and sometimes very demanding field requiring expertise and guidance from other specialists. This is provided on an ad hoc basis by any and every consultant in the department who can be approached at any time to help in difficult situations as needed.
Emergency Surgery almost exclusively happens at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital Site and covered Mon-Thu daytime by 4+2 consultants on a surgical floor with 3 wards. The surgical floor is shared with other surgical specialties and encompasses a surgical assessment unit, consulting rooms, minor ops room and future enhanced care beds. Emergency theatre provision is via 1-2 emergency theatres daily available to General Surgery. The service utilises an ambulatory emergency surgical service where possible with a daily emergency clinic and day case emergency surgery where possible.
Duties include the care of elective patients at both Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Wycombe Hospital hosts the Wycombe Elective Surgical Centre (WESC) is a regional elective surgical hub catering for the majority of elective surgery including paediatric and complex major surgery. There is some elective day-case surgery undertaken at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Elective sessions include clinics, day case and inpatient elective surgery.
The trust is part of the Oxford deanery and is a teaching hospital for residents at all levels of the training programme. All consultants are expected to be clinical and education supervisors to our resident doctors.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
To have responsibility for and lead the delivery of emergency general surgery
To maintain a sub-specialty elective practice
To maintain the highest clinical standards in general surgery.
To work well with colleagues, junior staff and all health professionals
Teaching and training of junior staff.
Teaching of undergraduate
To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Clinical Governance and audit
To have responsibility for ensuring active participation in continuing professional development (CPD).
