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Consultant in Emergency General and Trauma Surgery
| Posting date: | 06 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 June 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7166749/287-ASUR-94-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1 x Consultant in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma with Subspecialty Elective Interest. (Full Time)
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint 1 new Consultant in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma Full Time 10 pa (+1PA depending on number of appointment) prior to substantive appointments, to join one of the UK’s vanguard units in acute care surgery based at University Hospital Aintree.
The Emergency General Surgery Unit (EGSU) is a high volume unit providing large volumes of emergency operating of all complexities, and is in the highest volume tier for emergency laparotomies according to the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit. The unit sits at the heart of the major trauma service, with the major trauma centre at Aintree seeing one of the highest rates of penetrating trauma outside of London.
The appointee, together with their colleagues will have a primarycommitment to the provision of acutegeneral surgical care, including leading the general surgical care for visceral injury and major haemorrhage control of the major trauma service. The appointee will be expected to align themselves with a subspecialty interest to which they have previous experience, with elective operating lists and clinics available for this.
The team of consultants will work on a rotational basis over a cycle of acute weeks and non-acute flexible weeks. Two consultants will cover the daytime acute general surgery work. One dealing with admissions / ambulatory care and the other covering the in-patients and the Emergency Theatres.
A third consultant will cover the visceral trauma surgery aspect of the major trauma service. This would involve leading the daily MDT trauma morning meeting, where all new patients are discussed and radiology reviewed in the Major Trauma ward round, including assessment of Trauma patients in the Critical Care Unit, and will deliver the provision of trauma surgery for major haemorrhage and visceral injury.
In the flexible non-acute weeks there will be a requirement to cover for colleagues leave, as well as deliver elective activity.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
In the flexible non-acute weeks there will be a requirement to cover for colleagues leave, as well as deliver elective activity. Some of these sessions are flexible and will be delivered through the regular unit planning meeting. Within the job plan there are sessions to develop elective practice in line with the interests of the post holder, alongside the sub-specialties within the department.
A precise timetable of activity is dependent on the number of participating Consultants to ensure an equal division of work across the unit
There will be an expectation that the consultant team will supervise and train StR’s and Core Trainees in emergency and trauma surgery. There will be a weekly operating list and access to the 24 hour NCEPOD theatre for emergencies. There are weekly opportunities to backfill elective lists to support the RTT agenda and subspecialty interests.
There is an afternoon board round of all inpatients on EGSU and Trauma wards to review investigations and revise management plans to expedite ongoing care.
This advert closes on Friday 23 May 2025
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
1 x Consultant in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma with Subspecialty Elective Interest. (Full Time)
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint 1 new Consultant in Emergency General Surgery and Trauma Full Time 10 pa (+1PA depending on number of appointment) prior to substantive appointments, to join one of the UK’s vanguard units in acute care surgery based at University Hospital Aintree.
The Emergency General Surgery Unit (EGSU) is a high volume unit providing large volumes of emergency operating of all complexities, and is in the highest volume tier for emergency laparotomies according to the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit. The unit sits at the heart of the major trauma service, with the major trauma centre at Aintree seeing one of the highest rates of penetrating trauma outside of London.
The appointee, together with their colleagues will have a primarycommitment to the provision of acutegeneral surgical care, including leading the general surgical care for visceral injury and major haemorrhage control of the major trauma service. The appointee will be expected to align themselves with a subspecialty interest to which they have previous experience, with elective operating lists and clinics available for this.
The team of consultants will work on a rotational basis over a cycle of acute weeks and non-acute flexible weeks. Two consultants will cover the daytime acute general surgery work. One dealing with admissions / ambulatory care and the other covering the in-patients and the Emergency Theatres.
A third consultant will cover the visceral trauma surgery aspect of the major trauma service. This would involve leading the daily MDT trauma morning meeting, where all new patients are discussed and radiology reviewed in the Major Trauma ward round, including assessment of Trauma patients in the Critical Care Unit, and will deliver the provision of trauma surgery for major haemorrhage and visceral injury.
In the flexible non-acute weeks there will be a requirement to cover for colleagues leave, as well as deliver elective activity.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
In the flexible non-acute weeks there will be a requirement to cover for colleagues leave, as well as deliver elective activity. Some of these sessions are flexible and will be delivered through the regular unit planning meeting. Within the job plan there are sessions to develop elective practice in line with the interests of the post holder, alongside the sub-specialties within the department.
A precise timetable of activity is dependent on the number of participating Consultants to ensure an equal division of work across the unit
There will be an expectation that the consultant team will supervise and train StR’s and Core Trainees in emergency and trauma surgery. There will be a weekly operating list and access to the 24 hour NCEPOD theatre for emergencies. There are weekly opportunities to backfill elective lists to support the RTT agenda and subspecialty interests.
There is an afternoon board round of all inpatients on EGSU and Trauma wards to review investigations and revise management plans to expedite ongoing care.
This advert closes on Friday 23 May 2025