Locum Consultant in Upper GI | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 PA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7237415/356-25-7237415 |
Summary
This post within the Upper GI Surgery department at the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a new full-time post within the team. The successful candidate will join the team of 9 consultants in Upper GI Surgery and contribute towards provision of services within the Trust.
The appointee will work closely with the existing team members including clinicians, specialist nurses, gastroenterologists, surgeons, oncologists, radiologists and pathologists within the Trust. The department sits within the Digestive Diseases Care Group, which also includes Colorectal Surgery, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy.
· To complement and enhance the service within the Colorectal Department;
· To contribute to management of acute admissions on the HRI site undertaking acute on-call;
· To contribute to the organisation and the development of services, focusing on rapid and effective diagnostic pathways in collaboration with colleagues in Gastroenterology, Upper GI Surgery and Colorectal Surgery;
· To improve the quality of care and increase the scope for innovation;
· To support the service lead, clinicians and other team members
· To promote and participate in departmental research;
· To participate in training and supervision of specialist nurses & junior doctors;
· To contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education.
We are looking to recruit a consultant with interest in oesophago-gastric cancer resection. The Oesophago-gastric cancer service covers East Riding of Yorkshire, Humberside and Northern Lincolnshire with a population of approximately 1.1 million and approximately 60 oesophago-gastric cancer resections are performed annually.
Currently, there are three consultants providing specialised oesophago-gastric cancer resection surgery; Mr Prashant Jain, Mr David Mitton & Mr Vincent Wong, supported by 2 Upper GI Cancer Nurse Specialists – Angela Barstow and Michelle Hawson. All three consultants work closely together with joint operating for complex cases and robotic assisted OG cancer resections.
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details regarding this vacancy, please see the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Jun 2025