Locum Consultant in General/ Benign Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Surgery
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £109,725 - £145,478 10 PA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7369075/293-Consultant-373 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The post will be basedinthe Department ofGeneral Surgery.
We are hoping to appoint two consultants with prior upper GI/ Hepatobiliary training, and we anticipate the new appointees will be able to deliver a range of procedures (elective and emergency) from early on in their appointment, although mentoring will be available for thosewhorequireit.Inaddition,wehopethenewappointeeswillbe willingtotakealeadrole in the ongoing development of our ‘hot gallbladder’ service, particularlyinregard to streamlining our care pathways, ensuring that we maintain a robust and safe service.
The department consists of Colorectal, Bariatric, Emergency and General Surgery.
These are new posts that are designed to help with the evolution and growth of our unit.
Theappointeewill alsobeexpectedtodeliversomeEGS coveras necessary for the running of the department.The appointee will be expected to perform routine cholecystectomy andwhereappropriate perform “hot cholecystectomy”. There is also a requirement to perform routine general surgery work, including hernia surgery and lumps/bumps, depending on the serviceneeds.
The appointee will participate on the general surgery consultant on-call rota. Currently, this consists of 1 in 10 weeknight cover from 5pm to 8am, and 1 in 10 weekend cover.
This will be changed to 1 in 13 after the new recruitments.
Weekday cover during working hours is provided by the emergency general surgery consultant-led team.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.
The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as ‘Outstanding’. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care, and 2 PA’s allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust you will workinclose co-operation withandsupportotherclinical,medical,professionalandmanagerialcolleaguesinproviding high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is thefollowing:
This will be a 10 PA post. There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care and 2 SPA.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025
The post will be basedinthe Department ofGeneral Surgery.
We are hoping to appoint two consultants with prior upper GI/ Hepatobiliary training, and we anticipate the new appointees will be able to deliver a range of procedures (elective and emergency) from early on in their appointment, although mentoring will be available for thosewhorequireit.Inaddition,wehopethenewappointeeswillbe willingtotakealeadrole in the ongoing development of our ‘hot gallbladder’ service, particularlyinregard to streamlining our care pathways, ensuring that we maintain a robust and safe service.
The department consists of Colorectal, Bariatric, Emergency and General Surgery.
These are new posts that are designed to help with the evolution and growth of our unit.
Theappointeewill alsobeexpectedtodeliversomeEGS coveras necessary for the running of the department.The appointee will be expected to perform routine cholecystectomy andwhereappropriate perform “hot cholecystectomy”. There is also a requirement to perform routine general surgery work, including hernia surgery and lumps/bumps, depending on the serviceneeds.
The appointee will participate on the general surgery consultant on-call rota. Currently, this consists of 1 in 10 weeknight cover from 5pm to 8am, and 1 in 10 weekend cover.
This will be changed to 1 in 13 after the new recruitments.
Weekday cover during working hours is provided by the emergency general surgery consultant-led team.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.
The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as ‘Outstanding’. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care, and 2 PA’s allocated for supporting professional activities. As a senior employee of the Trust you will workinclose co-operation withandsupportotherclinical,medical,professionalandmanagerialcolleaguesinproviding high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is thefollowing:
This will be a 10 PA post. There will be an average of 8 PAs of direct clinical care and 2 SPA.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Aug 2025
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