Colorectal Surgeon interest Intestinal Failure and Endometriosis
| Posting date: | 25 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £109,725.00 to £145,478.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £109725.00 - £145478.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 April 2026 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B15 2TH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C0020-26-0439 |
Summary
The appointee will initially take part in the midweek emergency on call rota at a rate of 1:6. After two years the appointee will be able to reduce the midweek emergency on call to the rate of the non-EGS consultants-currently 1:14. The weekend on calls are split equally between all the Emergency and General Surgery Consultants and is currently 1:11. The on-call surgical team consists of two SpRs, Two Core Trainees and two FY1s. At night there is one SpR, two Core Trainees and two FY1s. The full shift pattern for juniors is compliant with EWTD. Patients are initially admitted to a specialised Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU). On this ward, all patients will be under the care of the On-Call Surgeons. When patients are transferred to the elective surgical wards or to outlying wards, care will be continued to be provided by the admitting surgeon. The consultants are relieved of all other clinical commitments during their period of emergency on-call. Emergency on-call includes but is not limited to: *managing patients on SAU *ensuring that all emergency admissions have a senior review within 12 hours of admission *performing and supervising emergency general surgery *seeing in-hospital referrals for general surgery emergency opinions *being available for general and military trauma as requested. The appointee will not normally be expected to cover vascular or urology emergencies or deal with head injuries. QEHB does not admit paediatric patients. Teaching As the main teaching hospital for the University of Birmingham, the appointee will be expected to regularly teach students and postgraduates as well as contributing to examinations. They will also be expected to supervise resident doctors.