NHS Jobs • Colchester CO4 5JL

Locum Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon

About this role

General Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the ED Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained Provide a role model of professional leadership which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to College requirements Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trusts policy Become part of the ICENI teaching faculty in delivering or facilitating courses/programmes Clinical Provide on-call cover as a general surgeon Provide on-call cover as a bariatric surgeon Provide specialist upper GI elective services including bariatric surgery Contribute elective Upper GI and General Surgery activity to support elective recovery and reduce 52- and 65-week breaches