Consultant General Surgery with interest in Benign Upper GI / HPB Surg

You will be expected to support the General Surgery services offered by the Trust and provide the highest quality care to the local population. You will be supported by middle-grade doctors, including deanery trainees and substantive staff, with ward support from FY doctors and nurse practitioners.

You will be part of a team of five colorectal surgeons and five general surgeons with endocrine, upper gastrointestinal and complex hernia interests.

General Surgery has a well-functioning endocrine and abdominal wall MDT. The pre-operative care is well supported with CPEX and pre-hab arrangements.

There are established ties with the benign upper GI MDT in Preston and HPB MDT at Blackburn.

You will undertake 10 PAs including 1.5 SPAs and 1 admin PA.

The Lake District is quite probably the most beautiful region in England and not surprisingly the National Park is the most visited in the country. Holiday makers are attracted here by the stunning scenery, the wealth of leisure activities and the multitude of good places to eat and drink. But why holiday here when you could be living and working here?

We are looking for a General Surgery Consultant, with a focus on emergency and upper gastro-intestinal/ hepato-biliary surgery to join a well-functioning team. The post has become available following departure of a consultant colleague. The post holder will undertake initially 10 PAs including 1.5 SPAs and 1 admin PA. On-calls will be at Royal Lancaster Infirmary on a 1 in 8 non-resident basis.

Our strong ties with Lancaster University offer great opportunities to get involved with teaching medical students and with research; the launch of the Health Innovation Campus brings us further local opportunity.

We are therefore delighted to offer this wonderful opportunity for a suitably trained General surgeon to take up a post working in a successful, modern, and welcoming department, delivering outstanding results in a breathtakingly beautiful part of England., We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

RLI and FGH have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.