Consultant in Colorectal Surgery

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint an enthusiastic Consultant in Colorectal Surgery to join our General Surgical department to help provide a high-quality surgical service to the population of Wigan Borough., The appointee is expected to contribute to the delivery of the colorectal service at WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, undertaking specialist colorectal OPD clinics, elective colorectal theatre lists, lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, and participation in one or both of the Colorectal Cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease MDTs. The NBOCA reports in 2024 recorded between more than 180 colorectal cancers reported by the trust and all our Colorectal Surgeons meet the ACPGBI requirement of minimum 20 curative cancer resections per year., The appointee will be required to provide a Colorectal elective and General Surgery emergency service to support the Trust's surgical workload wherever it is located (including an on-call element). The appointee will be responsible for:
· Contributing to and participating in the development of the Colorectal surgery service
· Providing specialist advice to patients regarding their illness
· Providing clinical care to patients referred to them
· Delivering the emergency surgical service (hot week, weekend and out of hrs, 1 in 10 rota)
· Working with colleagues to provide effective clinical leadership for all staff in the service
The primary roles of this post are delivery of the elective Colorectal service (benign and malignant major surgery, day case coloproctology) and participation in delivery of emergency General Surgery.
The ability to contribute to the trust endoscopy service is an additional requirement of the post.
The post holder is required to deliver emergency surgery, including hot gallbladder service and elective operating sessions at RAEI site. Day case minor coloproctology theatre sessions, outpatient clinics and endoscopy sessions may be undertaken at Leigh Infirmary and Thomas Linacre Centre.
The successful applicants are expected to be competent in the delivery of the full range of emergency general surgery procedures acquired through completion of the training programme leading to CCT in General Surgery or recognised equivalent training programmes.
The successful appointee is expected to provide specialist colorectal support to General Surgeons as advice, joint operating or transfer of care to the colorectal team for colorectal emergencies of complexity beyond the expertise of a general surgeon.
There is no vascular service in the Trust and patients requiring vascular interventions are referred to the vascular regional service.
There is expectation that the applicant is competent in clinical assessment of abdominal pain in children over age of 5 in collaboration with the paediatric team. Complex cases are referred to the specialist children hospital in Manchester.
Specialist Radiology support for is available on the RAEI site. This includes two CT scanners, MRI and ultrasound. Interventional Radiology is limited and some patients may require transfer to tertiary specialist centres. There is a well establish 24 hour emergency CT scan service available for general surgical admissions.
The Departments of General Surgery works closely with the department of Gastroenterology and an established upper GI bleeding rota and ERCP service
Local Upper GI and HPB MDT run weekly in cooperation with the specialists from the tertiary referral centres.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.