Locum Consultant in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

Locum appointment for a Consultant Surgeon with a specialist interest in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery. The post is based at St James's University Hospital. The successful candidate will join an established Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery team comprising six consultants, including four full-time and two part-time surgeons, delivering a comprehensive range of benign and malignant Upper Gastrointestinal services. The Leeds Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit is one of the largest in the UK, performing approximately 80-100 oesophagogastric resections annually. The unit offers a broad spectrum of surgical approaches, including open, minimally invasive, and robotic techniques. The service also provides a comprehensive Tier 4 bariatric surgery programme, alongside a full range of primary and revisional hiatal surgery procedures. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust operates a dedicated Emergency General Surgery (EGS) service, with substantive Consultant EGS Surgeons delivering emergency
surgical care seven days a week between 08:00 and 18:00. The appointee will participate in a 1:10 on-call rota alongside other Upper Gastrointestinal and Pancreaticobiliary Surgeons, providing sub-specialist support to the EGS service during normal working hours and general surgical cover outside these hours. Please see Job Description attached to advert for further information.