Specialist in General Surgery

The post offers an opportunity for an experienced General Surgeon to join the General Surgery team at Kettering General Hospital in a substantive Specialist role. The post holder will contribute to the delivery and development of high-quality inpatient and outpatient specialist surgical services, with potential involvement in the management of surgical emergencies according to service requirements and experience. The successful candidate will have extensive clinical experience, including a minimum of five years' UK NHS Registrar-level experience, and demonstrate a strong commitment to patient-centred care and effective multidisciplinary working., The post holder will provide high-quality General Surgical services, supporting the delivery of outpatient, inpatient, emergency and elective activity and achievement of agreed waiting-time, waiting-list and theatre targets. Responsibilities include providing senior clinical supervision, developing specialist interests and surgical pathways, contributing to departmental leadership, clinical audit, Clinical Governance, patient safety, quality improvement and Mortality and Morbidity meetings. The post holder will support undergraduate and postgraduate education, training and supervision of junior and middle-grade medical staff, and work with the Rota Coordinator and Staff Bank to support effective medical staffing, rota cover and annual and study leave arrangements. The role also includes relevant administrative duties, participation in job planning, annual appraisal and mandatory training, and compliance with Trust revalidation requirements.

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University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.