Job overview  

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is looking for a permanent Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon with interest in IBD who will be predominantly based at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, with responsibilities across both hospitals’ sites.

The successful candidate will be expected to take part in continuing Medical Education and Audit, Endoscopy, and provide teaching to members of the professional and nursing staff within the hospital, as well as Medical Students. Those candidates with an interest in research will of course be encouraged.

Contribution to an out of hours on call rota is core to this role.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a general, colorectal surgical practice including the management of colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and the full range of benign coloproctological conditions.
• To manage an unselected emergency general surgical take across a two site Trust including the surgical management of common, non-specialised emergency general surgical conditions in children and pregnant women referred by their respective specialties.
• To contribute to the colorectal cancer and IBD multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and take responsibility for the management of patients with complex disease and clinical needs.
• To participate in the training and education of the wider surgical team with a particular focus on postgraduate surgical training.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways, ensuring high levels of care and effective communication.
• To deliver sub-specialist IBD surgery in collaboration with our established multi-disciplinary service.

Working for our organisation

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.

Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.

Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.