Consultant Upper GI (Oesophago-Gastric) Surgeon

at  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The successful candidate will join an established team of Upper GI cancer surgeons, working within the RLUH providing an Upper GI cancer resection service for Liverpool and surrounding areas. This comprises a population in excess of 1.5 million patients, and generates approximately 150 resections per year. This includes patients from across the region including patients from the catchment area of North and South Liverpool, the Wirral, St Helens and Knowsley, North Cheshire, Southport, Chester and the Isle of Man. Expected duties will include an active role in maintaining and developing the elective Upper GI cancer service, whilst contributing equitably to the out of hours service; for both elective and emergency activity.
The unit facilitates mentorship and two-consultant operating where necessary, particularly in the early years of Consultant appointment. The new appointee will have equitable working conditions to colleagues within both the Upper GI unit and wider surgical department. The Upper GI unit works as a team with a consultant ward round every day, 365 days a year. Postoperative and emergency patients are looked after by the consultants within the Upper GI team.
Therefore when a colleague is on leave or at a different hospital site there is no requirement for cover. There is a weekly planning meeting after the Specialist MDT meeting (SMDT) to facilitate staffing of clinical activities

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