Job Summary
Job SummaryWe are inviting applications for a full time consultant for six months. The role will enable the candidate to get acquainted with the inner workings of the department and to provide an opportunity to apply for and potentially obtain the substantive consultant post planned for recruitment later in 2026.
Main duties of the job
The Post-holder Will:
* Work with colleagues to provide a Consultant-led service with the highest standard of care
* Work with the multi-professional team to develop care pathways and clinical guidelines
* Develop and maintain good working practices with wards, out-patients and the ED
* Collaborate and promote close working links with colleagues, other departments and primary care
* Offer educational, clinical support and leadership to junior medical colleagues, nursing colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary workforce
* Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
* Ensure there is a robust process for reviewing the quality of services provided, explaining the causes of success and failure and ensure the highest standards are maintained
* Provide a role model of professional leadership, underpinning the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour is demonstrated
* Ensure that junior doctors training conforms to college requirements
* Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trust's agreed policy
* Become part of the ICENI teaching faculty in delivering or facilitating courses/programmes
About Us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. We focus on Time Matters to everyone and are investing in digital transformation with Epic to bring an advanced EPR system to ESNEFT.
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Details
Date posted 27 January 2026Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staffGrade ConsultantSalary £109,725 to £145,478 a year per annumContract Fixed termDuration 6 monthsWorking pattern Full-timeReference number 432-MI2783Job locations Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich IP4 5PD
Job Description
Job Responsibilities
* Provide on-call cover for general surgery. There is currently a 1 in 12 on-call rota for General Surgery at Ipswich Hospital with a 4/3 split (Mon-Thurs and Fri-Sun on-calls). The on-call general surgeon is expected to manage appendicitis in children over age 5; other childhood surgical conditions are managed by the Ipswich paediatrics team with paediatric surgeons in Norwich. Vascular surgery emergencies are handled by the on-call vascular team in Colchester.
* Support provision of surgical services to maintain compliance with RTT timeframe
* Provide leadership in developing the hot gallbladder service
* Provide upper GI specialist general surgery services (laparoscopic cholecystectomy, common bile duct exploration and laparoscopic fundoplication, among others). You will have the opportunity to be mentored and trained in fields of interest
* Issuing of advice to GPs on suitability of patients for referral to outpatients or admission to hospital
* The candidate is expected to be based at Ipswich Hospital. There are no outreach clinics planned to outlying hospitals
* Provide supervision to trainee doctors in an Educational and/or Clinical supervisor role (the necessary training will be provided for applicants who have not undertaken these roles previously)
Person Specification
Essential
* Full registration with the General Medical Council
* FRCS or equivalent
* Competent in Upper GI endoscopy
* Experience in acute general surgery
* Training in laparoscopic surgery
* At least 5 years at HST level (or equivalent)
* Ability to lead and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
* Ability to organise and prioritise work effectively and be involved in the organisation of the department
* Must be able to travel to meet requirements of post
* Experience of postgraduate and undergraduate teaching
Desirable
* MD/MS/PhD or equivalent
* Entry onto the Specialist Register or a UK SpR within 6 months of CCT/CESR date at interview
* Training in advanced laparoscopic surgery
* Evidence of work submitted for Peer review
* Formal training in management
* Evidence of leadership in quality improvement and bringing about service change
* Formal training in teaching
* Formal training in Educational/ clinical supervisor roles (training provided if not previously undertaken)
* JAG accreditation for upper GI endoscopy
Other information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a disclosure check will be required.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered. See UK Visas and Immigration for details. UK criminal records checks guidance applies for overseas applicants.
UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers for details.
Employer details
Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation TrustAddress Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, IP4 5PDEmployer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/
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