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NHS HIGHLAND
Raigmore Hospital, Inverness
Permanent Consultant General Surgeon
10 PAs
£87,534 - £116,313 per annum pro rata
Applications are invited for a Consultant General Surgeon based in Raigmore. The successful applicant will have a broad experience of general and gastrointestinal surgery. This will be on a full time basis of 10PAs, with EPAs negotiable and will be expected to participate in the on-call rota on a 1:11 basis.
The Department of General Surgery comprises of 12 consultant general surgeons providing benign and resectional surgery for Oesophago-gastric, HPB and Colorectal disease. This is an additional post to further expand the team which will include a focus on helping to deliver our diagnostic targets for cancer and supporting our remobilisation plan for elective surgery. The post-holder would be expected to be able to have skills in elective and emergency general surgery, including JAG accreditation for endoscopy.
The General Surgical Service in Raigmore is supported by new and excellent ITU/HDU facilities; a radiology department with modern cross sectional imaging with two CT scanners and two MRI scanners; endoscopy unit and theatres with full range of laparoscopic equipment. Raigmore Hospital is one of the five cancer centres in Scotland. Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and neo-adjuvant chemo radiation are administered on site. We are a highly active research unit; projects include biomarker discovery, telemedicine apps, clinical trials, simulation in training, clinical education and we recruit to a high proportion of current colorectal clinical trials. The wider Department includes Vascular, Breast and Urology teams, and there are visiting paediatric, plastic and neurosurgical consultant staff.
Informal enquiries to Mr Stephen McNally, Service Clinical Director for General Surgery stephen.mcnally4@nhs.scot
Closing date: 10th July 2022
Reference: 106393
Interviews will be held in August
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