Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 12 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 180-CON-5192
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cambridge University Hospitals
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 Per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in General Surgery with interest in Benign Upper GI Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The Digestive Diseases Directorate of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Substantive (12PA) Consultant in General Surgery with a sub-specialty interest in benign upper GI surgery. The successful candidate will have a broad experience of emergency general surgery (including trauma) and upper gastrointestinal surgery. This post is to commence as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
The successful post-holder will provide a Consultant delivered service for emergency general surgery with seven EGS colleagues (i.e. on EGS duties one week in eight) and support the elective benign activities of the upper GI team.
You will be fully registered with the GMC and have a CCT in General Surgery or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. You will have passed the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination or equivalent. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.
Working for our organisation
The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Standards
- Professionalism
- Clinical Skills
- Specialty Specific Skills
- Commitment to Clinical Governance
- Communication Skills
- Personal Skills
- Understanding of the NHS
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Peter Safranek
- Job title
- Specialty lead for Upper GI Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Alternative contact:
Mr John Bennett, Consultant UGI Surgeon, [email protected]
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