Job overview The Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery sits within the Digestive Diseases Care Group.  The Department of Upper GI is supported by nine consultants, and its activities are spread between Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary, within the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Working to support the delivery of the elective surgery service, Upper GI Surgery has a dedicated elective surgical ward at Castle Hill Hospital.  In addition, the role will include participation in the on-call rota supporting the Acute Surgery service, which is located on the Hull Royal Infirmary site and is delivered through Wards 6 and 60. 

The role is fixed term for 6 months in the first instance.

Main duties of the job The role will incorporate activities including acute and elective theatre delivery, outpatient clinics including New and Follow Up patients, as well as supporting Endoscopy delivery.

The role will also have a requirement to support the on-call rota.

Your work pattern will be issued with your offer letter, confirming your shifts and any pay enhancements

Working for your organisation The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For further details regarding this vacancy, please see the attached job description and personal spec 

For further details / informal visits contact: Name Mr David Mitton Job title Clinical Lead for Upper GI Email address david.mitton@nhs.net Telephone number 01482 875875