Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group
Consultant Emergency General Surgeon
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Consultant General Surgeon - Emergency General Surgery
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Emergency General Surgery to join our expanding surgical team at Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a team of Consultant General Surgeons delivering high-quality elective and emergency surgical care across Lincolnshire. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting and further developing our Emergency General Surgery service, including the Lincoln Emergency and Ambulatory General Surgery (LEAGS) service, whilst also maintaining an elective general surgery practice. The post includes outpatient, theatre, emergency surgical assessment, and inpatient responsibilities, alongside opportunities for teaching, training, service development, and research.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver high-quality emergency and elective general surgical care.
- Contribute to the Surgical Emergency Admission Unit (SEAU) and emergency general surgery pathways.
- Undertake elective theatre sessions and outpatient clinics.
- Participate in the Consultant on-call rota for Emergency General Surgery.
- Provide senior clinical decision-making and leadership within the multidisciplinary team.
- Support the ongoing development of ambulatory emergency surgery services.
- Supervise and train undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors in training.
- Contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement, and service development initiatives.
- Participate in departmental teaching programs, mortality and morbidity meetings, and multidisciplinary working.
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About Us
Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group comprises acute and community services working together to deliver outstanding patient-centred care to a mix of urban and rural communities.
Our Values
- Compassionate
- Collaborative
- Innovative
As a Teaching Hospitals Group, we have strong links with the University of Lincoln Medical School and provide opportunities for education, training, research, and CPD.
Our General Surgery service is ambitious and evolving, with well-established emergency surgery pathways, a thriving ambulatory model, strong multidisciplinary support, and opportunities for clinicians to influence service developments.
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On-Call Responsibilities
- 1:9 Consultant Emergency General Surgery on-call rota
- Weekend on-call from Saturday morning to Monday morning.
- Non-resident overnight on-call.
- Senior support for emergency admissions, ward referrals, and emergency operating.
Teaching and Training
- Supervision of Foundation, Core, and Higher Surgical Trainees.
- Undergraduate teaching through Lincoln Medical School.
- Educational and clinical supervision following appropriate accreditation.
- Support for multidisciplinary staff education and development.
Audit, Governance and Service Development participation
- Clinical Governance and Morbidity & Mortality meetings.
- Local and national audits including NELA and NCEPOD.
- Contribution to research, quality improvement, and service development.
- Support innovation within emergency and elective surgical pathways.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Mr Amit Shuka
Job title: Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Email address: Amit.Shukla@nhs.net
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