Job Title: Staff Grade - General Surgery
Post requires a license: Yes
Post requires 5 years residency: No
Salary Range: £58,742.00 to £97,050.00
Shift Allowance: This post currently attracts an additional 4 PA's with a 4% on call supplement. Reviewed annually
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Term Time only post:
Advert Closing Date:16/03/2025
By joining the Government of Jersey and wider Jersey Public Services, you'll be proud of what you can achieve – both for yourself and the people of Jersey. You'll enjoy a broader scope that allows you to express yourself, in a smaller setting that means you see the positive results of your impact every day. You'll have a diversity of opportunities that stretch and challenge you, with all the personal and professional support you need. Most of all, in our open, welcoming environment, your voice matters, enabling you to build a rewarding career.
Job Overview
We are delighted to offer a permanent Surgical Staff Grade position in Jersey.
The holder will work with other medical and nursing staff to provide a broad range of elective and emergency surgical and medical care to patients in Jersey covering Colorectal, Bariatric, Upper GI, Vascular and Breast surgical specialities, as well as participation in an Emergency Surgery service.
These posts provide an excellent opportunity for those wishing to gain further surgical skills and knowledge while working in a UK medical system.
Surgical Staff Grades and Associate Specialists provide Emergency out of hour’s on-call together with a named Consultant. On-call is non-resident and is supported by a resident F1 or F2.
Duties
The post holder will work across the range of general surgery. Surgical fellows will work with Consultants and Associate Specialists providing inpatient and outpatient based care.
This will involve working in Colorectal, Bariatric, Upper GI, Vascular and Breast surgical specialities. Where there are gaps in knowledge or experience within these, focussed support and training will be available.
The rota operates with prospective cover amongst the Middle Grades. The post holder will be expected to work with other Middle Grades in providing an emergency on call service.
The post holder will be expected to attend outpatient clinics, operating theatres and perform ward rounds. The majority of the day time work will be covering the above specialties however there is also a proportion of general surgical practice especially on call and involves covering urological emergencies.
Administration, audit and activities will also be undertaken.
Specific duties and time-tabling will be subject to an annual Job-plan review. As a rough guide this post will have 2-3 clinics, 2-3 theatre sessions, 1 SPA, 1 Admin session and Ward round commitments.
Job Plan
The post is 10 PA's and currently attracts an additional 4 PA contract which is reviewed annually as part of job planning.
The final job plan will be agreed with the Clinical Lead, Chief of Service and ratified by the Group Medical Director. The post holder’s job plan will be reviewed annually and will be appraised according to the current guidance.
On-call commitment for this post 1:5 week day and 1:5 weekend, remunerated within the job plan and 4% on call availability supplement. There is a junior doctor (full shift) and a Consultant on-call also.
The Speciality
The post holder will work closely within the Department of General Surgery which provides a complete general Surgical Service:
Emergency, Out-patient and Elective General (Upper GI and Colo-Rectal) Surgery
Emergency, Screening, Out-Patient and Elective Breast Surgery Service
Vascular Out-patient and Day Surgery Service.
The department has a suite of offices for Consultants, non-career grade Doctors, Secretaries, Nursing and Secretarial Support.
The hospital has a main theatre department comprising 4 operating theatres.
There is a dedicated Day Surgery Unit which provides two further operating theatres.
All theatres are equipped to a high standard and 2 main theatres have ultra-clean air-flow systems.
There is a dedicated Endoscopy Unit and extensive out-patient facilities.
Other Hospital Departments
The Surgical Departments encompass a diverse, exciting and very busy service that strives to provide safe quality care that meets the needs of all patient groups. We have many challenges ahead to maintain this quality service but the hospital has a committed highly skilled team who will take the service forward to continually improve and implement changes in practice to deliver this care.
The Ward and Departmental Managers cover a range of services comprising:
3 Surgical Wards - Portelet, Rayner and the Emergency Assessment Ward. Critical Care Unit which includes Medical and Surgical Intensive Unit/H.D.U. Endoscopy Unit on Aubin Ward. Designated Day Surgery Theatre. Main theatre Suite. Outpatient Dental Department. Outpatient ENT facilities Outpatient Ophthalmology Department. Private Wing. Radiology Department. Physiotherapy Department. Anaesthetic Department. ENT and Ophthalmology Departments.
Speciality Medical Staff
Consultant Medical Staff
Mr Matthew Stephenson, MB BS, MSc, FRCS (gen surg) (Clinical Lead) General and Breast Surgery. Mr Miklos Kassai – MD EBSQ (Colo) General and Colorectal Surgery. Mr Jonathan Shenfine – MB BS, FRCS (Gen Surg), FRCS (Eng.) FRACS, PhD. General and Upper GI Surgery. Mr Mark Whyman – MB BS, FRCS, Vascular Surgery. Mr Muhammed Aleem – Acting Consultant Emergency Surgeon and Rebecca Fallaize, Consultant in Emergency and General Surgery.
Speciality Medical Staff Continued:
Non- Consultant Medical Staff – Middle Grade Tier
Associate Specialists:
Mr Karkala Pai. Mr Sarfraz Jamali
Surgical Staff Grade or Surgical Fellow:
Vacancy – This post x 2
Staff Grade - Abigail Hayward
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