• Job Description

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  Job summary

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is welcoming applications for an NHS Locum Consultant General Surgeon.

  You will provide benign general surgical and upper gastrointestinal surgical services to the community served by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust and to play a key role with colleagues in further developing general surgical services.

  You will provide with consultant colleagues a service in general surgery involving in-patient and out-patient work and share in the on-call rota.

  This post is to support the development of the General Surgery service. All staff support and ancillary facilities are in place. There will be office space for the post-holder with a dedicated computer and IT facilities and medical secretarial support.

  We welcome informal visits and enquiries. This post may close prior to the planned advertising end date once maximum application numbers have been reached.

  Main duties of the job

  • To provide a general surgical service including general surgical elective activity and 1 in 9 on call emergency cover for general surgery.
  • To provide elective surgical service
  • Consultants are required to have continuing responsibility for the care of patients in their charge and for the proper funding of their departments. They are expected to undertake administrative duties that arise from these responsibilities.
  • To provide an Outpatients service for new referrals and for ongoing care.

  About us

  There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

  Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

  At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

  We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

  We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

  Details

  Date posted

  07 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Consultant

  Salary

  £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  426-773-25EG

  Job locations

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  Gayton Road

  King's Lynn

  PE30 4ET

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this opportunity.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this opportunity.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
  • FRCS or equivalent medical qualification

  Desirable

  • MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent training and experience

  Entry Criteria

  Essential

  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
  • Training and interest in elective and emergency general surgery
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the emergency care of patients, both paediatric and adults.
  • A wide range of clinical skills and practice in the specialty
  • Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework

  Desirable

  • GI endoscopy skills
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
  • FRCS or equivalent medical qualification

  Desirable

  • MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent training and experience

  Entry Criteria

  Essential

  • Full Registration and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council.
  • Training and interest in elective and emergency general surgery
  • Ability to take full and independent responsibility for the emergency care of patients, both paediatric and adults.
  • A wide range of clinical skills and practice in the specialty
  • Meets the criteria set out in the Specialist generic capabilities framework

  Desirable

  • GI endoscopy skills
  • Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within six months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) at time of interview

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had 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) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

  Address

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  Gayton Road

  King's Lynn

  PE30 4ET

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT

  Address

  The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

  Gayton Road

  King's Lynn

  PE30 4ET

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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