Colorectal Consultant

1.Provision with Consultant colleagues of a comprehensive surgical service to the County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust including emergency on-call service for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions, and the proper functioning of the service. 2. The rota commitment is one in 10. You will be expected to offer advice on patients to consultants in other disciplines when requested. 3. The post holder will be required to cover for Consultant colleagues during normal periods of leave. 4. Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff. 5. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and for contribution to postgraduate and continuing medical education activity locally and where appropriate nationally. All Consultant medical staff have responsibility for the training and supervision of junior medical staff who work with them and it is expected that time will be devoted to
this activity on a regular basis by Consultants. If appropriate, you will be named in the contracts of doctors in training grades as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as the initial source of advice to such doctors on their careers. 6. The post holder will be required to participate in medical audit and to act on the recommendations arising from such audits. 7. Opportunities for involvement in appropriate research programmes approved by the Trusts ethics Committee in accordance with the policies laid down from time to time by the Department of Health and National Institute for Health Research. 8. Collectively responsibility falling on all Consultants to consult with their colleagues and hence to co-ordinate their individual activities in order that the particular service with which they are involved operates effectively. 9. Accepting such management responsibilities as are mutually agreed between the Consultants and Care Group. 10. The post holder will be
responsible to the Care Group Director in respect of the reasonable and effective use of Hospital resources and staff.