Trust Doctor Surgery

The Trust Doctor post will be responsible for the day to day management of elective and emergency surgical patients. This includes patients on the Paediatric wards. They will be responsible to the registrars and consultants and will be expected to attend the surgical outpatient clinics, specialist clinics, theatre and ward rounds.

The post holder will provide emergency on call cover with the on call team for surgery based within the Surgical Decisions Unit at North Tees. The elective work is carried out on both the North Tees site and the Hartlepool site with most of the urgent and cancer lists being held on the North Tees site.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones.

We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We actively encourage staff involvement with staff networking events and staff survey

“Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

The candidate will work with the Consultant and the Registrar in the areas of breast, colorectal and UGI. They will work within a team based on call system covering 1st on call (emergency admissions) and 2nd on call (emergency theatre). They will work alongside Core Trainees and Foundation Year 2 doctors with ample opportunity for exposure to surgical elective and emergency workload. Teaching opportunities are also available to the successful candidate.

**Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received**