Consultant General Surgeon with sub specialty in Colorectal Surgery

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Applications are invited for a Consultant General Surgeon to join the team in Ayrshire and Arran (NHSAA) with on call commitments at University Hospital Crosshouse (UHA). Applications are welcomed from candidates with a sub-specialty interest in Colorectal Surgery.

The two main hospital sites within the health board are UHA and University Hospital Crosshouse (UHC), located in the picturesque West Coast of Scotland. Together they serve a population of 366,000.

Clinical sessions may be worked across both sites. The successful applicant will join a team of 20 consultant general surgeons, with subspecialist interests, across both sites and will contribute to the emergency general surgery on call rota.

UHC has 539 beds, was opened in 1982 and has been expanded and upgraded regularly since then.  Services in the majority of major specialties are provided at the hospital, in addition to Ayrshire-wide services in Intensive Care Medicine, Trauma, Robotic Surgery, ENT, Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Paediatrics, and Gynaecology. The Ayrshire Maternity Unit resides in a state of the art building on the Crosshouse site.

Both Hospitals are easily accessed by road, with the M77 providing rapid access to Glasgow (30 minutes from UHC, 45 minutes from UHA). Rail services also link both Kilmarnock and Ayr to Glasgow and other surrounding towns. Prestwick International Airport lies midway between both hospitals, approximately a 15 minute drive to each. All clinical sites in NHSAA provide free parking. 

Interviews are scheduled for 11th October 2024 in the afternoon 13pm onwards

Applicants wishing further information about the post, or to arrange a site visit, are invited to contact: 

Mr Kevin Robertson, CD for General Surgery, NHSAA - Kevin.Robertson@aapct.scot.nhs.uk

Mr Cathreine Sharp, Site CD for General Surgery UHC - Catherine.Sharp@aapct.scot.nhs.uk

Mr Cameron Sharkey, Divisional General Manager, NHSAA - Cameron.Sharkey@aapct.scot.nhs.uk