Colorectal Consultant

Are you a Colorectal Consultant looking for additional weekend work? Here at 18 Week Support, we have an exciting opportunity to support a well-established NHS Trust in the Southwest area within a busy Colorectal service.

Main duties of the job

To provide high-quality, safe and effective assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of patients with colorectal conditions.

About us

Who We Are:

At 18 Week Support, we are the UKs leading insourcing

provider to the NHS. We partner with trusts nationwide to expand clinical

capacity, reduce waiting times, and improve patient access to outpatient and

surgical care. Clinical excellence and patient safety are at the heart of

everything we do.

Details

Date posted

15 October 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Locum

Duration

3 months

Working pattern

Part-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

E0341-26-0086

Job locations

3rd Floor

Dorset and Surrounding

Dorset

EC3R 5AR

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with colorectal diseases in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and emergency settings.
• Perform elective and emergency colorectal surgery, including open, laparoscopic and other appropriate minimally invasive procedures within the surgeons competence.
• Manage colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, anal fistulas, fissures and other benign and malignant conditions.
• Undertake appropriate diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, where trained and credentialed.
• Provide perioperative care, including preoperative assessment, consent, postoperative monitoring, complication management and follow-up.
• Participate in emergency general surgery rotas and provide specialist advice for acute surgical admissions.
• Coordinate patient care with oncologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and other relevant professionals.
• Recognise and manage clinical deterioration, escalating care when required.

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with colorectal diseases in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and emergency settings.
• Perform elective and emergency colorectal surgery, including open, laparoscopic and other appropriate minimally invasive procedures within the surgeons competence.
• Manage colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, anal fistulas, fissures and other benign and malignant conditions.
• Undertake appropriate diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, where trained and credentialed.
• Provide perioperative care, including preoperative assessment, consent, postoperative monitoring, complication management and follow-up.
• Participate in emergency general surgery rotas and provide specialist advice for acute surgical admissions.
• Coordinate patient care with oncologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and other relevant professionals.
• Recognise and manage clinical deterioration, escalating care when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential:
• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Current experience working within a surgical setting for a minimum of 6 months within the last 12 months.
• Proven NHS experience.
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer, benign colorectal conditions, perioperative care and relevant clinical guidelines
• Competence in appropriate elective and emergency colorectal procedures
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
• Commitment to patient safety, professional development and high-quality clinical care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential:
• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Current experience working within a surgical setting for a minimum of 6 months within the last 12 months.
• Proven NHS experience.
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer, benign colorectal conditions, perioperative care and relevant clinical guidelines
• Competence in appropriate elective and emergency colorectal procedures
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
• Commitment to patient safety, professional development and high-quality clinical care.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

18 Week Support Limited

Address

3rd Floor

Dorset and Surrounding

Dorset

EC3R 5AR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.18weeksupport.com/careers/working-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

18 Week Support Limited

Address

3rd Floor

Dorset and Surrounding

Dorset

EC3R 5AR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.18weeksupport.com/careers/working-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and manage patients with colorectal diseases in outpatient clinics, inpatient wards and emergency settings.
• Perform elective and emergency colorectal surgery, including open, laparoscopic and other appropriate minimally invasive procedures within the surgeons competence.
• Manage colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse, haemorrhoids, anal fistulas, fissures and other benign and malignant conditions.
• Undertake appropriate diagnostic procedures, including colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy, where trained and credentialed.
• Provide perioperative care, including preoperative assessment, consent, postoperative monitoring, complication management and follow-up.
• Participate in emergency general surgery rotas and provide specialist advice for acute surgical admissions.
• Coordinate patient care with oncologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, specialist nurses and other relevant professionals.
• Recognise and manage clinical deterioration, escalating care when required.

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential:
• GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Current experience working within a surgical setting for a minimum of 6 months within the last 12 months.
• Proven NHS experience.
• Knowledge of colorectal cancer, benign colorectal conditions, perioperative care and relevant clinical guidelines
• Competence in appropriate elective and emergency colorectal procedures
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills.
• Commitment to patient safety, professional development and high-quality clinical care.