Main area HPB (Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary) Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow Contract 12 months (Fixed term 12 month) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (on call) Job ref 216-G3-HPB7061235
Employer University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Derriford Hospital Town Plymouth Salary £70,425 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/05/2025 08:00
Trust Senior Clinical Fellow HPB
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
We are looking to appoint a Trust Senior Clinical Fellow within HPB (Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary) surgery service at University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Derriford Hospital, Devon. This post is a role intended for surgeons who are towards the end of their specialist training (ST6 or above), either seeking employment as a consultant or who wish to further their clinical experience before taking up appointment to a consultant position.
Previous experience in General Surgery and Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) is essential.
Main duties of the job
Some of the duties of the StR Higher are as follows:
* Participate in the Theatre and ward care of Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) and emergency surgery patients.
* Participate in the Middle grade on-call rota.
* Liaise with junior trainees to ensure appropriate pre-operative work-up including imaging.
* Attend regular operating sessions of the clinical team to assist with major surgery and develop skills of increasing complexity under the close supervision of the Consultant.
* Assist with regular outpatient clinics under the Consultant's guidance.
* Undertake administrative duties including the dictation of discharge summaries, operating notes, outpatient clinic letters and other relevant clinical correspondence.
* Perform duties in emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the Consultants.
* Contribute to the teaching of medical students, and junior trainees.
* Contribute to rota management of the junior doctors.
Working for our organisation
Plymouth Hospitals is the largest hospital trust in the southwest peninsula and is a teaching trust in partnership with the Peninsula Medical School. The Trust also has an integrated Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary and tertiary healthcare to people in the Southwest Peninsula. We also provide comprehensive training and education for a wide range of healthcare professionals.
We offer a full range of general hospital services to around 450,000 people in Plymouth, North and East Cornwall and South and West Devon. These include emergency and trauma services, maternity services, paediatrics and a full range of diagnostic, medical and surgical sub-specialties.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The unit is organisationally part of the Surgery Care Group. The HPB unit has 6 consultants, and the unit undertakes both open and laparoscopic surgery for complex benign and malignant conditions of liver, pancreas, and biliary system.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking to appoint a StR Higher 6+ in HPB surgery. The post is intended for surgeons who are toward the end of their specialist training, either seeking employment as a consultant or who wish to further their clinical experience before taking up appointment to a consultant position.
This is a Trust appointment, not a formal training post, so does not have Deanery or Royal College approval for training purposes. This is a fixed term post with terms and conditions that follow the specialist registrar grade, except for study leave as outlined in section 3.5. The salary scale is within the Specialist Registrar salary scale.
The post-holder will be supervised in their work by a designated consultant. They will be expected to be able to perform routine, uncomplicated procedures (such as cholecystectomy and hernia repair) with minimal supervision. The focus of training will be all Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary procedures.
Person specification
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University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.
We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.
In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.
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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Vickie Edwards Job title Service Line Manager Email address vickie.edwards@nhs.net Telephone number 01752 439279 Additional information
Charlotte Hitchins
Consultant HPB & Renal Transplant Surgeon
charlotte.hitchins@nhs.net
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