Job overview
Applications are invited for the posts of Senior Clinical Fellow for General, Breast, Colorectal and Emergency Surgery. This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the service that we provide to our population. This is a 6 month/one year fixed term but extendable for the right candidates.
The successful candidate will be participating in the ward rounds, outpatient clinics and assisting in theatres across General and surgical specialties. There will also be opportunities to teach medical students. The successful candidate will participate in General Surgery and emergency theatres. You will have an opportunity to cover breast, colorectal, general and emergency surgery.
The applicants must have MRCS and full GMC Registration.
The appointees will fast track patients through their diagnosis and initiate investigation to provide initial management for patient presenting with acute surgical issues. They will also triage surgical patients to improve the decision making for admission/further referral or ambulation management via the surgical Hot Clinic.
Applications are invited for the posts of Senior Clinical Fellow for the General Surgery Department within the Colorectal firm. This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the service that we provide to our population.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery will need to have GMC registration and MRCS or equivalent. The ideal candidate would possess good written and verbal communications skills and be a good team player which is an essential requirement for this post.
· Participate in 2ww Clinics and outpatients Clinics
· Attend theatres and be part of the CEPOD rota
· The candidate will undertake research and service improvement projects within the division of General Surgery and enhance their clinical portfolio.
· Work in collaboration with the Team of Consultant Surgeons ensuring patients are effectively triaged and reduced unnecessary delays to treatment
· Participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal and research projects leading to publications
· Will have responsibility for providing emergency support to patients at Queens Hospital as appropriate
Working for our organisation
We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand ourimprovements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in ; we’ve opened at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our in Ilford; an in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at and at in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff who come from 146 different countries live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited. We’re proud to be a employer.
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Senior Clinical Fellow post is a key role as they fast track patients through their diagnosis and initiate investigations and provide initial management plans for patients presenting with acute surgical issues. The post holder will also triage surgical patients, and this improves the decision making for admission/further referral or ambulatory management in the Surgical Hot Clinic. They will be responsible for managing ward referrals, resus and trauma calls and all paediatric and community GP referrals.
The post offers an excellent opportunity to consolidate and build on existing operative and clinical skills in General and emergency surgery and the ideal candidate will be able to undertake research and develop their leadership skills with support of the surgical team.
They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. We will support the appointee in their career progression.
Applicants are advised to read the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitted an application. As you complete your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section on the application form.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
1. Full GMC Registration, MBChB or FRCS equivalent
2. Work experience at the middle grade level in general and emergency surgery or substantial SHO experience
3. Evidence of continuing professional development
4. Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
Desirable criteria
5. Higher degree
6. Previous UK surgical experience
7. Experience in managing emergency surgical skills
Applicant requirements
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.