Senior Clinical Fellow General Surgery and Benign Colorectal

Senior Clinical Fellow General Surgery and Benign Colorectal Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Benign Colorectal Surgery. The post holder will be responsible for ward rounds, will undertake General Surgery and benign Colorectal outpatient clinics, and assist on General Surgery theatre lists. The post holder will support the Colorectal Cancer team as required, however this will be on a limited basis, and therefore this post is not recommended for anyone looking for extensive training in Colorectal cancer or major Colorectal procedures. There is opportunity for the post holder to get involved in teaching and training, audit and quality improvement work. Interested applicants will also have opportunity to gain experience in endoscopy.

The post is offered on a full-time basis, and includes a 1 in 10 on call commitment, including night shifts, with commensurate banding.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery within the subspecialty of General and Benign Colorectal Surgery. The post involves supporting the supervising consultants in the full spectrum of clinical activity including main theatres, day surgery theatres, out-patients and ward work. As the trust moves forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, services are changing rapidly to adapt to a new way of working. Therefore the successful candidate may be expected to support surgeons across the service. This will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced surgeons, particularly as they look to continue to provide high quality clinical care in a post-COVID healthcare environment.

It is envisioned that the successful candidate will play an active role in improving the emergency surgical pathway for patients alongside consultants, managers, and the wider hospital team. A particular focus will be the effective running of the CEPOD list. Experience in quality improvement would be desirable but training can be provided within the Trust.

As an employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people's and children's services across medical and surgical specialties.

The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as 'Outstanding'. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Job responsibilities

For full duties of this post, and more information about the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• MBBS or other undergraduate Medical degree
• Basic clinical training and experience in laparoscopic surgery.
• Registrar grade experience in upper or lower GI surgery.

Clinical Skills

• Clinical and operative skill levels consistent with a senior registrar would be appropriate

Leadership and Professionalism

• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need

Management Skills

• Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding

Teaching and Training

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
• Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Clinical Governance

• Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management

Communication Skills

• Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English

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.

Salary

£41,750 to £64,288 per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

293-SWNS-MED-0196

Job locations

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust