Cancer Research Fellow in Colorectal Surgery

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London is seeking a fellowship position within the colorectal cancer team. Responsibilities include managing clinics, conducting essential research, and participating in educational activities. Ideal candidates should have a solid foundation in surgical training and effective teamwork skills. This role offers an opportunity to contribute significantly to patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Completed foundation or core surgical training preferred.
• Clinical experience with patients undergoing surgery is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Run two week rule clinics, including virtual and telephone assessment clinics.
• Conduct research on colorectal cancer to improve patient outcomes.
• Participate in clinical training and MDM.

Skills

Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team

Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills

Time management and organisation skills

Education

Full GMC Registration

BSc, MSc

Job description

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy's is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas' has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King's College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

This fellowship involves working alongside the Colorectal cancer team and has the responsibilities which includes, running two week rule clinics, including virtual clinic (VC) and telephone assessment clinic (TAC), attending the colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary team meeting and liaising with pre-habilitative services to ready patients for surgery. There will also be patient databases to keep updated and opportunity to perform research in these areas.

St Thomas' has seven colorectal surgeons providing tertiary level care in a variety of benign and colorectal cancer conditions. The colorectal unit is a tertiary referral unit for the South East of England for colorectal cancer and advanced colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease and pelvic floor. The colorectal cancer surgical department includes four consultants and regular MDMs held with the wider clinical team.

Main duties of the job
• • To provide x 2, F2F, x 2 VC and x 2 TAC clinics per week
• To conduct research on colorectal cancer to improve patient experience and outcomes.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care
• To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• Attend weekly MDM

Working for our organisation

St Thomas' has seven colorectal surgeons providing tertiary level care in a variety of benign and colorectal cancer conditions. The St Thomas Colorectal Unit has particular interests in inflammatory bowel disease surgery with about 80 resections performed each year. There is a strong robotic surgery programme with patients undergoing operations for both cancer and benign disease, including inflammatory bowel disease. The Pelvic floor unit is a tertiary referral unit for the South East of England and with regular MDMs held with the urologists and gynaecologists. The colorectal unit also performs a number of multivisceral resections for advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer in conjunction with the plastics and urological teams.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This post is suitable for a doctor looking to increase their knowledge of colorectal cancer and the two week wait pathway. Ideally for someone who has completed foundation or core surgical training.

Responsibilities will include running two week rule clinics, attending the colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary team meeting and liaising with pre-habilitative services to ready patients for surgery. There will also be patient databases to keep updated and opportunity to perform research in these areas.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration

Desirable criteria

• BSc, MSc

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Other relevant postgraduate Qualifications
• Qualification in research studies

Desirable criteria

• Clinical experience with patients undergoing surgery
• Clinical experience in outpatient clinics

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Up to date clinical knowledge appropriate to current stage of training
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
• Time management and organisation skills
• Ability to work independently with guidance/supervision

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of initiative and leadership skills
• Familiarity with some relevant literature related to the post
• Evidence of working in an outpatient setting

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable criteria

• Advanced teaching experience (e.g. organising training days, involvement in regional or national teaching)

Audit, Quality Improvement & research

Essential criteria

• Ability to carry out audit and/or quality improvement work
• Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully
• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of delivering change through audit loops and/or quality improvement projects
• Evidence of original research

Other

Essential criteria

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council

Desirable criteria

• Experience in clinical guideline development

Guy's and St Thomas' celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study's at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

Flexible working

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual's personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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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.

Documents to download

• Colorectal 2ww +cancer research fellow (PDF, 248.6KB)
• Functional requirement (PDF, 408.6KB)
• Job Advert (PDF, 328.6KB)