Clinical Fellow ST1/2 equivalent in General Surgery

Wwl; Wigan; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust is seeking a dedicated Clinical Fellow ST1/2 in General Surgery. This full-time role involves supporting various surgical workloads, participating in teaching sessions, and engaging in rotation with other medical staff. The position includes teaching time, clinical responsibilities, and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Ability to work full shift system.
• Motivated and ambitious.
• Experience in conducting medical audits.

Responsibilities

• Support the Trust’s General Surgery workload wherever located.
• Attend monthly audit, morbidity, and mortality meetings.
• Participate in ward rounds and supervise foundation years.

Skills

Good communicator

Team player

Ability to cope under pressure

Ability to take history and examine patients

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Clinical Fellow ST1/2 equivalent in General Surgery

Main area Surgery Grade MT03 - Nodal point 3 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Possible on-call rota participation) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week Job ref 302-25-7238945MHR-S

Site Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust Town Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust Salary £49,909 Nodal point 3 Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/2025 08:00

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Job overview

Clinical Fellow - ST1 / 2 equivalent in General Surgery

3 hours of protected teaching time will be provided per week, to ensure that you can maintain your CPD. Slot shares will also be considered for those wishing to consider 'less than full time' working arrangements.

The appointee would be expected at attend monthly audit, morbidity and mortality meetings and encouraged to participate in weekly departmental teaching sessions.

They would be participating in acute on call rotas (day and night shift) with registrar and foundation year doctors.

They would be expected to attend ward rounds supervise foundation years in wards and attend clinics, theatre and endoscopy sessions with consultants.

An Enhanced DBS with C & A will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

For overseas candidates wishing to apply for the job role and require immigration sponsorship, you can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining aCoS for the post on the GOV.UK website.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be based at Royal Albert Edward infirmary (RAEI) and will be required to support the Trust’s General Surgery workload wherever it is located. Outpatient clinics are located at Thomas Linacre Centre and Leigh Infirmary with surgery being undertaken at RAEI and Leigh Infirmary. The appointee will report to Mr. Imran Alam, Clinical Director who will identify the post holders supervision and educational support.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit 1 x ST1 /2 equivalent in General Surgery until August 2024.

WWL are always striving for innovative recruitment and retention practices to ensure we can attract high calibre candidates to our Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be based at Royal Albert Edward infirmary (RAEI) and will be required to support the Trust’s General Surgery workload wherever it is located. Outpatient clinics are located at Thomas Linacre Centre and Leigh Infirmary with surgery being undertaken at RAEI and Leigh Infirmary. The appointee will report to Mr. Imran Alam, Clinical Director who will identify the post holders supervision and educational support.

3 hours of protected teaching time will be provided per week, to ensure that you can maintain your CPD. Slot shares will also be considered for those wishing to consider 'less than full time' working arrangements.

The appointee would be expected at attend monthly audit, morbidity and mortality meetings and encouraged to participate in weekly departmental teaching sessions.

Person specification

Additional

• Ability to work full shift system
• Motivated and ambitious
• Ability to cope under pressure
• Experience in conducting medical audits

Knowledge

• Basic medical knowledge

Skills

• Good communicator and team player
• Ability to keep good clinical records
• Ability to take history and examine patients

Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Guidance on Completing Your Application

Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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 Imran Alam Job title Clinical Director Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01942 822557

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