CREHST Surgical Training Programme with Interest in General Surgery

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned healthcare trust in the UK is offering junior clinical fellowship roles within the General Surgery theme. The successful candidates will manage inpatients, attend theatre to meet surgical training targets, and participate in monthly teaching. Full registration with the GMC is required. This is an excellent opportunity for recent graduates looking to gain diverse surgical experience.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and licensed to practice.
• Participation in quality improvement/audit projects.
• Completion of MRCS Part A and Part B during the program.

Responsibilities

• Manage inpatients and acute presentations during on-call work.
• Attend theatre regularly to meet surgical training targets.
• Participate in monthly teaching sessions.

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The CREHST Program (Certificate of Readiness to Enter Higher Surgical Training) has been devised in order to provide trust grade junior clinical fellows a structured training experience culminating in CREHST sign-off (providing requirements are met), allowing application to higher surgical training.

9 roles across 3 themed programs are available as follows. This advert relates to 3 roles that sit in the General Surgery 'theme', as per the below.

The aim is to furnish trainees with broad surgical exposure, whilst allowing focussed development in their chosen speciality, in order to maximise the chances at ST3+ application.

Themed rotations

• T&O Themed: 14 months T&O, 4 months Plastics, 4 months General Surgery — 3 roles available
• Plastic Surgery Themed: 14 months Plastics, 4 months T&O, 4 months General Surgery — 3 roles available
• General Surgery Themed: 14 months General Surgery, 4 months T&O, 4 months Plastics — 3 roles available

The post holders will be supported by the Consultants and middle grades and will be involved in the care of patients on the elective and emergency pathways. The post holders will be expected to join in the general surgery resident on call rota.

In addition to the clinical care of patients on the wards, the successful candidates will be expected to help the Specialist Registrars in the administration of the day to day running of the firms and to supervise, help and instruct the pre-registration house officers and medical students wherever possible.

On this advert we are recruiting for

To start as soon as is possible.

Applicants with full registration with the GMC and licensed to practice are eligible to apply.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.

We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.

• We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
• We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
• We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
• We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
• We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
• We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life

Our values

Our PROUD values demonstrate to staff, patients and the public the standards of care and experience they should expect from our services:

• Putting patients first
• Responsive to patients and staff
• Open and honest
• Unfailingly kind
• Determined to develop

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Management of inpatients
• Management of acute presentations during participation in on-call work
• Regular attendance in theatre in order to meet surgical training targets
• Regular attendance in clinic in order to develop knowledge base
• Participation in monthly teaching
• Completion of (ideally) multiple quality improvement/audit projects
• Publication of 1 research paper
• Minimum 1x poster/podium
• Completion of MRCS Part A and Part B during the program
• Fastidious approach to allocated leadership role (e.g audit, rota, teaching coordinator)

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Sep 2025