Enhanced Clinical Fellow - Upper GI Surgery (ST6+ equivalent)

Sussexcommunity; Camberley, Southampton, Frimley; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for senior upper GI trainees to join a leading NHS Trust as an Enhanced Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery. This 1-year fellowship focuses on acquiring advanced skills in emergency and elective surgery, endoscopy, and robotic surgery. The role offers comprehensive exposure to gallstone management and complex surgical procedures, with a commitment to professional development and a healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Experience working at middle grade in a surgical specialty.
• Demonstrate experience of teaching & training ST1/2 or equivalent and F1.

Responsibilities

• Exposure to gallstone management including laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
• On-call rota participation, 1 in 10.

Skills

Teaching

Communication

Clinical Audit

Education

MB/BS or equivalent

MRCS or equivalent

ATLS

Tools

JAG Accreditation

Job description

Enhanced Clinical Fellow - Upper GI Surgery (ST6+ equivalent)

We invite applications for an Enhanced Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery (ST6+ equivalent). The Purpose of the 1 Year fellowship is to provide an exciting opportunity for senior upper GI trainees (ST6 and above), to acquire additional skills in emergency general surgery, elective upper GI surgery and endoscopy including OGD, EUS and ERCP. The Trust has a recognised Robotic Unit and the appointee will be involved and potentially trained in Robotic UGI surgery.

To enable Fellow to become an independent Consultant Surgeon who is able to undertake surgery and train in the above areas.

Main duties of the job

We enjoy a close working relationship with the departments of histopathology, radiology, oncology, palliative care and gastroenterology.

The Fellow will have exposure and experience of all aspects of gallstone management including laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic bile duct exploration, endoscopic diagnosis and management of choledocholithiasis, hot Gallbladder surgery, management of complex acute and chronic pancreatitis, complex reflux assessment and anti-reflux surgery, staging of upper GI malignancy including EUS.

The clinical Fellow will be on the on-call rota, which will be a 1 in 10. Frimley Park Hospital is a busy DGH serving a population of approximately 440,000. The workload of the department has been increasing steadily and the hospital is working hard to ensure that all registrar hours are compliant with the rota.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB/BS or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration to cover the scope of employment
• MRCS or equivalent
• ATLS
• Distinctions, Scholarships, prizes
• JAG Accreditation
• Post CCT or CESR

Experience & Skills

• Experience working at middle grade in a surgical speciality
• Demonstrate experience of teaching & training ST1/2 or equivalent and F1
• Competent in procedures e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc
• Able to communicate clearly in written and spoken English
• Has participated in clinical audit

Experience

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.