Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery

NHS; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery to start in August 2025 for a 12-month fixed term. This role offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in a bustling surgical environment while also encouraging participation in teaching and audits, enhancing your professional development.

Qualifications

• Hold a current licence to practice.
• Evidence of achievement of ST2, CT2 competences.
• Engagement with appraisal and revalidation.

Responsibilities

• Participate on a 1:14 on-call rota.
• Engage in teaching, audit, and educational activities.
• Balance outpatient, day case, and inpatient operating duties.

Skills

Understanding of basic principles of audit

Clinical quality improvement initiatives

Education

Current licence to practice from the General Medical Council

MRCS or equivalent

Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

This appointment is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery to start in August 2025 for 12 months on a fixed-term basis. The post is based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage and you would be expected to participate on a 1:14 on call rota.

This is a fantastic opportunity within the General Surgery department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust for the successful candidate to gain experience of working in a busy general surgery department. The successful candidate will have opportunities to further their surgical knowledge through exposure to clinics, operating lists, ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings and formal teaching. The post holder will be encouraged to participate in audits, presentations and teachings. Although, this post is not recognised for training the appointee will be encouraged in their training and development within the role.

Main duties of the job

o The post will be a balance of outpatient, day case and inpatient operating duties.o The appointed post holder will participate on a 1:14 on-call rota.o To participate in the department's teaching, audit, and educational activities

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£43,455 to £64,288 a year pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

361-R2R-2469

Job locations

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Job description Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Job description Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification Qualifications / Training Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council

Desirable

• MRCS or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent

Previous experience Essential

• Evidence of achievement of ST2,CT2 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST3/CT3 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post.

Desirable

• NHS experience

Knowledge Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives

Desirable

• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

Person Specification Qualifications / Training Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council

Desirable

• MRCS or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent

Previous experience Essential

• Evidence of achievement of ST2,CT2 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST3/CT3 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post.

Desirable

• NHS experience

Knowledge Essential

• Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives

Desirable

• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)