Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery 60% & Medical Education 40%

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery and Medical Education. This full-time, 10-month fixed-term role involves delivering training to medical students and providing integrated care in surgery. The successful candidate will have significant surgical experience, relevant qualifications, and a commitment to teaching and research. This position offers competitive salary, NHS benefits, and a supportive work environment in an innovative hospital setting.

Benefits

NHS discounts

Minimum of 35 days paid holiday

Generous pension scheme

Car parking available

Qualifications

• Previous basic surgical experience at CT2 level or above.
• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement.
• Experience in managing risk and knows when to seek help.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrated digestive diseases service across the Salisbury area.
• Coordinate and deliver training to medical students.
• Involved in medical education research projects.

Skills

Basic surgical experience at CT2 level or above

Sound clinical judgement

Ability to work effectively in clinical settings

Teaching clinical skills

Good interpersonal skills

Education

MBBS (or equivalent)

Full GMC registration

Certificate of Completion of Basic / Core Surgical Training

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery 60% & Medical Education 40%

The Salisbury GI Service is an ambitious, forward-thinking department, combining upper gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery, emergency general surgery, gastroenterology and endoscopy.

The service provides complete care for patients with disorders relating to the gastrointestinal tract. Surgeons, physicians, specialist nurses and allied health professions work closely together to provide in house multidisciplinary care for all patients with gastrointestinal problems in both the emergency and elective inpatient and outpatient settings.

The successful candidate will join our team to provide an integrated digestive diseases service across the Salisbury area. The department is actively seeking improvements in the provision of services to the local community and to the region. We fully embrace multidisciplinary team working, and sub-specialisation, believing that this best serves the needs of our patients. The department has an excellent track record of leading innovation. We have a vision for our service that includes the continued development of minimal access surgery for all appropriate areas of general surgery including emergency work.

Main duties of the job

This post is full time, 10 month fixed term post based on 10 sessions per week: 4 sessions of educational work and 6 sessions of clinical work in Surgery.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to undertake a Certificate in Medical Education which will be funded.

The successful candidate will work alongside the Associate Clinical Sub Dean, Surgery leads and the Medical Education team to coordinate and deliver outstanding training to medical students.

The successful candidate will be involved in organising and delivering clinical teaching to students in the final year and third year Medical Students of their course at Southampton University Medical School.

Successful candidate will be encouraged to undertake medical education research projects and quality improvement projects and will be encouraged to submit abstracts and attend medical education conferences (for example the Association for the Study of Medical Education, ASME).

Please see attached Job Description for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Specialist Training

• MBBS (or equivalent) and a full (parts 1 and 2) MRCS
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Certificate of Completion of Basic / Core Surgical Training

Experience/Clinical Skills

• Previous basic surgical experience at CT2 level or above
• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems and demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach
• Experience in managing risk and knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
• Proven ability to work effectively in a range of clinical settings
• 12 months NHS experience in General Surgery at CT2/ST2 Level or above
• Knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence-based practice

Management Experience

• Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
• Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets
• Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/Directorate
• Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
• Ability to contribute to the development of the service
• Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively: capacity to organise own workload
• Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication.
• Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
• To be empathetic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspective and treat others with understanding

Teaching

• Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others
• Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching

Audit and Research

• Experience in, and commitment to clinical audit
• Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems

Other attributes

• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients
• Good interpersonal skills

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.

£65,048 to £73,992 a yearper annum pro rata if part time