Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic, Colorectal & General Surgery

BHR Hospitals; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 61,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-term contract

40 hours per week

Job summary

The Senior Clinical Fellow in Colorectal/General Surgery at BHRUT in Ilford will work closely with the Colorectal Clinical Lead to fast track diagnosis, initiate investigations and provide initial management plans for acute surgical cases. The post also triages patients to guide admission or ambulatory care in the Surgical Hot Clinic.

This role supports the Surgical Hot Clinic and provides opportunities to consolidate operative and clinical skills, including theatre work and potential

Qualifications

• For GMC registration, current status and eligibility to practise in the UK.
• MRCS or equivalent surgical membership required.
• Higher degree qualification is desirable.
• Fellowship in FRCS is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Have a continuing responsibility for the clinical care of patients in charge and for department functioning.
• Deliver high quality responsive surgical service to patients.
• Provide emergency support to patients as appropriate.
• Undertake administrative duties related to patient care and department operations.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of current surgical practice.
• Maintain professional development with available training opportunities and mandatory training compliance.
• Oversee surgical patient flow in ED.

Skills

Communication

Emergency care

Teamwork

Education

GMC registration

MRCS or equivalent

Higher Degree

FRCS

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic, Colorectal & General Surgery

MT04

Main area General Surgery Grade MT04 Contract 6 months (Fixed Term - 6 Months) Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (10PA) Job ref 162-0740-SURG

Site Surgery Medical Staffing Town Ilford Salary £67,325 Per Annum HCA inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 11/11/2026 23:59

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The Senior Clinical Fellow for Colorectal/General Surgery post will work closely with the Colorectal Clinical Lead and is a key role as they fast track patients through their diagnosis and initiate investigations and provide initial management plans for patients presenting with acute surgical issues. The post holder will also triage surgical patients, and this improves the decision making for admission/further referral or ambulatory management in the Surgical Hot Clinic.

These posts are in addition to the on-call surgical Senior Clinical Fellow who is responsible for managing ward referrals, resus and trauma calls and all paediatric and community GP referrals.

The post also supports the award winning Surgical Hot Clinic, and the aim is to run these clinics 7 days per week. The Hot Clinic reduces hospital admissions by providing acute ambulatory care for patients referred to the on-call surgical service.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to consolidate and build on existing operative and clinical skills in general and emergency surgery and the ideal candidate will be able to undertake research and develop their leadership skills with support of the surgical team.

There will also be clinic and theatre opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Have a continuing responsibility for the clinical care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the department.
• Deliver a high quality responsive surgical service to the patients who use it.
• Be responsible for providing emergency support to patients as appropriate.
• Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients and the running of a clinical department.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current surgical practice.
• Maintain their professional development with all available training opportunities and ensure compliance with mandatory training.
• Responsible for the surgical patient flow in ED.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Person specification

Education/ Qualifications

• Full or limited registration with GMC
• MRCS or equivalent
• Higher Degree
• FRCS

Experience/ Knowledge

• Work experience at the middle grade level in vascular and general surgery or substantial experience at senior SHO level

Skills/ Abilities

• Ability to communicate with patients, colleagues, and staff at all levels
• Experience in managing emergency surgical patients

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Flexible working
We welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working or job sharing where service needs allow.

Pre-employment checks
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Inclusion
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Safeguarding
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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.

We have a wide range of flexible, temporary and part-time opportunities.