Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic, Colorectal & General Surgery

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

London Living Wage

Job summary

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic, Colorectal & General Surgery to work closely with the Colorectal Clinical Lead. The role focuses on fast-tracking diagnosis, initiating investigations, and formulating initial management plans for acute surgical cases.

The post supports the Surgical Hot Clinic and offers opportunities to develop operative and clinical skills, with potential for research and leadership development under

Responsibilities

• 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.

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic, Colorectal & General Surgery

Company:

Company: Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

A Vacancy at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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 isresponsible for managing ward referrals, resus and trauma calls and all paediatricand community GP referrals.

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

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

There will also be clinic and theatre opportunities.

• 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.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Nov 2026

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust