Senior Clinical Fellow - Vascular Surgery

Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Ilford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow for Vascular Service and Hot Clinic Support. This role involves improving patient care in a dynamic environment, participating in clinics, and engaging in vital research. Ideal candidates should hold an MRCS and have substantial surgical experience, alongside ongoing professional development support. This position offers a chance to significantly enhance clinical skills and contribute to quality improvement projects.

Benefits

Support for career progression

Opportunity to engage in research

Dynamic multidisciplinary team environment

Qualifications

• Full registration with GMC required.
• Experience at middle grade level in surgery or substantial experience at SHO level.
• Evidence of professional continued development.

Responsibilities

• Participate in outpatient clinics.
• Attend theatres as part of the CEPOD rota.
• Conduct research and service improvement projects.
• Collaborate with consultant surgeons to triage patients.
• Participate in clinical governance programs.

Skills

Clinical knowledge

Leadership skills

Research capability

Emergency support

Education

MRCS or equivalent

Full registration with GMC

Job description

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

Applications are invited for the posts of Senior Clinical Fellow for Vascular Service and Hot Clinic Support. This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the service that we provide to our population.

The post is to provide support to ED to improve the flow through ED and reduce the number of surgical admissions. It covers the vascular ward, hot clinic and patient flow on a daily basis. You will be in a key role as you support patients through their diagnosis, initiate investigations and provide management plans for patients presenting with vascular issues.

The post also supports the award winning Surgical Hot Clinic and aims to run these clinics 7 days per week which reduces hospital admission 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.

They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. We will support the appointee in their career progression.

The Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Vascular Surgery will:

• Participate in outpatients Clinics
• Attend theatres and be part of the CEPOD rota
• The candidate will undertake research and service improvement projects within the division of General and Vascular Surgery and enhance their clinical portfolio.
• Work in collaboration with the Team of Consultant Surgeons ensuring patients are effectively triaged and reduced unnecessary delays to treatment
• Participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal and research projects leading to publications
• Will have responsibility for providing emergency support to patients at Queens Hospital as appropriate

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. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH) and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 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.

Our patients are benefitting from our 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 in Hornchurch. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year.

The majority of our 8,000 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.

We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.

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 this role. Please ensure that you review the full specification and the job description prior to submitting your application. Applicants are advised to read the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section on the application form.

Personal Specification

Essential Criteria

• Full registration with GMC
• MRCS or equivalent
• Work experience of middle grade level in general or vascular surgery or substantial experience at SHO level
• Evidence of professional continued development

Desirable

• Higher degree
• Experience in managing emergency surgical patients
• Previous UK surgical experience

For further information please contact;

Gabriel Sayer, Consultant Vascular Surgeon – [e-mail]
Sandeep Kaul – Consultant Emergency and Colorectal Surgeon – [e-mail]
Patricia Murphy – Specialty Manager Surgery – [e-mail]

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Nov 2025