Clinical Teaching Fellow in General Surgery

Job summary

Somerset NHS foundation Trust invites applicants to apply for this Clinical Fellow post based at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. This is a post is best suited for an individual who has completed CT or equivalent and wishes to enhance their surgical experience and portfolio prior to ST application.

The post has access to the patient safety team and successful applicants can take the opportunity to work with the team to provide ward and theatre based simulation, human factors and patient safety activities across the trust. In addition, there is access to the surgical research team which will involve training in recruiting to randomised control trials, basic research principles and the opportunity to work on local and national projects with a view to produce peer reviewed publications.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have access to elective general surgical lists and clinics and join the 12 central level doctors on the on call rota.

The surgical department includes 4 General Surgery operating theatres with one dedicated emergency theatre plus a Day Surgical Unit with 4 theatres. There is a 12 bedded ITU and a 6 bedded HDU along with 3 inpatient surgical wards There are 8 Lower GI Consultants, 5 Upper GI Consultants, 6 Vascular Consultants, 3 Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons and 6 Urology Consultants, as well as several Associate Specialists and Nurse Specialists.

About us

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population.

Our trust was formed on 1 April 2020 when Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust merged.

Location

Taunton is a beautiful area of the South West, located between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Somerset offers you the opportunity to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations; from the beautiful local beaches; to the vibrant cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter within easy reach.

The County town of Taunton boasts a wide range of local amenities including; an extensive range of shopping, a wide range of local restaurants, sporting and recreational facilities, and excellent educational facilities. Taunton's nightlife offers a great atmosphere with cosy pubs and trendy bars.

Taunton provides access to the M5 motorway and a mainline intercity rail link with trains to London Paddington in less than 2 hours, and Bristol in 30 minutes.