Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery

Job summary

We currently have a vacancy for a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery, fixed term 6 months

As the successful candidate you will undertake work within Colorectal, UGI, Breast and Endocrine surgery. Here at Salisbury a full range of benign upper GI and general surgical procedures are provided, predominantly laparoscopically. Our Theatres are well equipped with modern instruments and facilities and we have a separate Day Surgery Unit which is similarly of an exceedingly high standard.We also have a purpose built standalone Breast unit for 4-5 one-stop clinics with radiology support per week (dedicated mammogram and USS machines) where 3025 patients seen in clinic last year and 410 breast cancers treated. There are regular breast lists for breast surgery including sentinel node biopsy with intraoperative nodal assessment (OSNA) 2-3 lists per week.

Join a department with 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.

General surgery patients are treated in Britford, Downton and Breamore surgical wards. The recently designed 6 bedded Surgical Admission Unit on Britford ward is for rapid assessment of acute and ambulatory patients prior to admission.

Main duties of the job

As part of this role some of the clinical duties are as follows:

Responsibility for the daily care of the ward patients working in co-operation with the registrars and FY1s and CT1s.

Manage and supervise routine admissions and emergencies. Clinical notes to be maintained, clearly and accurately.

Attend the Emergency Department to review cases referred to the department.

Assist in the operating theatre wherever possible, when ward duties permit, and in post-operative recovery of patients following Colorectal/ UGI/Breast and Endocrine surgery.

Attend ward rounds of the combined General Surgery Staff and of individual consultants.

Attend, where possible, out-patient clinics for formal teaching.

Encouragement will be given to carry out research if he/she wishes.

The post holder would be expected to attend educational sessions, with protected time for education if not on duty.

The post will participate in the Out of Hours on-call for General Surgery to be determined at appointment.

This post is fixed term for 6 months.

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