Job summary
The post as a Clinical Fellow in General Surgery offers excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to develop laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical skills in the fields of general surgery.
The general surgery on-call will allow the candidate to gain additional experience of the management of the acutely ill surgical patient under the supervision of the Consultant Surgeon. Separate sessions are allocated to the Emergency theatre to allow the candidate to gain experience with emergency laparoscopy and laparotomy.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
- Work with colleagues to provide a service with the highest standard of care
- Work with the multi-professional team following care pathways and clinical guidelines
- Follow and maintain good working practice
This post has been created to provide training in open general and laparoscopic general surgery. Surgery regularly performed includes laparoscopic colonic and rectal surgery for all cancer and benign conditions, transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEMS), A full range of other general laparoscopic procedures including all types of laparoscopic hernia repair, laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration. Whilst this post will primarily involve training in general surgical procedures, there will be exposure to specialist colorectal/UGI surgeries as well. The post holder will also be exposed to robotic surgery.
The Clinical Fellow will be expected to attend theatre sessions, outpatient clinics and endoscopy sessions with consultant surgeons and perform twice daily ward rounds on a rotating basis. There is a regular weekly surgical teaching meeting with teaching presentations by the registrars and a monthly audit and morbidity and mortality meeting.
About us
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
The workload comprises of open general surgery and laparoscopic general surgery and offers excellent opportunities to develop the knowledge and operative experience in laparoscopic general and emergency surgery. Applicants would be expected to have experience of working at Registrar level previously including on the emergency on-call rota. An underlying basic proficiency in laparoscopic surgery is expected.
There will be the opportunity to be trained in upper and lower GI endoscopy depending on the previous experience of the candidate.
The post will be working for and be supervised by the general surgery consultants with a special interest in emergency surgery. The post-holder will be expected to carry out ward rounds and are responsible for inpatient patient care with the consultant team. The post-holder will take part in the acute surgical on-call rota at Specialist registrar level for General Surgery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The workload comprises of open general surgery and laparoscopic general surgery and offers excellent opportunities to develop the knowledge and operative experience in laparoscopic general and emergency surgery. Applicants would be expected to have experience of working at Registrar level previously including on the emergency on-call rota. An underlying basic proficiency in laparoscopic surgery is expected.
There will be the opportunity to be trained in upper and lower GI endoscopy depending on the previous experience of the candidate.
The post will be working for and be supervised by the general surgery consultants with a special interest in emergency surgery. The post-holder will be expected to carry out ward rounds and are responsible for inpatient patient care with the consultant team. The post-holder will take part in the acute surgical on-call rota at Specialist registrar level for General Surgery.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Eligible for FULL registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Previous UK experience of hospital medicine
- Knowledge of all aspects of basic General Surgery
- Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent & important demands, follow instructions
- Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
Desirable
- APLS/SPALS Provider
- Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient
- Laparoscopic Core Skills course
- Abstracts and presentations to national meetings
- ATLS
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Eligible for FULL registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practice
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
- Previous UK experience of hospital medicine
- Knowledge of all aspects of basic General Surgery
- Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent & important demands, follow instructions
- Evidence of contributing to teaching & learning of others
Desirable
- APLS/SPALS Provider
- Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient
- Laparoscopic Core Skills course
- Abstracts and presentations to national meetings
- ATLS
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
