• Job Description

  Req#: C9196-25-0825?language=en&page=916&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The post is based at St Thomas' Hospital for 12 months. The post involves active involvement in a busy emergency general surgery team including ambulatory emergency general surgery clinics and dedicated emergency theatre sessions and participates in the daytime registrar rota. Time in elective general surgery would be focused on high-volume low-complexity day and short-stay surgery and associated clinics. Exposure to main theatre including complex tertiary surgery would also be available.

  The Clinical Fellow will provide support to the Emergency General Surgery service in the form of daytime emergency on take shifts on the registrar rota, emergency ambulatory clinics and elective general surgery clinics, and emergency and elective theatre, including some elective general surgery theatre sessions off site. In addition, ward cover and administrative duties attached to these clinical commitments.

  The Clinical Fellow in Emergency General Surgery would suit applicants looking for a well-supported first registrar grade post, and/or those with a special interest in emergency general surgery.

  Main duties of the job

  Upper GI at St Thomas's is the designated the regional unit for gastro-oesophageal malignancies and also provides surgery for upper gastrointestinal benign disease. There is also a tertiary endocrine surgical service for thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal disease.

  Lower GI Unit has special interests in inflammatory bowel disease surgery, locally advanced, recurrent rectal cancer resection and laparoscopic and robotic surgery and has a tertiary referral pelvic floor unit, with regular MDMs held in each of these subspecialties. We have regular departmental teaching, access to courses and a simulation centre on site.

  About us

  As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

  Creating a world-leading Academic Health Sciences Centre.

  All our vacancies can be viewed on our website.

  Our excellent benefits include final salary pension scheme. Please visit our website to find out more.

  Equality of opportunity is our Policy. The Trust provides health services to a diverse community.

  Please note that successful completion of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is our accepted minimum language requirement.

  Details

  Date posted

  07 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Doctor - other

  Salary

  £61,825 a year per annum excl. London Zone

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  196-MED4825

  Job locations

  St Thomas Hospital

  Westminster Bridge Road

  London

  SE1 7EH

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will have an assigned educational supervisor and there will be ample opportunities to increase surgical experience and participate in research projects, teaching, simulation and audit.

  This job does not carry Postgraduate Deans approval.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will have an assigned educational supervisor and there will be ample opportunities to increase surgical experience and participate in research projects, teaching, simulation and audit.

  This job does not carry Postgraduate Deans approval.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications/ Training

  Essential

  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCS
  • Basic Surgical Skills course

  Desirable

  • Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient course.
  • ATLS
  • Completion of core surgical training

  Clinical Experience

  Essential

  • Prior NHS experience in General Surgery

  Desirable

  • Experience of transplant, urology, vascular and/or laparoscopic surgery

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
  • Effective verbal and written communication

  Research

  Desirable

  • An ability to initiative pursue and complete clinical or basic medical research

  Teaching

  Essential

  • Prior Teaching Experience

  Desirable

  • Certificate of medical education

  Good Medical Practice

  Essential

  • Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical and Surgical Practice set out by the GMC
  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

  Person Specification

  Qualifications/ Training

  Essential

  • Full GMC Registration
  • MRCS
  • Basic Surgical Skills course

  Desirable

  • Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient course.
  • ATLS
  • Completion of core surgical training

  Clinical Experience

  Essential

  • Prior NHS experience in General Surgery

  Desirable

  • Experience of transplant, urology, vascular and/or laparoscopic surgery

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
  • Effective verbal and written communication

  Research

  Desirable

  • An ability to initiative pursue and complete clinical or basic medical research

  Teaching

  Essential

  • Prior Teaching Experience

  Desirable

  • Certificate of medical education

  Good Medical Practice

  Essential

  • Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical and Surgical Practice set out by the GMC
  • Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  St Thomas Hospital

  Westminster Bridge Road

  London

  SE1 7EH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  St Thomas Hospital

  Westminster Bridge Road

  London

  SE1 7EH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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