Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) in GI Surgery
The closing date is 31 May 2026
Job summary
Applications are invited for Trust Doctor at JCF/CT/F3 level (Nodal Point 3) within Gastrointestinal (GI) surgery in the directorate of Gastrointestinal Medicine and Surgery from August 2026.
The post is based at St Thomas' Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The posts involve active involvement in a busy emergency general surgery team in a 1 in 8 rota including dedicated emergency theatre sessions. Time in elective GI surgery includes main theatre, day surgery at St Thomas' and at other trust sites, including Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup, and exposure to complex tertiary surgery.
Upper GI at St Thomas' 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.
Each JCF has an assigned Educational Supervisor and participation in audit and research is encouraged. There is ample opportunity to enhance surgical experience by performing operations under supervision, assisting at more complex operations and practising surgical techniques in the simulation centre. Previous post-holders have an excellent track record in successful appointment to training programmes through national selection.
This job does not carry Postgraduate Dean's approval.
About us
Our Trust values
Our Trust values define who we are as an organisation and help shape our culture. They guide us in all our behaviours, actions and interactions which underpin how we do things.
These values were developed with the input of almost 1,800 colleagues. This has ensured that that they reflect what has changed both in our organisation and the wider world, and that they express what we want to be like, both now and in the future.
Whether you work at Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital, our off-site offices, or in our community services in Lambeth or Southwark, our values are relevant to you.
The values were launched in 2024, at the same time as our Trust strategy. The strategy sets out 'what' we will do, the values are the 'how' we will do it.
Our values...
Caring - we put patients first
Ambitious - we innovate and strive for excellence
Inclusive - we respect each other and work collaboratively
Details
Date posted
31 March 2026
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Doctor - other
Salary
£52,656 a year p.a excl LZ
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
196-MED5133-A
Job locations
St Thomas Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SW1 7EH
Employer details
Employer name
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Thomas Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SW1 7EH
Employer's website
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