Job summary
The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Benign Colorectal Surgery. The post holder will be responsible for ward rounds, will undertake General Surgery and benign Colorectal outpatient clinics, and assist on General Surgery theatre lists. The post holder will support the Colorectal Cancer team as required, however this will be on a limited basis, and therefore this post is not recommended for anyone looking for extensive training in Colorectal cancer or major Colorectal procedures. There is opportunity for the post holder to get involved in teaching and training, audit and quality improvement work. Interested applicants will also have opportunity to gain experience in endoscopy.
The post is offered on a full-time basis, and includes a 1 in 10 on call commitment, including night shifts, with commensurate banding.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery within the subspecialty of General and Benign Colorectal Surgery. The post involves supporting the supervising consultants in the full spectrum of clinical activity including main theatres, day surgery theatres, out-patients and ward work. As the trust moves forward from the COVID-19 pandemic, services are changing rapidly to adapt to a new way of working. Therefore the successful candidate may be expected to support surgeons across the service. This will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced surgeons, particularly as they look to continue to provide high quality clinical care in a post-COVID healthcare environment.
It is envisioned that the successful candidate will play an active role in improving the emergency surgical pathway for patients alongside consultants, managers, and the wider hospital team. A particular focus will be the effective running of the CEPOD list. Experience in quality improvement would be desirable but training can be provided within the Trust.
As an employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients.
About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people's and children's services across medical and surgical specialties.
The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as 'Outstanding'. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties of this post, and more information about the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties of this post, and more information about the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or other undergraduate Medical degree
- MRCS or equivalent post graduate qualification
Desirable
Relevant experience in speciality/sub speciality
Essential
- Basic clinical training and experience in laparoscopic surgery.
Desirable
- Registrar grade experience in upper or lower GI surgery.
Clinical skills
Essential
- Clinical and operative skill levels consistent with a senior registrar would be appropriate
Leadership and professionalism
Essential
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need
Desirable
- Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management skills
Essential
- Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates
- Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding
Desirable
- Management of team or programme or project
- Experience of quality improvement
Teaching & training
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
Desirable
- Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification
Clinical Governance
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management
Research
Essential
- Understanding of principles and application of clinical research
Desirable
- Relevant research experience
- Publication of peer reviewed papers in Upper or Lower GI Surgery
Communication skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English
- IT skills and computer literacy
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
- Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co-operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team
Desirable
- Computer skills course/certificate
Personal attributes
Essential
- An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or other undergraduate Medical degree
- MRCS or equivalent post graduate qualification
Desirable
Relevant experience in speciality/sub speciality
Essential
- Basic clinical training and experience in laparoscopic surgery.
Desirable
- Registrar grade experience in upper or lower GI surgery.
Clinical skills
Essential
- Clinical and operative skill levels consistent with a senior registrar would be appropriate
Leadership and professionalism
Essential
- Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need
Desirable
- Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management skills
Essential
- Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates
- Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding
Desirable
- Management of team or programme or project
- Experience of quality improvement
Teaching & training
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
Desirable
- Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification
Clinical Governance
Essential
- Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management
Research
Essential
- Understanding of principles and application of clinical research
Desirable
- Relevant research experience
- Publication of peer reviewed papers in Upper or Lower GI Surgery
Communication skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English
- IT skills and computer literacy
- Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client
- Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co-operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team
Desirable
- Computer skills course/certificate
Personal attributes
Essential
- An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively
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).
