Job summary
The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Benign Hepatobiliary Surgery. The post holder will undertake General Surgery and benign Hepatobiliary outpatient clinics and assist on General Surgery theatre lists. 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.
Main duties of the job
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/ hot gallbladder lists. Experience in quality improvement would be desirable but training can be provided within the Trust.
The appointee will participate in the registrar on-call rota, which will include night shifts. The pattern for these on-call shifts is currently a 1 in 12 rotation with no more than 4 consecutive days/nights. Appropriate zero days are scheduled to ensure rota compliance. Notice of 6 weeks will be given for any changes to the rota pattern.
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. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
the provision of a first-class service
effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training
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.
The hospital has three day-surgery theatres and six main operating theatres for all types of general surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, gynaecology, maxio-facial, urology, ENT, obesity, bariatrics and obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatres complex.
The trust provides some highly specialised tertiary services, including bariatric surgery and the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. It is one of London's designated perinatal centres and provides a range of highly specialised obstetric and neonatal intensive care services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery within the subspecialty of General and benign HPB 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. We have recently built two new operating theatres and the services are changing rapidly to adapt to the evolution of our department. 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/ hot gallbladder lists. 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. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
the provision of a first-class service
effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training
Please view job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery within the subspecialty of General and benign HPB 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. We have recently built two new operating theatres and the services are changing rapidly to adapt to the evolution of our department. 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/ hot gallbladder lists. 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. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
the provision of a first-class service
effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
active involvement in undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training
Please view job description and person specification for full details of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or other undergraduate Medical degree
- MRCS or equivalent post graduate qualification
Desirable
Experience
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
Teaching & training
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or other undergraduate Medical degree
- MRCS or equivalent post graduate qualification
Desirable
Experience
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
Teaching & training
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
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).
