Clinical Fellow ST3+ in Thoracic Surgery

Job summary

The Surgical Specialities Division is looking for a driven and dynamic Thoracic Clinical Fellow (SPR level) to join the Thoracic Surgery department at UCLH. We encourage applications from candidates who are interested in joining our hardworking and highly ambitious team of surgeons.

This post is a 1 year fixed term position (providing maternity leave cover) commencing 1st October 2024.

The Thoracic Surgery service is based in UCLH at Westmoreland Street Hospital and offers comprehensive care for the whole spectrum of thoracic patients.

Main duties of the job

The Thoracic service serves the population of North Central London and the team regularly carry out clinics in our partner hospitals to ensure that patients have access to timely, local care. The team is involved in all of the lung cancer MDTs across the network. 60% of the surgery is carried out by minimally invasive means: There is a VATS lobectomy programme, a Robotic surgical list and a tracheal resection service.

Within the rota there is time that is set aside for attending clinics. Clinical Fellows may be asked to undertake clinics at other times in the rota. You are expected to maintain satisfactory patient notes, to write discharge letters and summaries.

The successful candidate will be engaged and motivated to contribute to the wider activities of the Thoracic Surgery department. This may include organising and undertaking presentations at departmental meetings, and supervising SHOs in preparation for their presentations.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.