Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a Colorectal Research Fellow. The Colorectal Team have a record of leading and delivering high quality research projects across a broad range of subspecialities.
General surgical services in Northumbria are delivered by a Trustwide multi-disciplinary team approach. This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which clinicians are at the forefront of management. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable number of application received.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will receive clinical training in Colorectal Surgery and provide clinical support for a portfolio of Colorectal Surgery research.
Contributing equally to 24/7 cover of Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital emergency general surgery with 1 in 14 rota Night and an 1:7 daytime.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick upon Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details about the role and key responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further details about the role and key responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCS or equivalent
- Eligible for full GMC registration
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in Colorectal Surgery
- Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty
Desirable
- MD or higher degree
- Presentations at national or international level
- First author publications in Pubmed cited journals
- Satisfactory completion of higher surgical training or equivalent
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCS or equivalent
- Eligible for full GMC registration
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience in Colorectal Surgery
- Shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty
Desirable
- MD or higher degree
- Presentations at national or international level
- First author publications in Pubmed cited journals
- Satisfactory completion of higher surgical training or equivalent
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).
