Job summary
Fellows are responsible for day-to-day ward management and outpatient care of patients. You will receive training in all aspects of a holistic bariatric surgery service (including MDT, outpatients and hands-on laparoscopic training) and will be expected to take part in a bariatric on-call rota.
The post-holder will be exposed to a wide range of bariatric procedures, including laparoscopic gastric bypass (RYGB and OAGB), sleeve gastrectomy, DS/SADIS, intragastric balloons and complex revisional surgery.
We expect that after completing a 12-month Fellowship, candidates will be able to independently perform gastric band removal, bypass and sleeve gastrectomy.
Fellows will be encouraged to contribute to our active clinical research programme and receive mentoring in clinical research methodology.
The fellow will be encouraged to contribute to our active clinical research programme and will receive mentoring in clinical research methodology. The fellows academic development during the 12 months fellowship will by supported by 5 days of paid study leave and a personal study leave budget of £1,500.
Main duties of the job
Inpatients Care:
- Assisting in theatre sessions
- Inpatient care including conducting daily ward rounds and supporting RMO with any clinical enquiries related to patient care.
Out of Hours Cover:
- Covering weekday out-of-hour patients emergency calls and enquiries.
- Weekend on-call (currently 1 in 7)
Outpatient Clinics:
- Conducting follow up clinics for NHS patients
- Conducting clinics for new NHS patients
Answering Clinical Enquiries (in-hours):
- Assist with medical enquiries at the office (these might be passed from the Specialist Bariatric Nurses or the admin team)
- Liaise with other hospitals teams when patients admitted into NHS Facilities and keep updates of patients care there
Note: The consultant surgeon holds the ultimate responsibility for the patients care. Whenever the Fellow feels that an enquiry needs the attention of the consultant surgeon, they should escalatedirectly to the consultant surgeon as needed.
Admin:
- Keep a record of patients discharges and HDU stay
- Keep a record of M&M events and present the data in the regular M&M meetings.
- Blood tests reviewing, actioning and letters
- Help the management team in conducting clinical audits related to patient care.
About us
Phoenix Health was founded by Prof David Kerrigan, Past-President of BOMSS and the fellowship programmeis in its 16th year. The training is delivered by a team of 4 bariatric surgeons led by Mr Shafiq Javed, a seniorbariatric surgeon with over 25-year experience in performing complex primary & revisional bariatric surgery.
We currently perform over 60 bariatric procedures per month referred through our supra-regional NHScontract and the self-funding route.
The Phoenix Fellowship programme has a solid reputation for providing excellent, comprehensive training inall aspects of bariatric surgery and opportunities for clinical research, with recent Fellows being appointeddirectly from the Fellowship to Upper GI Consultant posts in major Teaching Hospitals.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge
- Acquire knowledge of the therapeutic options for morbid obesity and revisional metabolic surgery,including the indication for each option, and its potential pitfalls and complications.
- Acquire knowledge of current guidelines on commissioning of metabolic surgery and the treatmentpathway.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the long-term management of patients following bariatricsurgery, including dietary aspects.
- Acquire the knowledge in the presentation and management of complications following metabolicsurgery
Clinical skills
- Ability to perform pre-operative patient seminars, assessment, and counselling.
- Ability to recognise and optimise pre-operative co-morbidities.
- Ability to select and guide patients through the various surgical procedures.
- Ability to recognise and manage post-operative complications.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team to develop management plans for patients referred forbariatric surgery and those who present with post-operative complications or long-term problems.
Operative skills
- Improve skills in laparoscopic stapling & suturing
- Perform primary bariatric procedures independently which include removal of gastric band, gastricbypass (both RYGB and OAGB) and sleeve gastrectomy.
- Be able to manage gastric bands including deflation and filling.
- Exposure to complex revisional surgery for morbid obesity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Knowledge
- Acquire knowledge of the therapeutic options for morbid obesity and revisional metabolic surgery,including the indication for each option, and its potential pitfalls and complications.
- Acquire knowledge of current guidelines on commissioning of metabolic surgery and the treatmentpathway.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the long-term management of patients following bariatricsurgery, including dietary aspects.
- Acquire the knowledge in the presentation and management of complications following metabolicsurgery
Clinical skills
- Ability to perform pre-operative patient seminars, assessment, and counselling.
- Ability to recognise and optimise pre-operative co-morbidities.
- Ability to select and guide patients through the various surgical procedures.
- Ability to recognise and manage post-operative complications.
- Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team to develop management plans for patients referred forbariatric surgery and those who present with post-operative complications or long-term problems.
Operative skills
- Improve skills in laparoscopic stapling & suturing
- Perform primary bariatric procedures independently which include removal of gastric band, gastricbypass (both RYGB and OAGB) and sleeve gastrectomy.
- Be able to manage gastric bands including deflation and filling.
- Exposure to complex revisional surgery for morbid obesity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- (Possession of GMC and appropriate UK Visa registration are mandatory at the time of application, as are excellent English language skills).
Experience
Essential
- Peri-CCT level in General Surgery (or equivalent)
- Good laparoscopic surgery skills with previous experience in laparoscopic
- fundoplication and/or intra-corporeal suturing
- Meticulous clinical standards and an excellent work ethic
- Excellent English language skills
Desirable
- Applicants should have experience in laparoscopic fundoplication and/or
- intracorporeal suturing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC Registration
- (Possession of GMC and appropriate UK Visa registration are mandatory at the time of application, as are excellent English language skills).
Experience
Essential
- Peri-CCT level in General Surgery (or equivalent)
- Good laparoscopic surgery skills with previous experience in laparoscopic
- fundoplication and/or intra-corporeal suturing
- Meticulous clinical standards and an excellent work ethic
- Excellent English language skills
Desirable
- Applicants should have experience in laparoscopic fundoplication and/or
- intracorporeal suturing.
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).
