Clinical Fellow in General Surgery (Colorectal)

Clinical Fellow in General Surgery (Colorectal)

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

A Junior Specialist Doctor (Higher) position is offered for a fixed term period. The post is suitable for a surgeon looking to broaden their general surgery experience in a major teaching hospital tertiary unit. The post is versatile and can be tailored to individual learning requirements.

Main Duties of the Job

The Hospital provides a busy emergency on-call service, which accepts a full range of general surgical emergencies. It is expected that the post holder will participate in a 1 in 13 on-call emergency surgery rota.

The admitting Consultant Surgeon of the day provides General Surgical support to the whole trust, attending trauma cases and other surgical emergencies. The Trauma Service is supported by Vascular and Orthopaedic Consultants; Military casualties are cared for on a separate ward.

About Us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

1. Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
2. Offering our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reaches their true potential, achieves their ambitions and thrives in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job Responsibilities

The Trust was designated a Level 1 Trauma Centre in April 2011 in line with national recommendations for the planning and provision of care for seriously injured patients and went online as a Major trauma Centre in April 2012.

The Centre for Defence Medicine is based within this Trust. Military casualties from abroad are airlifted to the unit once they have been stabilised and usually are under the care of the dedicated trauma teams. The Centre for Defence Medicine is fully integrated into the Trust and military personnel work in all departments, with emphasis on SAU and ITU.

The on-call Consultant of the day is supported by resident specialist trainees in general surgery. There are separate middle-grade on-call rotas for vascular, hepato-biliary, and urology emergencies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS
• Full GMC Registration with licence to practice
• Clear evidence of career progression
• MRCS or above

Experience

• Experience in managing emergency surgical admissions.
• Experience and confidence to perform basic surgical procedures e.g. inguinal hernia repair, appendicectomy, oversew of duodenal ulcer
• Actively encourages research with junior and other staff
• Leadership skills appropriate to directing and teaching medical, nursing and other professions allied to medicine
• Participating in and leading a multidisciplinary team

Additional Criteria

• Ability to build strong and effective relationships with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Ability to gain confidence and Trust
• Ability to cope with pressure
• Ability to respond to change
• Commitment to continuing personal development and medical education
• Experience in teaching, clinical audit

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.