Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery - Heartlands Hospital
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Applications are invited for a fixed term 12 month post to work at registrar level in Colorectal Surgery.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust serves the largest populations in the UK and is comprised of four hospitals namely the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital. This post represents a new and exciting opportunity for General Surgeons in Training, aimed at surgical trainees at above ST3 level in General Surgery based at Heartlands Hospital, as part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. The post on offer is for 1 year, with a view to extending. Initial assessment of progress will be made at 6 months with extension beyond this mutually agreed. The appointed candidate will be expected to provide support for an emergency general surgery as well as elective colorectal services.
The successful applicant will be appointed to the Colorectal and General Surgery service at Heartlands Hospital. The post will be particularly suited to ST3 or above applicants who are wishing to develop their clinical portfolio. Applicants will be expected to participate in departmental audit and research appropriate to their educational requirements.
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties will include being part of the 1 in 16 general surgical registrar on-call rota. The clinical work will be based at Heartlands and Solihull clinical sites. UHB represents the largest acute Trust in the country and as such has one of the largest and most ethnically diverse surgical patient and clinician cohorts in the UK. There is a well-established surgical and research teams across all sites.
Job responsibilities
KEY SKILLS
* Good clinical skills and be competent at managing the acute surgical on-call under supervision of the on-call consultant.
* Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Enthusiasm and the ability to demonstrate independent thinking and problem solving.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
This will consist of providing 1 in 16 General surgical on-call and also cover for the CEPOD emergency theatre. Contributing equally to all components to elective and colorectal rotas.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Any basic medical qualification eligible for registration with the GMC.
* MRCS.
Experience
* Have a full-time hospital service experience as a Registrar or equivalent in the NHS.
* General surgical experience, especially emergency general surgery.
* Experience in audit and research.
* Demonstration of keeping up to date with knowledge.
* A high degree of competence in all basic medical skills coupled with evidence of manual dexterity necessary to perform technical procedures, namely surgical procedures as above.
Additional Criteria
* A high degree of motivation and personal self-discipline.
* Ability to function both as a member and a potential leader of a multi-disciplinary clinical and research teams.
* Ability to manage applicants own time and work effectively, understanding of role and importance of management in the NHS.
* Understanding of the principles of Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
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.
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