Junior Research Fellow

Job overview

Based at Epsom General Hospital, SWLEOC is a partnership commissioned by four South West London acute hospital Trusts and provides routine and complex elective and non-urgent emergency orthopaedic surgery services to patients aged over 18.

SWLEOC is the highest volume hip and knee replacement centre in the UK and one of the largest in the world. It performs around 6,300 procedures per year. Sub-specialties include hip and knee arthroplasty and revisions surgery, a young adult hip service, shoulder and elbow soft tissue and arthroplasty surgery and spinal surgery.

There is are  27-bed inpatient wards and a 24 bed Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU), which includes a Day Case Unit, all of which are covered by consultant intensivists. There is an outpatients department for clinics and research clinics. There are six laminar flow operating theatres.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

The post-holders will spend 2.5 days per week  in theatre as first assistant to the Consultant Surgeons. The rest of the week will be spent undertaking research, and contributing to audit and quality improvement. The core streams of research work include Artificial Intelligence, NIHR studies, and Outcomes Data, all aimed at advancing research and improving patient care.

The post is full time, 42 hours per week, and does not include any on call commitments. The opportunity for additional work on Saturdays is also available on an ad hoc basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details of the medical aspects of the post contact:

Prof Deiary Kader - [email protected]