Junior Surgical Fellow

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

This is a Fixed Term contract for 1 year with the position commencing in the month of August 2025.

Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

• The departments are looking for a junior surgical fellow to help support the surgery service at University Hospital Southampton NHS FT. This post is ideal for those who have just completed foundation programme and is interested in career in surgery to looking gain exposure in various surgical specialities. •    This is a rotational post involving 4 months placements within various surgical specialities such as  Trauma and Orthopaedics, general surgery,  surgical HDU and ENT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking to appoint three fellows at a FF3/CT1 equivalent level to support the surgical department including general surgery, T&O, ENT and surgical HDU.

All posts have a service element and the following covers the majority of duties. You will be on the full SHO on-call rota as part of the post. There will be minor variations in different posts but the list is aimed at covering the majority of duties:  1.    Day-to-day management of patients both pre and post operatively handing over the medical night team daily.  2.    Liaise between nurses, Doctors, patients, relatives and senior medical staff.  3.    Attend and participate in ward rounds as timetabled  4.    Attend regular supervised theatre lists  5.    Complete discharge summaries and communicate with GPs and other clinical colleagues as required.  6.    Completing sick notes where appropriate  7.    Study for higher examination and maintain continued professional development.  8.    Attend educational and multidisciplinary sessions.  9.    Undertake audit at various times throughout the rotations.  10.    Teaching commitments to medical students and foundation year 1 doctors 11.    The post will form part of a full shift rota in the area you are allocated 12.    2 hours/week self development time (SDT)  13. Attend departmental teaching