# Minimal Access (Robotic and Laparoscopic) Colorectal Clinical Fellow

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- **Town:** Stevenage
- **Region:** East of England
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Surgery
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £76,582 pa
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T07:42:21.593Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/General_Surgery/General_Surgery-v8035016
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8035016?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post is full time and the post holder will be expected to participate in the general surgical registrar rota. The successful candidate will be working within the Colorectal Surgery team at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and will provide an opportunity to gain exposure and training in minimal access (robotic and laparoscopic) colorectal surgery.

The Colorectal department includes 4 robotically trained Consultants, and all 5 colorectal surgeons routinely perform laparoscopic surgery for benign and malignant colorectal disease. Minimal access techniques are also utilised by most surgeons for abdominal wall hernias and cholecystectomies. The Trust has two da Vinci Xi Dual Console robots and a CMR robot. During the post, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will gain skills in a whole breadth of minimal access (robotic and laparoscopic) colorectal procedures, including rectal and colonic resections for benign and malignant disease, utilising techniques such as intracorporeal colonic anastomosis and Transanal Minimal Access Surgery (TAMIS).

### Main duties of the job

- Initial resuscitation and management of all emergency patients presenting to the department
- Initiation of the necessary investigation of patients and the referral to the relevant on-call specialist team when indicated
- Initiation of the necessary investigation of patients and the referral to the relevant on-call specialist team when indicated
- Ward rounds, inpatient and outpatient management of patients, outpatients and endoscopy

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience of audit

### Fitness to Practice

**Essential**

- Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation

### Previous Experience

**Essential**

- Experience at SpR / ST3 and above
- Good range of experience in General Surgery
- Experience in Colorectal Surgery
- Evidence of lower gastrointestinal endoscopy practice

**Desirable**

- NHS experience

### Qualifications / Training

**Essential**

- Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
- MBChB (or equivalent) qualification

**Desirable**

- FRCS (or equivalent) qualification

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452443)
- [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905)
- [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549)
- [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551)
- [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748)
- [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550)

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