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Medical Protection Advertisement

Location
Salary
£41,750 - £64,288 pa
Profession
Medical doctor
Grade
Senior
Deadline
14 Jul 2025
Contract Type
12 months (Fixed Term)
Posted Date
02 Jul 2025

Job overview

Main duties of the job

The Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery will need to have GMC registration and MRCS or equivalent. The ideal candidate would possess good written and verbal communications skills and be a good team player which is an essential requirement for this post.

  • Participate in 2ww Clinics and outpatients Clinics
  • Attend theatres and be part of the CEPOD rota
  • The candidate will undertake research and service improvement projects within the division of General Surgery and enhance their clinical portfolio.
  • Work in collaboration with the Team of Consultant Surgeons ensuring patients are effectively triaged and reduced unnecessary delays to treatment
  • Participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal and research projects leading to publications
  • Will have responsibility for providing emergency support to patients at Queens Hospital as appropriate

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Senior Clinical Fellow post is a key role as they fast track patients through their diagnosis and initiate investigations and provide initial management plans for patients presenting with acute surgical issues.  The post holder will also triage surgical patients, and this improves the decision making for admission/further referral or ambulatory management in the Surgical Hot Clinic. They will be responsible for managing ward referrals, resus and trauma calls and all paediatric and community GP referrals.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to consolidate and build on existing operative and clinical skills in General and emergency surgery and the ideal candidate will be able to undertake research and develop their leadership skills with support of the surgical team.

They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. We will support the appointee in their career progression.

Applicants are advised to read the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitted an application.  As you complete your application, please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section on the application form.