Senior Clinical Fellow - General Surgery

Job overview

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust requires a Senior Clinical Fellow in Coloretctal Surgery and Upper GI Surgery for 12 months (6 months per specialty).

The post is based at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley District Hospital which are well-equipped modern hospitals with excellent facilities.

The successful applicant will assist in providing a clinical service in Colorectal Surgery and Upper GI Surgery to the population of Lancashire and the adjoining areas. This will include supporting and undertaking outpatient clinics, operating lists, ward rounds and being part of the Surgical Out of Hours Service (SOS) on-call rota.

The successful candidate will work with the existing established Colorectal and Upper GI Surgery teams led by our Consultant Surgeons.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to work at both sites (Chorley and Preston). There is a daily ward round at 8am. The Senior Clinical Fellow will attend this round and carry out the morning ward round if the Consultant is absent. The Senior Clinical Fellow, in conjunction with the junior trainees will assist with the ward care of Colorectal patients. They will be involved in the assessment and management of emergency admissions. The Senior Clinical Fellow will be expected to: -Supervise the clinical and teaching activities of junior trainees. -Assess all new patients and liaise regarding clinical care with the Consultant and other colleagues. -Maintain appropriate clinical progress notes in the case notes. -Keep relatives informed regarding the progress of the patient and obtain informed -Consent for operations/procedures co-ordinating with the Consultant as appropriate. -The Clinical Fellow must liaise with the junior trainees to ensure appropriate pre-operative work-up including imaging. - Attend regular operating sessions of the Clinical Team to assist with major surgery and be trained in skills of increasing complexity under the close supervision of the Consultant. They will be expected to assist in the operating sessions of other teams from time to time and co-ordinate, assist with/perform emergency operations. There will be expectation do some independent operating lists depending on the experience. -The Senior Clinical Fellow will partake in running outpatient clinics for patients on the 2 week rule suspected cancer pathway. They will be part of providing a timely and supportive pathway for patients from referral to diagnosis. -Help run our surgical hot clinic for urgent and emergency patients.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further details about the role and requirements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

• What we can offer
• Job Plan/On-call Requirements
• The Team

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.