# Senior Clinical Fellow in General, Emergency and Colorectal Surgery

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Barnet Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** General Surgery
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £67325.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week (Please refer to work schedule)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T10:26:20.216Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8160545
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Previous candidates should not apply.

Applicants are invited for new Senior Clinical Fellow in Colorectal and General Surgery posts with the opportunity to develop specialist interest in:

Laparoscopic and open surgery Emergency Endoscopy (with JAG accreditation training possible) Education

Work alongside deanery trainees with equal opportunities for training. You will have the opportunity work alongside all of the consultant team with a wide variety and case mix.

### Main duties of the job

You will have exposure to Colorectal & Emergency surgery.

Our Surgical team presently comprises 12 Consultant Surgeons, supported by an Associate Specialist, Deanery Registrars, Clinical Fellows and junior doctors at CT, F2 and F1 levels. Specific sessions will be allocated for management and education so that the post holders will be trained in these important areas alongside surgery and perioperative management.

The post-holder will experience a range of elective Colorectal and General Surgery with opportunities to gain exposure to complex benign and malignant surgery. The successful applicant will have outpatient clinic responsibilities under the direct supervision of a named consultant.

Work carried out by the Senior Clinical Fellow will be at the equivalent level of a SpR. The Clinical Fellow will participate on the general emergency rota, which is a 1:12 on-call with prospective cover for leave.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Values

**Essential**

- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

### Personal Qualities and Attributes

**Essential**

- Ability to work within a multi -disciplinary team
- Ability to build good relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation
- Ability to relate to patients from a wide range of backgrounds and to empathise with their needs and concerns
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
- Willingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- Good interpersonal skills
- Committed to personal development and learning on the job
- Commitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
- Motivated to do an excellent job to best of ability
- Committed to equal opportunities
- The flexibility, enthusiasm, resilience, positive and helpful attitude and drive needed to thrive in today’s rapidly changing NHS

### Education and Professional Qualifications

**Essential**

- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCS or equivalent
- Membership of relevant Royal College or equivalent
- Strong oral and written communications skills in English
- GMC registration

**Desirable**

- Postgraduate degree
- FRCS

### Surgical Knowledge, skills and experience

**Essential**

- Up to date log book for inspection
- Ability to supervise the clinical work of doctors in training and other staff
- Strong teaching skills and experience
- Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload
- Awareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
- The authority, decision making skills needed to lead a multidisciplinary team in a complex environment

## Documents

- [work schedule (pdf, 624.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461240)
- [job description (pdf, 262.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461237)
- [personal specification (pdf, 303.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461238)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 111.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10461239)
- [medical and dental - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 655.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2754)
- [allied health professional - benefits, about rfl, shared commitments and governing objectives (pdf, 637.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2752)

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