Senior Clinical Fellow in Major Trauma/Emergency Surgery

Job overview

We currently have a SCF post in Trauma and Emergency General Surgery. The Trauma Centre at King’s has been growing steadily and these posts have been designed to expand and enhance the service.

The Trauma Fellow posts are designed to underpin the clinical activities of the Major Trauma / Emergency General Surgery team on the King’s Denmark Hill Campus. This is an exciting time; King’s went live as a Major Trauma Centre from April 2010 and this post will help develop improved ways of delivering care for trauma patients in SE L

Main duties of the job

The post holder’s principal responsibilities will be the day to day management of the Major Trauma / Emergency surgical in-patients:

• To be part of the Trauma SpR rota and share in the immediate (< 5min of arrival) triage and assessment of critical major trauma patients and to undertake immediate life-saving surgery
• To be integral part of the resuscitation team
• To assist the Consultant (General) Trauma Surgeon or any other subspecialty surgeon in the process of decision making, transfer to theatres, and phase I emergency surgery
• To attend the daily general surgical hand-over meeting in order to be informed of any overnight problems with Major trauma/ Emergency Surgery patients; to participate in daily ITU/HDU and trauma ward rounds as key surgical communicator; and to participate in the daily morning trauma meeting and to put into action any surgical plans resulting hereof
• To provide surgical continuity of care for all major trauma patients including performance/assistance in delayed emergency procedures and overseeing patients in the Trauma ward.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be resident on-site and share in the immediate (< 5min of arrival) triage and assessment of critical major trauma patients and to undertake immediate lifesaving surgery
• To be integral part of the resuscitation team
• To assist the Consultant (General) Trauma Surgeon or any other sub speciality surgeon in the process of decision making, transfer to theatres, and phase I emergency surgery
• To attend the daily general surgical hand-over meeting from 7:30 to 8:00 am in order to be informed of any overnight problems with Major trauma/ Emergency Surgery patients
• To participate in daily ITU/HDU and trauma ward rounds as key surgical communicator
• To participate in the daily morning trauma meeting and to put into action any surgical plans resulting hereof
• To provide surgical continuity of care for all major trauma patients including performance/assistance in delayed emergency procedures
• To be responsible for the day to day management of patients on the Trauma ward, maintains regular contact with the on call General Surgery consultant (and other speciality consultants where required), liaises closely with them about the management plan for each patient.
• To prepare all relevant surgical data for comprehensive monthly audit
• To rotate through King’s specialty services to obtain specific trauma-related subspecialty training
• To support service provision in relation to OPD minor operations as required