Senior Clinical Fellow in OG Surgery

Job overview

A Senior Clinical Fellow is sought to work as part of the specialist Upper GI Surgery team at Imperial College NHS Trust starting in October 2026. The successful candidate will be a senior registrar equivalent with significant experience in Upper GI Surgery looking to further develop their knowledge and skills in this area. The candidate must have achieved, or be working towards their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent. Working as part of the regional cancer centre for North West London at Hammersmith Hospital, West London, the post-holder will work with senior consultant colleagues to deliver excellent care for our patients.

The Upper GI surgical service moved to the Hammersmith (HH) site in March 2019. It is the regional upper GI cancer unit for north-west London and parts of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and offers a range of routine and highly specialised surgical procedures, including:

• Specialist oesophago-gastric cancer (open and minimally invasive)
• Specialist laparoscopic services for benign upper gastrointestinal surgery, including reflux disease, achalesia and other motility disorders
• Redo and reconstructive gastric surgery for benign disease

Opportunities for research exist through Imperial College with all the oesophago-gastric consultants holding academic appointments and having active research groups.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is intended to work at Registrar level, supporting and aiding the clinical ward work, the Outpatient workload and Elective and Emergency operating of the Department. A pay banding supplement is payable for participation in the on-call rota at middle grade level.

The post holder will contribute to the General Surgery oncall at St Mary’s Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is intended to work at Registrar level, supporting and aiding the clinical ward work, the Outpatient workload and Elective and Emergency operating of the Department. A pay banding supplement is payable for participation in the on-call rota at middle grade level.

Key stakeholders

The post holder will be required to develop key working relationships with the following roles within the service and the wider Trust.

• Consultants
• Doctors in Training
• Trust Doctors
• Nursing Staff
• Allied Health Professionals
• Managerial Staff
• Key areas of responsibilities -       1:x SMH on call rota. -       General & Upper GI surgery outpatient clinics -       Theatres -       Referral triaging -       Ward rounds -       MDT

Below is an outline timetable.

Regular meetings: Monthly committee meetings, monthly operational meeting, ad hoc meetings.