Trust Grade SHO (ST1/2 level) for General Surgery

Job overview

Surgical Senior Clinical Fellow

Applications are invited for the post of General Surgery SHO based at Newham University Hospital.

The post holder will have a 12 month post (extendable) in the General Surgery department which will include supporting the Foundation School trainees and the opportunity to train in General Surgery.  In addition she/he will be involved in Out Patient Clinics and in-patient operating lists. The post includes a 1:8 on-call commitment.  He/she will be expected to be involved in several research projects and actively participate in teaching and audit.

Main duties of the job

Newham University Hospital is part of Barts Health NHS Trust. It is an associate teaching hospital and is dedicated to teaching and training.

Post-holders will be working as a Trust Grade SHO and be part of a team of 8 at the middle grade level within the General Surgery department. You will be rotating and working within the department in Breast/Endocrine surgery, Gastro-intestinal/minimally invasive surgery and Colorectal surgery. Although this post is not a recognized training post, you will have a wide opportunity to develop your surgical skills and you will be expected to have a strong academic commitment and to be part of the ongoing academic and audit activities of the department.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Barts Health NHS Trust reserves the right to change the parameters of the

Standard working week, the number of hours additional duty you are required to

undertake and the area in which you are required to undertake it, in the light of the

requirements of the service. Barts Health NHS Trust will endeavour to give

as much advance notice as possible of such change. In the event of a change in the

number of additional duty hours you are required to undertake your pay will be

adjusted appropriately.

You may be required to provide on-call cover and take for patients throughout Barts

Health NHS Trust, including cross district, inter-directorate, and Barts Health NHS

Trust reserves the right to change cover requirements in accordance

with the needs of the service.

Barts Health NHS Trust reserves the right to require you to be resident when

• n call either occasionally or regularly.