Senior Specialist Clinical Fellow – Lower Limb
Closed for applications on: 29-Mar-2023 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 29-Mar-2023 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full Time – 40 hours per week plus on call
Salary
- Salary
- £58,398 p.a excl. LZ
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Senior Specialist Clinical Fellow – Lower Limb)
Specialty
- Main area
- Vascular Surgery
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
JOB TITLE: Specialist Senior Clinical Fellow – Lower Limb Surgery
GRADE: Nodal point 5
HOURS: Full-time 40 plus on call
The Cardiovascular directorate at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is a large, tertiary centre for acute referrals, providing highly specialised treatments to patients of South East London, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. The three departments of Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Vascular Surgery have 132 beds at the St Thomas’ hub site, 5 cardiac catheter laboratories, 4 dedicated operating theatres and a vascular hybrid facility with integrated imaging.
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
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The successful candidate will be a member of the Lower Limb Multidisciplinary Team and Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and as such will help manage all aspects of the pathway. They will be exposed to a wide variety of lower limb procedures, both open and endovascular. This job is for a candidate who is extensively trained in vascular surgery (post – CCT or 7 complete years of postgraduate training, or equivalent if applying from oversea) and is looking for further advanced training in all aspects of complex revasculalrisation in a busy tertiary centre prior to looking for a consultant
The applicant is expected to demonstrate interest in and lead the potential research opportunities in the field of lower limb disease. There are dedicated research sessions in the post-holder’s
The successful candidate will be expected to undertake independent clinics whilst still assigned to a consultant supervisor.
Duties will include training and mentoring of less experienced colleagues and other staff, participation in clinical audit and in clinical research projects. Clinical areas covered will mainly include theatres, wards, vascular high dependency intensive overnight recovery unit and
To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
Working for our organisation
Applicants will need to have a background in vascular surgery and be interested in developing specialist expertise in the treatment of deep and superficial venous disease. We aim to involve the candidate in ongoing research projects, and they will be expected to help support international training workshops alongside clinical commitments. This post will be for 12 months, with the expectation that the candidate will be independent at carrying out deep venous stenting following completion of this fellowship. They will also be exposed to a range of complex venous pathologies including vascular malformations, thoracic outlet syndrome, nutcracker syndrome as well as open venous bypass surgery. The post would be ideal for doctors working towards a consultant level appointment (as a post-CCT fellowship or within 6 months of completion) who would like to broaden their expertise. Although the applicant will be expected to predominantly support the Deep Venous Service, they will also be exposed to the full range of complex tertiary services provided by the department through support of emergency work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Although this post is not recognised as a training post by the London Deanery, the post is aimed at junior doctors seeking to gain more clinical and practical experience in complex lower limb surgery. The post offers excellent training and development opportunities.
On a rotating basis the post holder will be based on the cardiovascular wards, on-call shifts and outpatients on a supernumerary basis. All of these activities will have the support of a consultant in one of the three disciplines. Regular consultant-led teaching on specialist topics are provided and there are weekly multidisciplinary meetings for intervention and imaging that provide excellent training opportunities.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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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
Qualifications/ Education
Essential criteria
- MRCS or equivalent, higher degree.
Desirable criteria
- 2nd degree ie MS, MD,PhD.
Professional/ Statutory Regist
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration.
Previous experience
Essential criteria
- Equivalent to two years full time clinical experience in cardiovascular surgery including pre and post-operative care.
Desirable criteria
- Experience as first assistant in vascular surgery.
Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
- Competent IT user.
- Good communication skills.
Teaching:
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching training.
Research:
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of clinical research.
Documents
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sanjay Patel
- Job title
- Consultant Vascular Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Closing date: 27th March 2023. Starting date: October 2023.
Please note that applications might close early if a sufficient number of suitable candidates’ applications have been received.
If you have not heard within two weeks of the closing date please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
Informal contact
Mr Morad Sallam ( [email protected]) and Mr Sanjay Patel ([email protected]) Departmental Leads for Education and Training.
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