Bariatric Senior Training Fellow

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Senior Training Fellow specialising in Bariatric Surgery within the General Surgery department.

This post will provide comprehensive senior support to the Bariatric surgical service. The UHNM team consists of 5 bariatric surgeons performing 300-400 primary and revisional bariatric procedures annually. In addition the Team performs high volumes of primary and revisional anti-reflux and hiatal surgery. The Unit has returned to it’s pre-COVID surgical capacity.

The UHNM Fellowship programme has a good reputation for providing excellent, comprehensive training in all aspects of bariatric surgery (including acute complications and admissions) and opportunities for clinical research, with recent Fellows successfully obtaining Consultant Bariatric Roles.

This post is Royal College of Surgery accredited.

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Clinical responsibilities will include attending outpatient clinics, inpatient and day case theatre sessions, doing ward rounds as well as participating in specialist activities. Theatre activity would include both assisting in surgery as well as undertaking procedures under supervision or independently as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.