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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Contact
- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery (Benign)
Closed for applications on: 18-Jun-2024 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 18-Jun-2024 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas Hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SW1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
- Hours
- Full time - 47 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £63,152 p.a excl LZ
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow)
Specialty
- Main area
- Upper GI 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
The Department of General Surgery, (Upper Gastrointestinal, Thyroid and Endocrine, Colorectal and Emergency General Surgery) is situated on the St. Thomas site, with the exception of some outpatient and diagnostic endoscopy facilities.
Upper GI Surgery Consultants - Mr Mark Kelly (Lead for Upper GI), Mr Simon Atkinson, Ms Cara Baker, Mr Abrie Botha, Mr Andrew Davies, Mr James Gossage, , Mr Johnathan Hubbard, Mr Husam Ebied, Mr William Knight.
Colorectal Surgery Consultants – Ms Katie Adams (Clinical Lead for General Surgery), Mr Amir Darakhshan, Mr Vivek Datta, Mr Mark George, Ms Alison Hainsworth, Mr Alexis Schizas
Emergency General Surgeons – Mr Ivan Tomasi, Ms Sarah Wheatstone, Emma Stewart-Parker
The Upper GI unit provides care for a wide range of benign and malignant Oesophago-Gastric conditions. The unit performs a high volume of benign upper GI surgery including anti-reflux surgery, revisional anti-reflux surgery, large paraoesophageal hernia repair, treatment of achalasia (surgical and POEM) and Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. There is a broad exposure to a range of emergency upper GI conditions including oesophageal perforation and incarcerated paraoesophageal herniae. The department is also the regional centre for oesophago-gastric cancer and performs a high volume of oesophageal and gastric resections. We are also a busy emergency general surgical department with a wide-ranging surgical take.
Advert
The post would suit someone wishing to gain broad experience across the field of UGI surgery (not HPB).The successful candidate will work primarily within the areas of benign UGI surgery and the Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR) and complex Hernia group, a well-recognised tertiary referral centre for complex hernias. They will to help deliver the benign upper GI and AWR MDM and gain experience in laparoscopic benign OG surgery, flexible endoscopy and complex hernia surgery, both open and minimally invasive. In addition there will be some experience in resectional surgery.
The successful candidate will help organise and deliver multi-disciplinary teaching in benign UGI surgery and will have an active role in educational activities. Your educational supervisor will be a consultant in benign UGI surgery who will help develop your clinical, teaching, research, and audit skills in this field.
Successful applicants will work with the admitting general surgical on-call teams, providing support both in the A&E Department, where appropriate, and on the wards. The post holder supports the Emergency General Surgical service through regular participation on a overnight rota with other clinical fellows. In line with our commitment to improving the working lives of our junior doctors, the duties and the hours of the new posts will be fully compliant with the New Deal initiative.
Working for our organisation
Organisational Values:
Our values help us to define and develop our culture, what we do and how we do it. It is important that you understand and reflect these values throughout your employment with the Trust.
The post holder will:
- Put patients first
- Take pride in what they do
- Respect others
- Strive to be the best
- Act with integrity
Our values and behaviours framework describes what it means for every one of us in the Trust to put our values into action. The framework can be found on our Trust careers pages and GTIntranet.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time. The trust expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work.
All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the trust.
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
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and hold a license to practice
- FRCS or at least working towards FRCS
Desirable criteria
- Specialty qualification, and/or higher degree (MD/MS/PhD)
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous Upper GI experience (benign or resectional) Competent General surgeonng (or equivalent)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team Good Communication Skills
Desirable criteria
- Presentations at national Meetings
Research:
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
Desirable criteria
- Peer Review publications
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate Teaching and postgraduate Training
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
Other
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
Desirable criteria
- Experience in clinical guideline development Appraisal training
Managment
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management
Desirable criteria
- Management training or qualification Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Abrie Botha
- Job title
- Consultant Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
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