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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
Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Surgery
Accepting applications until: 01-Nov-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Nov-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Evelina London Children's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term, with possibility of extending)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
Salary
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee ST3-8
Specialty
- Main area
- Paediatrics
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
GUY’S AND ST THOMAS’ HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
CLINICAL FELLOW (TRUST DOCTOR) POSTS IN SURGICAL SPECIALTIES
SALARY (GRADE FROM ST3-ST8) Full-time: 12 months
Advert
Applications are invited for Clinical Fellow in Paediatric General Surgery at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Job summaries are included within the generic Job Description.
All duties are worked on a full shift system and are compliant with the Junior Doctor Contract.
Working for our organisation
We are part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ which is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with around 12,500 staff; an annual turnover of more than £1 billion; and 1.6 million patient contacts a year. Our hospitals have a long and proud history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. We continue to build on these traditions and have a reputation for clinical, teaching and research excellence.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Fellow (Trust Doctor) Paediatric Surgery. The post is based in the Evelina London Children’s Hospital at St Thomas’ Hospital with additional day case activity at Lewisham Hospital where there is a dedicated children’s surgical day care unit. The post holder will gain registrar level experience of general and specialist paediatric surgery including neonatal, colorectal, thoracic and minimally invasive surgery.
The post holder will be part of a team of 6 middle grade doctors in paediatric surgery who work with 3 colleagues in Paediatric Urology to provide a 1:9 on call rota. Duties are worked on an on-call system. Previous paediatric surgical experience is essential but this need not be at middle grade level and an applicant with no previous registrar level experience would be well supported in making this step up in this post. The post
would ideally suit a candidate wishing to enhance their experience before applying for specialist training in paediatric surgery.
This is not a recognised training post but it attracts the same training opportunities, including study leave, named surgical educational supervisor and a very active educational programme.
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.
Due to recent changes in the UK immigration rules which affect Skilled Worker Visas, Global Business Mobility, Higher Skill Level and Increased Salary Thresholds, please ensure that you are able to meet the requirements to live and work in the UK before applying. Further information about eligibility is available on the UK Government website.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications and Training:
Essential criteria
- Medical degree – MBBS or equivalent.
- Completed Foundation competencies or equivalent
- GMC Registration
Desirable criteria
- MRCS Part 1 +/- Part 2 Level 3 Child protection training
- Newborn life support training
- APLS or equivalent resuscitation certification
Clinical Experience:
Essential criteria
- Understanding and awareness of particular requirements and demands of working with children and their parents.
- Demonstrates reflective approach to practice and commitment to personal development
Desirable criteria
- Previous general surgical or ENT experience (including paediatric)
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential criteria
- Evidence of experience in clinical procedures relevant to post
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken quality improvement work or service development
- Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management
- Evidence of interest and experience in teaching
Research:
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research
- GCP training completed
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
Physical Requirements
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory medical occupational health clearance is a condition of employment for medical staff and evidence of immunity to Hepatitis B is mandatory for all staff involved in invasive procedures
Other:
Essential criteria
- Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
Desirable criteria
- Extracurricular activities or achievements relevant to ENT/ General Surgery
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hemanshoo Thakkar
- Job title
- Paediatric Surgeon Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
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