Trust Doctor (Eqv to ST3+) in Colorectal SurgeryNHS

Job summary

We are looking to recruit a highly motivated Senior Clinical Fellow to join our Colorectal Surgery team at the Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust. This 1-year post will be suitable for trainees at specialist registrar level, peri-CCT trainees or candidates aiming for post-CCT experience focusing on pelvic floor disorders, complex benign conditions and robotic surgery.

The 'Colorectal Surgery and Pelvic Floor Services' at the Royal London Hospital (RLH) is part of the department of general surgery, which also has specialist divisions of HPB surgery and upper GI surgery. At the Royal London Hospital there are 6- substantive full- and part-time consultant colorectal surgeons (1 Queen Mary University of London academic appointment) with others covering surgery at RLH from other sites in specific areas such as colorectal cancer.

Main duties of the job

o This is a key post in the department of Colorectal Surgery at Barts Health NHS Trust. The post is based at the Royal London Hospital (Whitechapel) but may require work at other Trust sites in the City and East London. The post-holder will be clinically responsible for the smooth running of the department whose work spans the whole breadth of coloproctology. The placement will focus on the surgical management of Colorectal cancer, pelvic floor and functional colorectal disorders with key participation in MDT, our regional pelvic floor MDT, clinics, and theatres. The post-holder will gain subspecialist clinical training and operative experience in complex IBD and intestinal failure surgery, complex proctology and abdominal wall reconstruction. Academically they will be responsible for a defined research or educational project (with senior academic supervision) related to Colorectal Cancer, pelvic floor, IBD or another research in coloproctology. The post-holder will also have an important teaching role of undergraduate medical students.

Job description

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About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.