Clinical Fellow in General Surgery

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust requires a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery for initially 6 months with the possibility of an extension.

The post is based at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital which are well-equipped modern hospitals with excellent facilities.

The successful applicant will assist in providing a clinical service in General Surgery to the population of East Lancashire and the adjoining areas. This will include supporting and undertaking outpatient clinics, operating lists, ward rounds and being part of the Surgical Out of Hours Service (SOS) on-call rota.

If you would like to build your career within this professional, innovative team, and have a willingness to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis, coming to East Lancashire could be for you., The post holder will assist in providing a clinical service in elective and emergency General Surgery to the population of East Lancashire and the adjoining areas. This will include undertaking outpatient clinics, daytime operating lists and out of hour's emergency operating lists under the supervision of Consultants. The post holder may rotate through the other specialist firms dependent on the needs of the service.

The timetable will be fluid. The appointee will have the opportunity to operate independently within the competencies that they hold for specific procedures.

Working for our organisation

The individual appointed to this post will join the Trust's highly motivated multidisciplinary team, led by 16 Consultant General Surgeons, in addressing the challenging demands of the speciality.

There will be opportunities to assist with major cases in General Surgery. The number of clinical commitments will depend on service requirements and remaining opportunities will include on-call duties and the management of the Emergency Surgical Unit.

We cover the following:

• Inpatient Elective (planned) - Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital.


• Inpatient Emergency (Unplanned) - Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.


• Day Case (Same Day Service) - Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital & Burnley General Teaching Hospital.


• Elective one night stay- Burnley General Teaching Hospital


• Outpatients - Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, Burnley General Teaching Hospital, Clitheroe and Rossendale.


• Diagnostic - Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital., The post holder will aim to deliver high quality care with the help of the existing surgical team.


• The post holder will share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate.


• The post holder will participate in the weekly-on-call system of care.


• The post holder will observe and comply with clinical and non-clinical policies and procedures (including local and national employment and personnel policies) agreed with employees and management.


• The post holder will be closely involved in clinical audit and other clinical governance issues.
  
  MBChB or equivalent


• MRCS or equivalent


• Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practise


Desirable criteria


• Postgraduate thesis, Ability to offer clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency and elective within the speciality


• Expertise in general surgery


• Sufficient experience to join the general surgery on call rota, Knowledge of evidence based practice


• Evidence of teaching


• Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participation


Desirable criteria


• Publications in refereed journals


• Commitment to ongoing research and involvement in clinical trials, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.


We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve.

We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background.

We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.


• This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.


• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.


• Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post. Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.


Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.