Clinical Fellow in General Surgery

The post as an Clinical Fellow in General Surgery offers excellent opportunities for the successful candidate to develop laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgical skills in the fields of general surgery.

The general surgery on-call will allow the candidate to gain additional experience of the management of the acutely ill surgical patient under the supervision of the Consultant Surgeon. Separate sessions are allocated to the Emergency theatre to allow the candidate to gain experience with emergency laparoscopy and laparotomy.

The post-holder's duties will be based primarily at Colchester Hospital, but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust., The post-holder will be expected to carry out ward rounds and are responsible for inpatient patient care with the consultant team. The post-holder will take part in the acute surgical on-call rota at Specialist registrar level for General Surgery.

Whilst this post will primarily involve training in general surgical procedures, there will be exposure to specialist colorectal/UGI surgeries as well as the opportunity arises. The post holder will also be exposed to basics of robotic surgery which includes simulation training and first assisting.

There will be the opportunity to be trained in upper and lower GI endoscopy depending on the previous experience of the candidate.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.

We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.

We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.

We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester.

At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.