Locally Employed F2 / CT in General Surgery & Vascular

The General Surgery Department at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton has a exciting opportunity for an LED F2 or Junior Clinical Fellow (CT equivalent) in General & Vascular Surgery to join the department for 4 months from December 2024 and 3 months from January 2025. The General Surgery Department is very busy with high throughput of both elective and emergency patients. Successful candidates can gain experience in UGI and/or vascular surgery, will be expected to support the team with ward rounds, as well as gaining experience in theatre and be part of the General Surgery F2/CT emergency rota.. Whilst it is not a recognised training post, this post is well supervised and there are opportunities to learn and develop skills., Based at the Royal Derby Hospital the department provides a full range of inpatient elective & non-elective operating services, outpatient clinics & day case sessions., The elective work involves daily ward rounds, time-tabled sessions for day case, theatre and outpatient clinics. Whilst it is not a recognised training post, this post is well supervised and there are opportunities to learn and develop skills.

Applicants should have completed foundation training and ideally have experience of working in breast surgery. Possession of the MBBS, plus full GMC registration with Licence to Practice at the time of application is essential.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.