Senior Clinical Fellow

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow (SpR) to work as part of the General Surgical team at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, based at the University Hospital Lewisham site. The post will provide training opportunities in Upper GI, Bariatric and Lower GI surgery.

The post holder will be responsible for the care of elective inpatients and daycare patients as well as emergency admissions under the direction of the Consultant Surgeons including general and specialist out-patient clinics and regular ward work. The successful applicant will participate in the Senior Clinical Fellow 1:8 non-resident on call rota.

The Department has a commitment to the career progression of Career Grade Doctors and skills required for specialist aspects of the post which will be developed within the post.

Main duties of the job

Working under the supervision of allocated Consultants

Attendance at Outpatient Clinics (Upper GI, Bariatric & Lower GI)

Care of any General Surgery patients in Intensive Care

Attendance at Elective and CEPOD lists

1:8 non-resident on call rota

Attend weekly clinical teaching and handover

Participation in any research activities of the department is encouraged

Any other appropriate duties as directed by the Consultant Surgeons

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It would be ideal for a surgeon with significant experience in surgery, particularly towards the end of his/her training looking for further experience prior to obtaining CCT or commencing work as a consultant. The successful candidate will have the option to assume a faculty position and participate in research activities.

Applicants must have full registration with the GMC and a Significant years' experience working in General Surgery .

This is an exciting time to join the surgical department as we develop a wider clinical community and focus on expanding our surgery services. The future plan for clinical services will provide the ideal opportunity for innovation and developing new approaches to patient care across a wide catchment population. Being part of a wider clinical community will also provide greater opportunity for professional development.

Person specification

Other Attributes

Essential criteria

• Desire to continue personal development
• Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and co-operate with all medical and paramedical staff
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Professional attitude towards work; reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
• MB BS or equivalent
• MRCS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• FRCS or equivalent
• PhD / MS / MD / MSc

Clinical Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant years of experience within General Surgery at ST3+ level
• Minimum of 6 months UK clinical experience

Clinical Audit/Research

Essential criteria

• Experience of clinical audit
• Demonstrable understanding and acceptance of the principles of Clinical Governance

Desirable criteria

• Peer reviewed publications
• Research experience

Teaching Experience

Essential criteria

• Willingness to teach all grades of professional multidisciplinary team

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Under and Postgraduate teaching

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential criteria

• Willingness to participate in clinical management

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD (PDF, 1.0MB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)