Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery
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Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Applicants are invited to apply for one of two Senior Clinical Fellow posts in Upper GI Surgery to commence in April 2025. One post is RCSEng accredited and will be for one year. The other will be for six months . Both are fixed term contract. This posts will be based at Hammersmith Hospital in West London.
The successful candidates will be senior registrar equivalent with significant experience in Upper GI Surgery looking to further develop their knowledge and skills in this area. The candidates must have achieved, or be working towards their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or equivalent.
Working as part of the regional cancer centre for North West London Hammersmith Hospital, the post-holders will work with senior consultant colleagues to deliver excellent care for our patients. Applicants must be eligible for registration or hold full registration with the GMC. Whilst the posts are not formally recognised as a training posts by the deanery, excellent teaching and training opportunities exist for the successful candidates. They will be encouraged undertake audit and research projects in OG cancer and visit other international centres during the fellowship.
Main duties of the job
1. Key areas of responsibilities
- 1:8 HH on call rota or 1:x SMH on call rota.
- General & Upper GI surgery outpatient clinics
- Theatres
- Referral triaging
- Ward rounds
- MDT
2. General responsibilities
This might include, for example, responsibility towards NHS policy development, team leadership, research support or leadership, project management.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of employment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. At Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19. The successful applicant may have contact with patients and service users and as part of our pre-employment checks and risk assessments, we will ask all candidates to confirm whether or not they have been fully vaccinated or have a medical exemption.
As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Work of the Department
The Gastro-Intestinal Surgery Department provides both acute and elective care for all gastro-intestinal problems at St. Mary's and Charing Cross Hospitals. St. Mary's Hospital is the home for complex benign and malignant upper and lower GI surgery, and is a tertiary centre for North West London.
The department is divided into Colorectal (Prof Lord A Darzi, Mr P Ziprin, Mr P Paraskevas, Mr N El-Masri, Mr James Kinross, Mr George Reese, Miss Souvatzi and Miss Carrington), and Upper Gastro-Intestinal and Bariatric (Prof G Hanna, Mr K Moorthy, Mr C Peters, Mr S Antonowicz, Mr A Ahmed, Mr S Purkayastha, Mr S Hakky, Mr C Tsironis, Mr Lal, and Miss Ortega) units. There is a strong laparoscopic interest for the management of both benign and malignant conditions. There is a heavy teaching commitment for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Many clinical observers and overseas attachments visit the unit throughout the year.
The Upper GI surgical service moved to the Hammersmith (HH) site in March 2019. It is the regional upper GI cancer unit for north-west London and parts of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire and offers a range of routine and highly specialised surgical procedures, including:
• Specialist oesophago-gastric cancer (open and laparoscopic)
• Specialist laparoscopic services for benign upper gastrointestinal surgery, including reflux disease, achalesia and other motility disorders
• Redo and reconstructive gastric surgery for benign disease
There are strong links with a vibrant gastro-intestinal physician unit which is the network centre for the management of early cancers, with excellent diagnostic and radiological input in a multi-professional setting.
Opportunities for research exist through Imperial College with all the oesophago-gastric consultants holding academic appointments and having active research groups
Outline of timetable
Specialist Upper GI on call: There will be a 1 in 8 first on-call commitment covering the on call at the HH site with other OG and HPB team registrars.
AM
PM
Mon
UGI Ward Round
HH Theatres
HH Theatres
HH UGI clinic
Tues
UGI Ward Round
HH Theatres
HH Theatres
Wed
UGI Ward Round
HH UGI Clinic
HH Theatre (alternate weeks)
Admin
HH Theatre (alternate weeks)
Thurs
UGI Ward Round
HH Theatres
HH Theatres
Fri
UGI Ward Round
HH Theatres
HH Theatres
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Registration
- MBBS (or equivalent)
- Working towards completion of CCT (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Post CCT (or equivalent
Relevant experience in specialty/Sub specialty
Essential criteria
- Experience or aptitude for clinical activity appropriate to job description
Clinical skills
Essential criteria
- Appropriate to job description
Audit
Essential criteria
- Evidence of participation and understanding of the principles of clinical audit
Academic achievements including research/publications
Essential criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed medical journals
Desirable criteria
- Distinctions, prizes, awards, scholarships, other degrees, higher scholarships
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
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
- Job Description and Person Spec (PDF, 720.5KB)
- FRF (PDF, 232.6KB)
- Aspire to values (PDF, 132.8KB)
- Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)