Senior Colorectal Clinical Fellow with interest in pelvic floor

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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

We welcome applications to this fixed term post for a Senior Clinical Fellow in the General Surgery department with an interest in pelvic floor at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation trust.

The post is intended to give the successful applicant hands-on experience in a busy Pelvic Floor Unit. It is expected that the appointee will be given opportunity to work across all 3 main sites (Southend, Basildon and Broomfield) to deliver the best exposure to all the service can offer.

The first designated Pelvic Floor clinics were started at Southend in 2007 followed shortly by PTNS and Rectal Irrigation Services. The Regional Pelvic Floor Unit was formally established at Southend in 2015 with the building of a brand new dedicated Unit and appointment of a Pelvic Floor CNS and a Pelvic Floor Fellow. This is a busy centre offering comprehensive pelvic floor service to patients from mid and south Essex areas

It may be possible, by agreement, to support exposure to other areas of general and colorectal interest within the department based on individual experience and interest including, and not limited to: general surgery day case operating, endoscopy and other areas of subspeciality interest such as abdominal wall, IBD, colorectal cancer, TAMIS, robotic-assisted surgery and complex pelvic surgery including exenteration.

So, if this sounds like the right opportunity for you please apply today.

Main duties of the job

If successful, you will be supported by a network of clinical and administrative staff, both at Southend and across Essex, providing multi-disciplinary care and guiding patients through their complex pathways.

Joining this expanding team will provide invaluable experience within the field of Colorectal Surgery in addition to offering high quality multi-disciplinary team working.

You will assist the Consultant Surgeons in the provision of Services including:

• Clinics - You will support new and follow-up clinics.
• Theatres - You will have the opportunity to participate and be trained in a wide range of procedures appropriate to their level of training
• Ward duties - You will undertake daily ward rounds supporting the existing team of junior doctors and consultants
• Academic/Research - It is expected to play a contributory role in current departmental research, audit, quality improvement projects and teaching as well as lead research projects under the supervision of Consultants.
• On-Call - This post will participate in a General Surgery middle grade on-call rota.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

If you are looking for an exciting new surgical role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full Registration with the General Medical Council
• MBBS or equivalent. MRCS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• FRCS (Plas) or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience at SpR (ie ST1-ST8) or equivalent level

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop and maintain a sub-specialty interest
• NHS experience
• Experience working in multi-disciplinary team

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 & PS (PDF, 407.9KB)
• Draft timetable (PDF, 208.6KB)
• Privacy Policy (PDF, 441.0KB)
• Behaviours Framework (JPG, 298.0KB)
• Medical Payscales 2/2025 (PDF, 187.5KB)
• Applicant MS Teams Checklist (PDF, 560.5KB)
• Trust marketing brochure (PDF, 2.1MB)
• General Statements - Clinical Fellow FY1, FY2, MTI and ST1-9 (PDF, 312.4KB)