Senior General Surgery Fellow: Open/Laparoscopic Leadership

Company: Whittington Health Nhs Trust
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Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery Whittington Health NHS Trust London, UK

Job overview

Job Overview

Applications are invited for the post of Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar grade equivalent) in General Surgery at Whittington Health NHS Trust. This is a fixed term post initially for 12 months and 6 months respectively. There may be the option to extend these contracts dependent on departmental requirements. Posts will involve

All candidates should be eligible for full registration with the GMC.

Please note this post may close earlier if sufficient applications are received.

Main duties of the job

You will join a busy surgical unit in an Integrated Care Organisation in North-Central London. We serve a resident population across five London boroughs and provide a wide range of elective / emergency surgical procedures. The successful candidate will join our team of 5 Specialty Trainees (London North Central/East Thames Deanery), 5 Senior Resident Trust Grade surgeons and 2 Research Fellows/Residents. The department has Bariatric, colorectal

We will offer the successful candidates :

  • Open and Laparoscopic operating in both emergency and elective settings.
  • Involvement in outpatient clinics (current Residents undertake 3 per week).
  • Opportunities to engage in training of junior staff and medical students.
  • Managerial training including clinical governance and audit/QIP projects.
  • Regular review of progress and careers advice with allocated supervisors.
  • Support for audit and research projects.

You will be required to demonstrate the following:

  • To be highly motivated and flexible towards ensuring patient focused care
  • A minimum of three years’ experience as at ‘SHO’ level in General Surgery
  • Full registration with the General Medical Council
  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of working at a ‘Registrar’ level is desirable as is completion of MRCS.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will join a busy surgical unit in an Integrated Care Organisation in North-Central London. We serve a resident population across five London boroughs and provide a wide range of elective / emergency surgical procedures. The successful candidate will join our team of 5 Specialty Trainees (London North Central/East Thames Deanery), 5 Senior Resident Trust Grade surgeons and 2 Research Fellows/Residents. The department has Bariatric, colorectal

We will offer the successful candidates :

  • Open and Laparoscopic operating in both emergency and elective settings.
  • Involvement in outpatient clinics (current Residents undertake 3 per week).
  • Opportunities to engage in training of junior staff and medical students.
  • Managerial training including clinical governance and audit/QIP projects.
  • Regular review of progress and careers advice with allocated supervisors.
  • Support for audit and research projects.

You will be required to demonstrate the following:

  • To be highly motivated and flexible towards ensuring patient focused care
  • A minimum of three years’ experience as at ‘SHO’ level in General Surgery
  • Full registration with the General Medical Council
  • Experience of working in the NHS
  • Experience of working at a ‘Registrar’ level is desirable as is completion of MRCS.

Person specification

Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.

  • Full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
  • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice

Evidence of achievement of ST2,CT2 competences

  • Evidence of achievement of ST2,CT2 competences in a relevant specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST3/CT3 competences in a relevant specialty by the start date of the post
  • Eligibility to work in the UK
  • General Surgery experience and general skills so able to demonstrate they can safely for acute on-call

Good relationships and communication with patients

  • Good relationships and communication with patients
  • Good teaching and training

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:

  • Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
  • Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
  • Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
  • Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
  • Participate in required training and supervision.
  • Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct

Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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Posted: July 31st, 2026