Junior Clinical Fellow in Surgery

Overview

This Junior Surgical Fellow (JSF) post is suitable for candidates who are post F2 level or above and who are interested in pursuing a career in surgery, developing their clinical and surgical skills and gaining a unique experience in the surgical management of a wide range of malignancies in one of Europe s largest comprehensive cancer centres. They will gain exposure to inpatient and outpatient care, urgent/emergency care, peri-operative management, and be supported to gain a good grounding in basic and intermediate surgical skills and exposure to minimally invasive surgery and to complex surgery where desired.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy tertiary centre, with unlimited opportunities to learn about modern cancer management in the field of surgery, including state of the art techniques such as robotic surgery and cytoreductive surgery with heated intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). This post is designed to provide a parallel training experience. Although it is not formally recognised as a training post, it will deliver a similar experience.

It is ideally suited to provide a bridge to core surgical and speciality training. At the end of the post they will be provided with a reference from their educational supervisor to support their experience and will receive guidance and support in applying for surgical training programmes in the future.

Main duties of the job

The JSF will be supported by a team of consultants, SAS doctors, specialty trainees, clinical fellows and specialist nurses and will be part of a cohesive group of junior clinical fellows and core trainees working across the hospital. The JSF will be expected to play a role in clinical audit, governance, teaching and learning. For interested individuals there are opportunities to be involved in the Christie s significant research portfolio.

All junior team members are encouraged to submit project/audit reports to local, regional, national and international meetings. The role will be responsible for:
Clinical duties and opportunities

• Management of acute and chronically ill surgical patients and diagnostic testing
• Assessment of surgical patients
• Effective communication skills and counselling including skills in breaking bad news
• Coordinating treatment and investigative procedures
• Discharge planning
• Prescribing and administering drugs
• Undertake pre-operative, post-operative, and enhanced recovery care for patients
• Attendance in surgical clinics and in theatre
• Participation in regular audit, MDT and ongoing departmental research
• Attend emergencies and unforeseen circumstances where predictable with senior, junior colleagues and emergency team

About us

The Christie is one of Europe s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% of patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world, chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals, highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.

Job description

Job responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder will be able to rotate through all four surgical oncology specialties at the Christie (urology, plastics, colorectal and gynae oncology surgery).

The JSF will be supported by a team of consultants, SAS doctors, specialty trainees, clinical fellows and specialist nurses and will be part of a cohesive group of junior clinical fellows and core trainees working across the hospital.

The post holder will be part of the wider surgical ward-based team which includes: a training rotational FY2 post and four Clinical Fellows in Surgical Oncology.

There is a 1 in 6 rota with a combination of 8:00-16:00 working day time, occasional long days 8:00-21:00 and daytime weekend cover 08:00-21:00 with compensatory off days.

The JSF will be expected to participate in clinical audit, governance, teaching and learning. For interested individuals there are opportunities to be involved in the Christie s significant research portfolio. All junior team members are encouraged to submit project/audit reports to local, regional, national, and international meetings.

The Christie runs a MRes and MCh programme, and individuals who are successful in acquiring this post may be able to undertake one of these post-graduate programmes.

The Christie ethos is underpinned by a commitment to teaching and mentoring, therefore the successful candidate will be expected to participate to the Trust s…