Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a full time HPB clinical fellow (ST6+ level) within General Surgery at the Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The post is available from October 2024 – October 2025, subject to satisfactory progression.

This is an ideal post for candidates who are peri-CCT and wish to gain more clinical experience across the full range of benign and malignant HPB surgery. The post will involve working with the HPB team in theatres, outpatient clinics and looking after the HPB inpatients. The post holder will also have the opportunity to participate in research projects and undertake quality improvement initiatives which could result in publication and presentations at national meetings.

The HPB team have established the Royal Surrey Hospital/St Luke’s Cancer Centre as a centre of excellence for the treatment of HPB cancer as well as providing a tertiary service for emergency regional transfers with a catchment area over 2 million population.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Professor Nariman Karanjia, Lead Clinician for HPB, on 01483 571122 x 4367 or Mr Rajiv Lahiri, HPB Surgeon, on [email protected]

Main duties of the job

• To work as part of the HPB team as a senior registrar 
• Assisting in theatres and outpatients. 
• Attending daily ward rounds
• Attending MDT meetings and presenting cases as require
• To participate in the Registrar on-call rota
•  Departmental academic and audit meetings are held regularly and the registrars will be expected to take an active part.
•  To generally contribute to the clinical commitments of the unit as directed
• To contribute to organisation and teaching within the MATTU
• To undertake research projects as directed by the lead consultant.
•   Demonstrate at all times the ability to work in a team and be committed to the provision of a professional and developing service.

Working for our organisation

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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