Job vacancy: Clinical Trust Fellow General Surgery, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Gillingham

Job summary

Main area: Specialist Registrar
Grade: Registrar
Contract: 12 months (fixed term)
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref: 2750825-SpecRegSB

Employer: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Gillingham
Salary: £49,909 - £61,825 PA
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/09/2025 23:59

Clinical Trust Fellow General Surgery

Registrar

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Surgical Directorate

The surgical directorate consists of General Surgery including Colorectal, Breast, Paediatric Surgery and performs laparoscopic surgery, ENT, Urology and Orthopaedics.

Facilities in the Specialty

There are 10 main theatres and four day case units. The Surgical Department has 85 emergency and elective beds and 11 children's emergency and elective beds. We have a separate Endoscopy unit that has JAG accreditation.

The SpR will check the admissions and treatments giving advice and arranging treatment or

operation after consulting the Registrar or Consultant concerned. The SpR will normally seek

advice from his/her Consultant before referring patients to other specialties.

The SPR is responsible for all the patients under the care of the Consultant Surgeon(s) to

whose firm they are attached at the time and for the patients of all the Consultant Surgeons

when 'on-call' and when covering for their colleagues. The SpR will refer to thier

Consultant when problems exceed their authority and experience and they will support and

advise the House Surgeon who will refer to them.

The SpR must maintain liaison between other SPRs who are on duty before and after him/her to maintain adequate continuity and communication of patient care. The SpR is responsible for arranging the patients' care, ordering their treatment and investigations. They will instruct the nursing staff in the care of patients and the technical and professional staff in the investigations that are necessary for patient care, taking care to make sure other departments are fully informed of all necessary information.

On-Call Duties

This is a 1 in 11/12 Full Shift rota. The SPR must be resident at Medway Maritime Hospital

when on nights.

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is the largest acute trust and district general hospital in Kent. We have a proud history, originating in 1905 when a Royal Naval Hospital was opened on the site. Just over a century later, Medway NHS Foundation Trust was the first hospital in Kent to achieve Foundation Trust status. We continue to expand and modernise the array of services on offer to the people of the Medway towns, Swale and the wider West Kent region.

Medway is an Associated University Hospital with strong links to the Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical Schools.

Job description is attached and all duties are outlined within this.

The duties will consist of the inpatient care (Medway NHS Foundation Trust) and outpatient care of patients and other surgical Consultants' patients when they are on shift. The SpR will

admit and clerk patients to the Medway NHS Foundation Trust . Admissions at weekends and out of normal working hours will be clerked by the duty House Surgeon or Senior House Officer.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Doctors are required to be appropriately registered with the GMC.
IELTS, or graduate of a UK Medical School
ALS

Desirable criteria

ATLS
PALS

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Broadly based Medical & Surgical experience
Understanding of audit

Values

Essential criteria

Exhibits behaviours in line with Trust Values

Experience

Essential criteria

UK Experience at equivalent level

Desirable criteria

Experience of Accident and Emergency and Surgery

Skills

Essential criteria

Sufficient communication, professional and personal skills to effectively undertake the role of middle grade doctor.
Computer literate for communication and audit purposes
Good team working skills.

Other Attributes

Essential criteria

Demonstrates commitment to high quality service delivery
Able to cope with pressure
Understands importance of feedback, and acts on feedback.
Sympathetic understanding of patients and staff needs.
Committed to continuing personal development

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Bronze

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Silver

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

SPR JD (PDF, 832.3KB)

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Francesca Dunn
Job title: Service Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01634974743

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Employer heading

Clinical Trust Fellow General Surgery

Registrar

Job overview

Main duties of the job

Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Values

Essential criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Other Attributes

Essential criteria

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

Application numbers

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

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