Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+
- Contract
- 12 months (fixed term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-0126CTFH-GS
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham, Kent
- Salary
- £50,175 - £67,610 Per Annum/Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ in General Surgery
Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+
Job overview
Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ in General Surgery
Division: Surgery and Anaesthetics
Salary: £50,175 - £67,610 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Contract Length: 12 Months Fixed Term
We are recruiting for an Clinical Trust Fellow ST3+ in General Surgery who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.
The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.
We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under – represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.
All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The Clinical Trust Fellow is responsible for all the patients under the care of the Consultant Surgeon(s) to whose firm he/she is attached at the time and for the patients of all the Consultant Surgeons when 'on-call' and when covering for his/her colleagues.
- He/she will refer to his/her consultant when problems exceed his authority and experience and he/she will support and advise the House Surgeon who will refer to him/her.
- He/she must maintain liaison between other Fellows who are on duty before and after him/her to maintain adequate continuity and communication of patient care.
- He/she is responsible for arranging the patients' care, ordering their treatment and investigations.
- He/she will instruct the nursing staff in the care of patients.
- He/she will instruct 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.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Degree (MBBS or equivalent)
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to Practise
- MRCS must be passed and completed.
- 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
- Minimum of one year’s full time hospital service in CT equivalent (or higher grades) since first obtaining full registration in Accident & Emergency and/or Surgical Setting (Desirable)
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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Francesca Dunn
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634974743
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