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Main area
Pancreatobiliary Medicine
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
Contract
12 months (Fixed term contract 12 months)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7664293-A
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Town
London
Salary
£65,048 per annum plus £2162 London Weighting
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/08/2026 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Senior Clinical Fellow Pancreatobiliary Medicine

NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

Applications are invited for 2 posts of Senior Clinical Fellow in Pancreatiobiliary Medicine within the Royal Free Hospital Liver Unit, a liver transplant and tertiary HPB surgical referral centre with a large pancreatobiliary endoscopy service.

 The successful candidates will contribute to the clinical care of patients with a wide range of hepatobiliary disorders through the triage and co-ordination of pancreatobiliary endoscopy referrals, including pre and post procedure management. The post-holders will work closely alongside HPB surgery and hepatology teams, as well as liaise with external referrers. There is the opportunity to attend up to 11 pancreatobiliary training endoscopy lists per week, performing ERCP and EUS under consultant supervision. The posts also offers experience in a range of other fluoroscopy-guided interventional endoscopy procedures, including enteral and colonic stent placement and jejunal feeding tube insertion. The appointees will be responsible for co-ordination of the weekly benign joint Royal Free/UCLH HPB multi-disciplinary team meeting. Depending upon their training needs and interests, there is the opportunity to gain further experience through attendance at weekly MDTs in liver transplantation, hepatobiliary malignancies and hepatology radiology and pathology meetings.

 

 

Main duties of the job

There is no formal inpatient commitment other than review of patients referred for endoscopic interventions. Attendance at weekly specialist clinics in pancreatobiliary medicine and autoimmune liver diseases is encouraged. The posts includes a contribution to the out-of-hours rota for hepatology and liver transplantation. The Unit has an excellent research reputation and an interest in research is desirable with suitable projects available depending on the candidate’s interest.

The Pancreatobiliary Medicine service complements the HPB surgical and liver transplant practices. The unit has recently expanded to a total of 11 regular pancreatobiliary endoscopy lists per week (five with anaesthetic support) and currently undertakes more than 700 ERCP and 600 EUS procedures annually, providing excellent opportunities for clinical training. We have an established cholangioscopy service as well as offering interventional EUS procedures including pancreatic cyst and biliary/gallbladder drainage procedures, Endoscopic ultrasound-directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE) as well as EUS guided gastro jejunostomy

 

Working for our organisation

Hepatology and Hepatobiliary Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital

The Royal Free provides a wide range of secondary and tertiary Hepatology and HPB services. There is excellent access to ITU, a 24 hour TIPS rota and 24-hour consultant led GI bleeding rota. The liver transplant service has been established for 25 years and the number of transplants performed has recently increased recently, currently standing at approximately 125 per year. We have a live donor program and are seeking to expand this activity. We are a tertiary centre for patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancy and the full range of surgical, locoregional and oncological treatments is provided for these patients. Dedicated clinics are established for viral hepatitis, liver metabolic disease, primary hepatocellular malignancy, autoimmune liver disease, PBC, PSC, NAFLD, Vascular liver disease as well as clinics for general hepatology and liver transplantation.

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Person specification

Education & Proffesional qualification

Essential criteria
  • • Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • • GMC Registration
  • • Membership of relevant Royal College or equivalent
  • • MRCP or CCST in gastroenterology
Desirable criteria
  • • A post graduate medical degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • • At least 2 years of higher-level training in gastroenterology
  • • Independent (as defined by Jag criteria) upper GI endoscopist
  • • Independent flexible sigmoidoscopy
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience/training in colonoscopy

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • • The ability and skills to be a potential leader in their field
  • • Committed to personal development and learning on the job
  • • Commitment to high standards of ethics, personal integrity and probity
  • • Motivated to do an excellent job to best of ability

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
  • Awareness and understanding of health, safety and security issues for self and others
  • The authority, decisionmaking skills etc needed to lead a multidisciplinary team in a complex environment
  • Strong oral and written communications skills in English
  • Willingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary, escalate

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

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Harry Martin
Job title
Consultant
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
020 7794 0500
Additional information

For further information, please contact:

Dr Harry Martin: [email protected],

Dr Beverley Kok: [email protected] or Dr Jonathan Potts: [email protected]

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