Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 months - to form part of rotation)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (**Please note Medical Staffing will confirm actual hours per work due to shift pattern/rolling rota**)
- Job ref
- 318-25-GIFEL
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £61,825 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trust Doctor - Surgical Education Fellow ST3 level
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Trainee (ST3-5)
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
This is an opportunity to work in a supportive team in a very busy DGH with a great reputation for training. The aim of this exciting post is to enable you to develop competences and engage in formal training in medical education while gaining further experience in General Surgery. You will be key to enhancing the training of foundation doctors, core surgical trainees and the wider multiprofessional team.
You will be working alongside several higher specialist trainees and will have opportunities to experience elective and emergency GI and general surgery (60% clinical duties) whilst also developing your skills in postgraduate education (40% educational time).
Please note this advert may close early if there are sufficient applications
Main duties of the job
The post is split between clinical (60%) and educational (40%) work.
Clinical work will be at the level of an ST3 and involve on call duties and support of SAU, including ward work and support of F1s and core trainees. You will also attend outpatient clinics and theatre sessions under supervision.
Educational work includes responsibility for the provision of a departmental induction and teaching programme for F1s in addition to supporting a developing programme of multiprofessional simulation. You will also be involved in a range of other educational activities for the department.
You will need to have completed Foundation training or equivalent and core surgical training or equivalent, to have passed the MRCS and be capable to managing the surgical take at a junior registrar level with support from a consultant.
Working for our organisation
The Trust has a track record of providing excellent experience in similar posts within the Medical Directorate and they are very popular. All previous incumbents of this post have gone on to secure training posts in General Surgery.
This is a great team and popular on the regional rotation due to the access to training opportunities and experience gained in a supportive environment.
You will be supported to do a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (or equivalent) whilst in post.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will have a clinical commitment which will include OPD, theatre and on call commitments, with the intention of splitting your time between clinical (40%) and educational (60%) activity.
Your educational commitment is likely to include:
o Undertaking educational projects with the Surgical Division and College Tutors
o Undertaking projects relating to technical skills simulation and multiprofessional simulation with the intention of achieving presentations at national conferences
o Work with the consultant body to develop local faculty
o Undertake teaching sessions for Foundation and Core trainees
o Continue to organise virtual teaching and journal club sessions
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS
- MRCS or equivalent
ELIGIBILTY
Essential criteria
- GMC
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation Competencies by time of appointment
- Evidence of achievement of CT1 & CT2 competencies relevant to general Surgery by time of appointment
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanne Bennett
- Job title
- Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5135
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