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Job overview

The Hillingdon Hospital wishes to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow to join the General Surgery department for a 6 month fixed-term contract (03/04/24) - 01/10/24).

The job covers a wide variety of general surgery and colorectal surgery. It is expected that the candidate will be closely involved in the colorectal service providing support in both elective colorectal surgery and out-patient commitments.

This is an excellent senior post with lots of scope to improve both elective general and colorectal surgery as well as emergency surgery.

Main duties of the job

The role will focus primarily on colorectal and general surgery and the post holder will be required to partake in the on-call rota. The post is essential to meet the ongoing colorectal and General Surgical expansion.

The department has 11 substantive consultants and five locum consultants with middle grade and juniors to support them. This post does not have educational approval and is therefore a service post. 

Additionally the candidate will participate in elective general surgery operating lists including elective colon resections, laparoscopic cholecystectomies and both laparosocopic and open hernia repairs.

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospital, which is situated near Uxbridge in the south of the London Borough of Hillingdon, has over 600 beds. In the north sector, Mount Vernon Hospital is also managed by Hillingdon Trust.

The hospital offers a wide range of specialities, treating 44,000 in-patients a year. Amongst these services is a large A&E department, which deals with approximately 100,000 attendances per year, an Acute Cardiac Unit and Intensive Care Unit with an adjoining four-bedded High Dependency Unit.

Five years ago the A&E department underwent a redevelopment programme. Facilities exist for assessment, treating and discharge of minor injuries. In addition to the refurbishment of the resuscitation area, there exists a five-bedded Observation ward.  A Medical and Surgical Assessment Unit is on Fleming ward to which all emergency admissions are directed. There is already consultant physician presence and responsibility in place for medical emergencies.

Hillingdon Hospital has seven operating theatres including a dedicated Orthopaedic theatre. The hospital has an excellent Day Care Unit adjacent to the operating theatres comprising of 23 beds. At Mount Vernon Hospital site there is a new treatment centre providing modern Orthopaedic and General Surgical wards, theatres with laparoscopic facilities and outpatient consulting rooms.

The Division of Support Service offers excellent diagnostic facilities in Endoscopy, Pathology, Radiology and Medical Physics at both sites.