General Surgery Junior Clinical Fellow (ST1-2 equivalent) inFrimley inFrimley PUBLISHED 20 SEP 2024

Job Overview



Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in the South East of England, comprising Frimley Park, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals.


At Frimley Park Hospital, our team of 15 junior doctors at FY2 / ST1/2 level (SHO) work in a variety of specialties including colorectal, upper GI, vascular, urology and breast surgery; supported by 12 FY1-level doctors, 10 Registrars and 4 fellows in General Surgery and separate Urology and Vascular teams’ registrars/fellows.

We are looking for suitable candidates to join the SHO team. We provide high quality training, and you will be supported in special interest training where possible. There will be opportunities for minor and intermediate supervised operating and to get involved in research/audit projects with a view to publication.

These are ideal posts for: preparation for Core Training, supporting international medical graduates, building a comprehensive portfolio or those aspiring to ST3 entry. The department boasts successful entries to all the national selection programmes.

Whilst this post will not be recognised for training, there is a strong educational component with dedicated training in clinical, professional and personal skills. All junior doctors are treated equally, with access to Educational / Clinical supervision and a local training programme.

Main duties of the job

This job is for a Trust Doctor (Junior Fellow - equivalent to ST1/2) to provide care for patients for designated General Surgical teams at ward level, providing support to FY1s and receiving support/training from both senior trainees and consultant staff. Whilst this post will not be recognised for training, there is a strong educational component with dedicated training in clinical, professional and personal skills.

Working for our organisation


There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts


Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.


Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities


See attached Job Description

Provide care of acute patients under the guidance of the senior staff and will include assisting the consultants at outpatient clinics and theatre sessions, and operating under supervision.

• Be expected to provide teaching to FY1s, nursing staff and undergraduate students.
• Be expected to participate in audits and research.
• Perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant, in consultation where practicable with their colleagues both senior and junior.
• On-call will be covered by a shift system. Average hours will be up to 48.
  
  

Person specification


Qualifications/Registration


Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent
• GMC Registration
  
  

Specific competencies

Essential criteria

• Good standard of written English
  
  

Experience


Desirable criteria

• Experience of working in the NHS
• Experience of working in General Surgery
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment .

Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .

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