Senior Fellow in Bariatric Surgery - London, United Kingdom - Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow in Bariatric Surgery.

The applicant should be nearing completion or already completed higher surgical training in General Surgery, and should be adequately trained in basic laparoscopic procedures.

The post is offered on a full-time basis, and does not include any on-call duties.

The post holder will be responsible for:

Ward rounds of all patients
Bariatric and General Surgery
Undertake Bariatric and General Surgery outpatients clinics alongside Consultant Surgeons
Assist on Bariatric and some General Surgery theatre lists
Preparation of the Bariatric MDT to ensure efficiency and patient safety
Teaching and training
Audit and quality improvement work.

Interested applicants will also have opportunity to gain experience in upper GI endoscopy.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities.

The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people's and children's services across medical and surgical specialties.

The trust operates acute services from a single site: Homerton University Hospital, which opened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as 'Outstanding'.

The Bariatric department at Homerton sits within the larger department of General Surgery within the Surgical, Women's and Neonates Division.

The department includes 5 substantive Bariatric and Upper GI consultant surgeons, 3 substantive EGS consultants with an interest in Bariatric Surgery, and one Locum Bariatric and Upper GI consultant surgeon.

The consultant team is supported by 3 trust grade SHOs, 2 trust grade registrars, 2 specialty trainee registrars, and the senior clinical fellow.

The Bariatric MDT team is comprised of the surgical team, a consultant obesity physician, a consultant chemical pathologist, 2 consultant specialist psychologists, 4 specialist dietitians, 2 specialist physiotherapists, 2 specialist nurses, and trainee and student psychologists, physiotherapists and dietitians.

For full details of the post, please refer to the downloadable job description and person specification.