Arcadia Robotic Fellowship in Upper GI Surgery (ST6+)

Job Overview

The purpose of this 1 year fellowship is to provide an exciting opportunity for senior upper GI trainees (ST6 and above) to acquire additional knowledge and skills in robotic surgery, with the possibility of further training in emergency general and elective upper GI surgery; together with learning opportunities in endoscopy including OGD, EUS and ERCP. The Trust has a recognised Robotic Unit and the appointee will help define the role of Robotic UGI surgery.

To enable the Fellow to contribute to data collection, research and training others in robotic UGI and become an independent Consultant Surgeon who is able to undertake robotic surgery and help train other surgeons.

Main duties of the job

We enjoy close working relationships with the departments of histopathology, radiology, oncology, palliative care and gastroenterology. The Fellow could have training opportunities in all aspects of gallstone management including laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic bile duct exploration, endoscopic diagnosis and management of choledocholithiasis, hot Gallbladder surgery, management of complex acute and chronic pancreatitis, complex reflux assessment and anti-reflux surgery, staging of upper GI malignancy including EUS.

There are approximately 10 theatre sessions, 5 endoscopy lists and 3.5 EUS/ERCP lists per week. The appointee will see all aspects of hernia surgery including laparoscopic repair. The unit has access to three fully integrated Laparoscopic theatres.

The clinical Fellow will not be on the on-call rota.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

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.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB/BS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration to cover the scope of employment
• MRCS or equivalent
• ATLS
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Distinctions, Scholarships, prizes
• Other degrees, eg BSc, Masters, PhD (or equivalent)
• JAG Accreditation
• Post CCT or CESR
  
  

Experience & Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience working at middle grade in a surgical speciality
• Demonstrate experience of teaching & training ST1/2 or equivalent and F1
• Competent in procedures e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc
• Able to communicate clearly in written and spoken English
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Has participated in clinical audit
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• As per shortlisting criteria above
  
  

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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