Junior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery: Sponsorship Available

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The General Surgery team at St George’s Hospital wishes to appoint an ST1/ST2 level trust doctor to join the surgical team. The post would provide an ideal professional development platform from which the appointee may develop a portfolio of experience, although the post is not part of a formal training programme. The main responsibilities of the post are to care for the patients admitted to the wards for elective or emergency surgery

Main duties of the job

Main Duties/Key Results Areas:

The appointee will be responsible for the care of patients under the colorectal or UGI surgical team, including administrative duties. They should be competent at the ‘senior house officer level’ in general and emergency surgery.

Responsibilities:

  • On-call duties, including day, night and weekend shifts on a rotational basis.
  • Fulfilling ward duties, including ward rounds.

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring Health, Safety, and Welfare compliance.
  • Maintaining confidentiality of confidential information according to Data Protection Act provisions.
  • Adhering to the Trust’s Equal Opportunities policy to prevent unlawful discrimination.
  • Keeping skills up-to-date, following Trust policies and professional codes, and maintaining necessary registration.
  • Complying with St. George’s Healthcare No Smoking Policies.
  • Undertaking additional duties as required, consistent with the grade and service needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • – Full GMC registration
  • – MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

  • BSc qualification

Experience

Essential

  • – Pre-registration House Officer posts

Desirable

  • A&E, previous general surgery positions

Skills

Essential

  • – A developing knowledge of the basic science of surgery and the ability to apply this into clinical practice. – Ability to follow advice and instruction..

Desirable

  • – Proven manual and technical aptitude.

Knowledge

Essential

  • – Commitment to learning. – Potential to cope with stressful situations and undertake responsibility. – Excellent communication skills

Other

Essential

  • Audit

Desirable

  • Experience of service improvements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 24 August 2026

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