Senior Clinical Fellow in General Surgery: Sponsorship Available

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We
are pleased to offer the opportunity for an enthusiastic Senior Clinical Fellow with
well-rounded training to join an existing team of 12 Consultants.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work alongside the 12
Consultant Surgeons together with Specialist Registrars, Core Surgical Trainees
and Foundation Trainees. The department provides a wide range of in-patient and
day case procedures and provides emergency and elective general surgery
services as well as subspecialty services in Colorectal, Breast and Upper GI.
The department has an excellent reputation for laparoscopic surgery and
performs significant numbers of laparoscopic colorectal resections, groin and
ventral hernia repairs and fundoplications each year. The laparoscopic approach
is routine for appendicectomy and cholecystectomy (both elective and
emergency). The breast unit perform over 250 cancer resections per year with
both immediate and delayed reconstructions. Complex abdominal wall
reconstructions are undertaken regularly for complex/giant incisional hernia.

Acute Surgical Unit

In 2019 the Trust opened a new Acute Surgical Unit, with bespoke
assessment facilities aimed at maximising our ambulatory care pathways for
surgical patients. A senior surgical assessor reviews patients on presentation
and integral ultrasound assessment speeds diagnosis.

It has reduced non-elective admissions and
reduced length of stay. Initially aimed at General Surgery patients, work is
underway to broaden the approach to other surgical specialities who could take
advantage of the facilities and ambulatory pathways.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in General Surgery and a minimum of 2 years on a Basic Surgical Training Programme in posts approved for training required over and above that they could reasonably have gained via training to CCT level.

Desirable

  • Subspecialty training or equivalent

Research and Audit

Essential

  • Where appropriate ask for relevant research published in peer review journals.
  • Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit

Desirable

  • Relevant research published in peer review journal

Qualifications

Essential

  • Full registration and a licence to
  • practise with the GMC
  • Please confirm GMC number
  • Possession of MRCS (or equivalent).

Desirable

  • Higher Medical Degree

Ability/skills

Essential

  • Specific skills required to undertake the role above those required by the GMC standards.

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: 20 September 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.