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Junior Clinical Fellow in Hepatology | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 10 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £36,616 per annum plus London Weighting |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 March 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW3 2QG |
| Company: | Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6980667/391-RFL-6980667 |
Summary
Applications are invited for a junior clinical fellow post in Hepatology and Liver Transplantation plus Gastroenterology at the Royal Free Hospital, a tertiary Hepatology and Liver Transplant Centre. The Unit has an excellent reputation for clinical care and research. The 4-month post is fully NHS funded and will be most suited to those at an early career stage, wishing to gain experience in Hepatology or considering a career in hepatology or gastroenterology.
The post is suitable for any doctor with GMC registration with 1 year paid postgraduate experience working in the NHS.
The post holder will be part of the ward-based team caring for hepatology, gastroenterology and liver transplant inpatients. Participation in audit, research or quality improvement projects are encouraged. The post includes a contribution to the out-of-hours rota (weekends and evenings only) covering hepatology and liver transplant with the on call Consultant and registrar. The post rotates through hepatology, liver transplant and gastroenterology.
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Hepatobiliary Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital has, for a long time been synonymous with research and clinical excellence in the field of hepatology, and with the current near exponential increase in the incidence of liver disease, we aim to remain at the frontier of patient care, research and education.
The Royal Free provides secondary and tertiary Hepatology services. There is excellent access to ITU, a 24 hour TIPS rota and 24 hour consultant led GI bleeding rota. The liver transplant service at the Royal Free has been established for 25 years. The number of transplants performed has increased recently and currently stands at approximately 100 liver transplants per year. We have a live donor program and are seeking to expand this activity.
We are a tertiary centre for patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic malignancy and the full range of surgical, locoregional and oncological treatments is provided for these patients. The main responsibilities of these posts relate to inpatients and day patients. The inpatient case mix includes post-liver transplant patients, GI bleeding, complex portal hypertension, decompensated cirrhosis and acute liver failure. Dedicated outpatient clinics are established for viral hepatitis, liver metabolic disease, primary hepatocellular malignancy, autoimmune liver disease, PBC, PSC, NAFLD as well as clinics for general hepatology and liver transplantation. A number of very active clinical research programs run with themes such as clinical and experimental portal hypertension, acute and acute on chronic liver failure, liver support and liver transplantation, non-invasive fibrosis assessment, clinical trials of new anti-viral agents, metabolic studies of hepatic encephalopathy, pruritis pathways and examining the effect of remote ischaemia pre-conditioning on liver graft function.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Aileen Marshall, Consultant Hepatologist and Service Lead for Hepatology: aileen.marshall@nhs.net Tel: 020 3758 2000 Ext 31124
Please only email if you have specific enquiries. The applications are shortlisted anonymously and it does not help to email with a CV.
Gastroenterologyat the Royal Free Hospital
Our gastroenterology service provides a wide range of secondary care services to patients from north central London and tertiary care to regional, national and international patients.At the Royal Free Hospital, services include general gastroenterology clinics for routine, urgent and cancer referrals, GI physiology, endoscopy diagnostic services and multi-diagnostic clinics in conjunction with University College London Hospitals.
The service also provides specialist scleroderma clinics, an inflammatory bowel disease/ nutrition service and an interventional endoscopy service which is internationally recognised. Gastroenterologists at the Royal Free Hospital also deliver the highly specialised neuroendocrine tumour service.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Durayd Alzoubaidi, Consultant Gastroenterologist and Service Lead for Gastroenterologyd.alzoubaidi@nhs.net
Please only email if you have specific enquiries. The applications are shortlisted anonymously and it does not help to email with a CV.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025