Senior Clinical Fellow - General Surgery | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £61,825 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bolton, BL4 0JR |
| Company: | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7231753/241-319AS-MD-25 |
Summary
Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow for General Surgery at Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
The Royal Bolton Hospital has been developed as the district general hospital for the area and serves a catchment population of 320,000 which includes the Bolton Metropolitan Borough as well as parts of Atherton, Leigh and Walkden. The hospital has all the specialties found in a large acute district general hospital, namely A&E, acute and elderly medicine, orthopaedics, pathology, radiology, ophthalmology, ENT, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, dermatology and psychiatry. There are visiting Consultants in clinical oncology, cardiothoracic surgery, plastic surgery and renal medicine.
The successful candidate will be expected to have extensive experience of emergency and elective general surgery.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the ability to work within the wider team.
There is agreement that all breast referrals are seen by the breast surgeons, all gastro-oesophageal cancers by the upper GI team and all colon cancers, rectal cancers and inflammatory bowel disease cases by the colorectal surgeons.
Applicants must have paid NHS experience, full registration with the General Medical Council and have Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons or hold equivalent qualifications.
The General Surgical department is based in the development which contains the accident and emergency department, outpatient and radiology departments with CT & MRI, main theatre suite, daycase unit, endoscopy unit, intensive care unit and high dependency unit.
The main theatre suite contains 8 theatres one of which is a dedicated CEPOD 24 hour’s emergency theatre. There is a separate urology theatre and daycase facilities. Children are looked after on the paediatric ward.
• Ward duties
• Outpatient clinics
• Operating theatre sessions
• Surgical acute referral clinic
• On-call rota participation
• Support of junior doctors
The post appointee will undertake approximately 40 hours per week in scheduled activities on a flexible basis to meet the departmental service requirements. The post includes the opportunity to rotate between Upper GI and Colorectal surgery. The initial placement will be dependent upon the departmental needs.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Jul 2025
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