Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Benign Hepatobiliary Surgery
| Posting date: | 03 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,047 - £67,610 per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 November 2025 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7502748/293-SWNS-MED-0215 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Benign Hepatobiliary Surgery. The post holder will undertake General Surgery and benign Hepatobiliary outpatient clinics and assist on General Surgery theatre lists. There is opportunity for the post holder to get involved in teaching and training, audit and quality improvement work. Interested applicants will also have opportunity to gain experience in endoscopy.
It is envisioned that the successful candidate will play an active role in improving the emergency surgical pathway for patients alongside consultants, managers, and the wider hospital team. A particularfocuswillbetheeffectiverunningoftheCEPOD/ hot gallbladderlists.Experienceinqualityimprovement would be desirable but training can be provided within theTrust.
The appointee will participate in the registrar on-call rota, which will include night shifts. The pattern for these on-call shifts is currently a 1 in 12 rotation with no more than 4 consecutive days/nights. Appropriate zero days are scheduled to ensure rota compliance. Notice of 6 weeks will be given for any changes to the rota pattern.
As an employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
§ theprovisionof a first-classservice
§ effective leadership to all staff engaged in thespecialty
§ activeinvolvementin undergraduate and post graduate teaching andtraining
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.
Thetrustoperatesacuteservicesfromasinglesite:HomertonUniversityHospital,whichopened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as ‘Outstanding’. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole NursingHome.
Thehospitalhasthreeday-surgerytheatresandsixmainoperatingtheatresforalltypesofgeneral surgery,traumaandorthopaedics,gynaecology,maxio-facial,urology,ENT,obesity,bariatricsand obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatrescomplex.
The trust provides some highly specialised tertiary services, including bariatric surgery and the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. It is one of London’s designated perinatal centres and provides a range of highly specialised obstetric and neonatal intensive care services.
The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery withinthe subspecialtyof General and benign HPB surgery.Thepostinvolvessupportingthesupervisingconsultantsinthefull spectrum of clinical activity including main theatres, day surgery theatres, out-patients and ward work. We have recently built two new operating theatres and the services are changing rapidly to adapt to the evolution of our department. Therefore the successful candidate may be expected to support surgeons across the service. This will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced surgeons,particularlyastheylooktocontinuetoprovidehighqualityclinicalcareinapost-COVID healthcareenvironment.
It is envisioned that the successful candidate will play an active role in improving the emergency surgical pathway for patients alongside consultants, managers, and the wider hospital team. A particularfocuswillbetheeffectiverunningoftheCEPOD/ hot gallbladderlists.Experienceinqualityimprovement would be desirable but training can be provided within theTrust.
As an employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
§ theprovisionof a first-classservice
§ effective leadership to all staff engaged in thespecialty
§ activeinvolvementin undergraduate and post graduate teaching andtraining
Please view job description and person specification for full details of the role.
This advert closes on Friday 10 Oct 2025
The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Benign Hepatobiliary Surgery. The post holder will undertake General Surgery and benign Hepatobiliary outpatient clinics and assist on General Surgery theatre lists. There is opportunity for the post holder to get involved in teaching and training, audit and quality improvement work. Interested applicants will also have opportunity to gain experience in endoscopy.
It is envisioned that the successful candidate will play an active role in improving the emergency surgical pathway for patients alongside consultants, managers, and the wider hospital team. A particularfocuswillbetheeffectiverunningoftheCEPOD/ hot gallbladderlists.Experienceinqualityimprovement would be desirable but training can be provided within theTrust.
The appointee will participate in the registrar on-call rota, which will include night shifts. The pattern for these on-call shifts is currently a 1 in 12 rotation with no more than 4 consecutive days/nights. Appropriate zero days are scheduled to ensure rota compliance. Notice of 6 weeks will be given for any changes to the rota pattern.
As an employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
§ theprovisionof a first-classservice
§ effective leadership to all staff engaged in thespecialty
§ activeinvolvementin undergraduate and post graduate teaching andtraining
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated care trust which provides hospital and community health services for Hackney, the City and surrounding communities. The Trust provides a full range of adult, older people’s and children’s services across medical and surgical specialties.
Thetrustoperatesacuteservicesfromasinglesite:HomertonUniversityHospital,whichopened in 1986. Based on an aggregation of ratings across all of the core services provided from the hospital, the hospital has been rated by Care Quality Commission as ‘Outstanding’. The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a ten-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards. Community services are provided by staff working out of 75 partner sites in Hackney and the City of London. The trust has a separate registration to provide continuing health care at the Mary Seacole NursingHome.
Thehospitalhasthreeday-surgerytheatresandsixmainoperatingtheatresforalltypesofgeneral surgery,traumaandorthopaedics,gynaecology,maxio-facial,urology,ENT,obesity,bariatricsand obstetrics. We also have a surgical treatment room within the main theatrescomplex.
The trust provides some highly specialised tertiary services, including bariatric surgery and the Regional Neurological Rehabilitation Unit. It is one of London’s designated perinatal centres and provides a range of highly specialised obstetric and neonatal intensive care services.
The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery withinthe subspecialtyof General and benign HPB surgery.Thepostinvolvessupportingthesupervisingconsultantsinthefull spectrum of clinical activity including main theatres, day surgery theatres, out-patients and ward work. We have recently built two new operating theatres and the services are changing rapidly to adapt to the evolution of our department. Therefore the successful candidate may be expected to support surgeons across the service. This will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced surgeons,particularlyastheylooktocontinuetoprovidehighqualityclinicalcareinapost-COVID healthcareenvironment.
It is envisioned that the successful candidate will play an active role in improving the emergency surgical pathway for patients alongside consultants, managers, and the wider hospital team. A particularfocuswillbetheeffectiverunningoftheCEPOD/ hot gallbladderlists.Experienceinqualityimprovement would be desirable but training can be provided within theTrust.
As an employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with and support other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality, safe health care to patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:
§ theprovisionof a first-classservice
§ effective leadership to all staff engaged in thespecialty
§ activeinvolvementin undergraduate and post graduate teaching andtraining
Please view job description and person specification for full details of the role.
This advert closes on Friday 10 Oct 2025
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