Job summary
- Main area
- Oesophagogastric Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term - 1 year contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 321-SUWON-MS-7225901-S6
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Churchill Hospital
- Town
- Headington
- Salary
- £70,425 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 27/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper Gastro Intestinal (post CCT)
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper GI (Oesophagogastric) Surgery
A whole-time post as Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper GI (Oesophagogastric) Surgery is available from April 2026 for one year at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is ideally suited to an individual who has completed General Surgical Training and who would benefit from a period of Specialist UGI training prior to consultant appointment.
The Oesophagogastric Unit carries out 120-140 resections for malignancy each year, serving a population of 2.5 million. The Unit also has a busy programme in surgery for benign oesophageal disease.
This is a replacement post.
Main duties of the job
Clinical:
The post holder’s duties will be primarily be based at the Churchill and John Radcliffe Hospitals, but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust. The post-holder will work predominantly on the Oesophagogastric steam undertaking Theatre lists, Clinics and Endoscopy.
The post-holder will also be involved in the provision of out of hours specialist cover for Oesophagogastric patients and week-end ward cover under the supervision of one of the six consultants.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the daily care of Oesophagogastric inpatients and will be expected to lead the team of junior staff on the UGI Unit, particularly in the allocation of staff to ward work, theatre sessions and outpatient clinics.
Teaching/research:
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. Opportunities to further develop formal teaching skills are provided and encouraged. There will also be ample opportunity for the post holder to be involved in research. The post-holder’s contribution to teaching, training, research and audit will be included in the regular job plan review.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, Health Authorities, and external accrediting bodies. In addition, the postholder will be responsible for organising the monthly Morbidity & Mortality meeting and will actively participate in entry of data into National Databases, such as NOGCA and CODA.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital appointment at SpR level or equivalent
- Evidence of training in advanced laparoscopic & oesophagogastric surgery
- Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Skills
- Ability to perform diagnostic OGD independently
Desirable criteria
- Advanced training in Emergency General and Trauma Surgery.
- Training in Oesophageal Surgery
- Ability to perform OGD & dilatation
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to provide clinical leadership of junior staff on the UGI ward.
- Ability to organise own self and team of junior colleagues efficiently
- Computing skills: ability to use standard programmes
- Excellent personal and interpersonal skills
- Excellent spoken and written English. Communication skills should be highly developed
- Experience of teaching undergraduates and trainees
- Experience of clinical audit
- Interest in research with academic presentations / publications.
Desirable criteria
- Formal management / leadership training
- Formal training in teaching skills
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration
- FRCS or equivalent
- Successful completion of General Surgical training at registrar level in General Surgery, UGI and Emergency/Trauma Surgery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Prof Nick Maynard
- Job title
- UGI Consultant Surgeon and Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Candidates are very welcome to visit the department and are invited to contact Professor N Maynard, Clinical Lead UGI Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; email [email protected]) and Professor S Markar, Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; email [email protected]
Any person who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis, in consultation with consultant colleagues. Suitably qualified job-share candidates will receive serious consideration.
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