Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow- MT05
- Contract
- 1 year (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (0.5-1 whole time contribution to SEU On Call rota)
- Job ref
- 321-SUWON-MS-7444557-S6
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Churchill Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £73,992 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery
Senior Clinical Fellow- MT05
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 Colorectal
Two whole-time posts of Senior Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery are available for 1 year at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust from April 2026 and a further 2 posts from October 2026.
Candidates are very welcome to visit the department and are invited to contact David James, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Churchill Hospital [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
Main duties of the job
Senior Clinical Fellow in Colorectal
Two whole-time posts of Senior Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery are available for 1 year at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust from April 2026 and a further 2 posts from October 2026
Candidates are very welcome to visit the department and are invited to contact David James, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Churchill Hospital ([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.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) is a world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK.
The Trust is made up of four hospitals – the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Children’s Hospital, West Wing, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre and Women’s Centre), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all located in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, north Oxfordshire.
We provide a wide range of clinical services, specialist services (including cardiac, cancer, musculo-skeletal and neurological rehabilitation) medical education, training and research.
Most services are provided in our hospitals, but over six percent are delivered from 44 other loca-tions across the region, and some in patients’ homes.
We employ nearly 12,600 staff (including 4,154 nurses and midwives and 2,024 doctors) and our total turnover in 2016/17 was £1 billion.
Our collaboration with the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University underpins the qual-ity of the care that is provided to patients, from the delivery of high-quality research, bringing in-novation from the laboratory bench to the bedside, to the delivery of high-quality education and training of doctors.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical:
The post holder’s duties will be primarily at the Churchill, John Radcliffe Hospital and Horton General Hospitals
Elective Activity.
The Oxford Colorectal Unit has a reputation for the provision of high-quality care and excellent clinical outcomes across the spectrum of colorectal disease. Training opportunities exist in the following subspecialty areas.
Colorectal and Anal Cancer. The Unit carries out over 200 resections per year for colorectal cancer, serving a population of 1.4 million. Laparoscopic resection is the mainstay of practice. Robotic surgery accounts for a growing proportion of minimally invasive resections, particularly for the management of rectal cancer. The Unit has particular expertise in the management of early rectal cancer including TEMS and TAMIS approaches. The Unit is the regional centre for the management of anal squamous cell cancers. The quality of our results is evident in the NBOCA audit.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Oxford has an international and historic reputation in the advancement of treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and the Colorectal Unit works closely with a large department of IBD gastroenterologists. The Unit attracts regional referrals for complex IBD, particularly patients with complex fistulating Crohns Disease.
Pelvic Floor.
The Unit has nationally recognised expertise in the management of complex Pelvic Floor disorders. This fellowship will allow for participation in specialist pelvic floor outpatient clinics, the pelvic floor MDT and provide training in anorectal physiology, endo-anal sonography, and SNS implantation.
Anorectal Disorders.
There is a high volume day care unit wherein patients with anorectal disorders are treated at the Horton General Hospital.
Advanced Gynaecological Malignancy.
The Colorectal unit supports the Gynaecology Oncology Department in multi-visceral resection for advanced gynaecological malignancies with a weekly operating list.
Endoscopy.
OUH runs 8 endoscopy rooms per day across two sites. Fellows are encouraged to develop their endoscopy skills and participate in colonoscopy lists. There is a dedicated surgical endoscopy training list. There are opportunities for those with JAG accreditation to perform independent lists.
Endometriosis
The Unit supports the benign gynaecologists in the management of colorectal endometriosis with regular joint operating lists and a regular MDT.
Out of Hours/ Emergency Commitment.
Elective :
There is a commitment to provide weekend care for colorectal inpatients at the Churchill Hospital, 0800-1200 on Saturday and Sunday on a 1 in 8 rota.
Emergency:
Commitment to the Surgical Emergency Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital on a 1 in 15 basis
consisting of 1 set of 4 nights, 1 set of 3 nights, 1 set of 4 days, 1 set of 3 days
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- MB BS & MRCS or equivalent Higher Medical Degree
- General Surgical training at ST4 SpR Level or above
Desirable criteria
- Higher Medical
Experience
Essential criteria
- Hospital appointment at SpR level or Equivalent
- Evidence of training in General and Colorectal Surgery presentations
Desirable criteria
- Publications/Responsibility equivalent to ST4 SPR
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of team leadership skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a Fellow within a Teaching Hospital
- Organisational skills to be able to undertake effectively, the role of a fellow NHS within a Teaching Hospital
- Computing skills: ability to use a word management experience
- processor, spreadsheet programme and web browser
- Good personal and interpersonal skills
- Experience of teaching medical Undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of routine c;inical audit and or willingness to conduct or supervise audit
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the organisation
- Flexible approach to solving problems
GMC
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration
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
- David James
- Job title
- Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
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