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Job summary

Main area
General Surgery
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Post CCT Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (N/A)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
190-STH-25-201
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northern General Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£73,992 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2025 23:59

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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

POST CCT Fellow In Coloproctology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery

NHS Medical & Dental: Post CCT Clinical Fellow

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of Post CCT Clinical Fellow in Coloproctology Inflammatory Bowel Disease Surgery  . The appointment is to commence October 2025 or sooner for a fixed term period of 12 months.

MRCS or equivalent is essential. FRCS is essential at the point of commencement in post .The post does not award a National Training Number.  As this post is not recognised as a ‘training post’, full registration with the GMC with a licence to practise is required, and if the appointee does not hold right of residence in the UK sponsorship will be required. The duties of this post are equivalent to an individual holding a Certificate of Completion of Training or have a CCT or equivalent in General Surgery within 18 months of interview.

This Fellowship programme is currently being reviewed for approval under the RCS England Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme – outcome expected shortly. 

Proleptic appointments may be considered up to 2 Years.

Main duties of the job

The aim of this post is to provide further clinical experience and training to an individual who has a sub-speciality interest in colorectal surgery and to allow for exposure to clinical skills in this sub specialty.  Colonoscopy sessions will be provided as will elective and emergency operating, outpatient clinic sessions, laparoscopic surgery sessions and joint working with the gastroenterology IBD team.

The fellowship will focus on advanced IBD surgery. The Sheffield colorectal unit is one of the six national units which perform more than 10 ileoanal pouches per year. We also perform a significant number of redo Crohn’s resections and revisional pouch surgery.

Working for our organisation

PROUD VALUES

These are the values that all staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are expected to demonstrate in all that they do.

Patients First – Ensure that the people we serve are at the heart of what we do

Respectful – Be kind, respectful, fair and value diversity

Ownership – Celebrate our successes, learn continuously and ensure we improve

Unity – Work in partnership with others

Deliver – Be efficient, effective and accountable for our actions

The Trust have developed a PROUD Behaviours framework which details specific behaviours we expect to see and do not expect to see, aligned to each of the five PROUD Values.

For further details of our services and organisational structure, including our Board of Directors, and our future plans please visit

www.sth.nhs.uk/about-us

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Full particulars about the role can be found in the Job Description and Person Specification documents

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Basic Medical Qualification e.g MBBS
  • Full Registration with GMC with a licence to practice at the time of application
  • MRCS (or equivalent)
  • FRCS at the point of commencement in post

Clinical experience

Essential criteria
  • General Professional Training in general surgery with experience in the colorectal subspecialty.
  • Completed specialist training or have CCT or equivalent in general surgery within 18 months of interview.
  • NHS Experience excluding clinical attachment
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in colorectal surgery at SpR/StR level

Research

Essential criteria
  • Basic Understanding of research methods and statistics
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience in research Experience preparing research papers for publication & presentation

Continuous Professional Development

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of participation in CME/CPD in the last 12 months
Desirable criteria
  • Maintenance of a CPD diary or portfolio

Personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrates behaviour consistent with PROUD values
  • The applicant must demonstrate skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking the English language that enables effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues as set out in the GMC’ good medical practice (2013).

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Vidhya Modassery
Job title
Medical HR Advisor
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0114 2713756
Additional information

Mr Chris Challand 0114 27152312  [email protected]

 

If you have problems applying, contact

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Northern General Hospital
Sheffield
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