What are the responsibilities and job description for the Peri-CCT Fellow in Colorectal Cancer Surgery (ST8) (Hall Fellowship) position at Freeman Hospital?
Employer heading
Peri-CCT Fellow in Colorectal Cancer Surgery (ST8) (Hall Fellowship)
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow position in Colorectal Surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
This post is to commence February 2027 for either 6 or 12 months. The post will be based within the Colorectal team at the RVI.
The Fellowship would be with the advanced cancer team with the purpose of sub-speciality training in both complex cancer and robotic colorectal surgery. It will include both research and clinical exposure.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This post is attached to the Newcastle advanced and recurrent Colorectal Cancer service within the Surgical Services Directorate providing General Surgery to the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT. The post will be based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the Colorectal Surgery Department. The individual will work on the specialist registrar tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level on a 1:14 full shift basis. This post will be attractive to pre and post-CCT individuals who require additional specialist training prior to applying for a Consultant post.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Peter Coyne (Colorectal Consultant, Head of Department) on 0191 2826448 or peter.coyne1@nhs.net
Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Research/Audit:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
Person specification
Education And Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
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Essential criteria
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
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 Louise Scorfield Job title HR Advisor Email address Louise.Scorfield@nhs.net
Peri-CCT Fellow in Colorectal Cancer Surgery (ST8) (Hall Fellowship)
NHS Medical & Dental: Local Appointment nodal point 5 (MT05)
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Clinical Fellow position in Colorectal Surgery at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne.
This post is to commence February 2027 for either 6 or 12 months. The post will be based within the Colorectal team at the RVI.
The Fellowship would be with the advanced cancer team with the purpose of sub-speciality training in both complex cancer and robotic colorectal surgery. It will include both research and clinical exposure.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
This post is attached to the Newcastle advanced and recurrent Colorectal Cancer service within the Surgical Services Directorate providing General Surgery to the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT. The post will be based at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the Colorectal Surgery Department. The individual will work on the specialist registrar tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level on a 1:14 full shift basis. This post will be attractive to pre and post-CCT individuals who require additional specialist training prior to applying for a Consultant post.
For an informal discussion and further information regarding the opportunity and Directorate, please contact: Mr Peter Coyne (Colorectal Consultant, Head of Department) on 0191 2826448 or peter.coyne1@nhs.net
Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
Working for our organisation
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion. We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Research/Audit:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- This Directorate has a strong research pedigree and many ongoing clinical and scientific research projects. Due to the high volume of specialist activity performed in the directorate there is a vast opportunity to instigate and perform research/audit projects. Such activity is encouraged and results presented at regional, national and international meetings.
- Each doctor is expected to assist in the care of all patients to which he/she is allocated under the direct supervision of the Consultant. In addition he/she is expected to provide ‘cross-cover’ for all patients in the Unit when required to do so. Duties include business, post-take and teaching ward rounds, OP clinics, Operating Theatre sessions, and administrative (dictation of summaries, letters, etc).
- The Unit has Stage II and III medical students attached to it. Each Junior Doctor is expected to assist in their teaching together with the teaching and supervision of the Foundation Doctors and in all post-graduate activities of the Unit. There is a strong unit commitment to the FOCP (Foundation of Clinical Practice) programme and HBP (Hospital based practice) and all members of the team are expected to contribute.
- The department leads many educational programs and teaching is an important part of this role
- Opportunities to lead/further develop courses are numerous via the Newcastle Surgical Training Centre (NSTC)
- Trainees are encouraged to question and learn from the extensive clinical activities that take place on the unit. There is a weekly journal club where trainees present relevant papers to other trainees and Consultants. There are a number of weekly meetings that provide excellent educational opportunities. These include; audit/M and M meeting, MDT.
- Each Doctor is expected to carry out all administrative tasks allocated to him/her by the Consultants.
- Out-of-Hours Commitment/Pay:
- Emergency “on call” will be 1 in 14 and will consist of providing cover for General Surgery and trauma on a full-shift basis. Each shift is of equal length of approximately 12.5 hours to allow time for thorough hand-over of patients. The on call team consists of Nurse Practitioners, F1, Core Trainee and Registrar/Clinical fellow.
In line with the Trust’s core value of placing patients at the heart of everything we do, we are developing our service provision to be responsive to the needs of our patients. To meet those needs some staff groups will be increasingly asked to work a more flexible work pattern so that they can offer services in the evening or weekend. As a result any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern or working in the future if required, including evening and weekend work.
Please Read Attached Job Description And Person Specification.
Person specification
Education And Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Primary Medical Qualification
- Postgraduate examinations (RCS).
- Full GMC registration.
- Other relevant qualifications (CST, ALS, ATLS, CCrISP).
- FRCS (Gen Surg) or equivalent.
Essential criteria
- Good history & examination skills
- Able to formulate a working diagnosis
- Able to order appropriate investigations
- Image interpretation relevant to practice
- Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague
- 5-6 years’ experience at SpR level within Surgery
Essential criteria
- Ability to run a service and participate in management process
- Committed to share in professional, managerial and teaching responsibilities necessary to fulfil the obligations of the Directorate to the Trust and its workforce
- Able to communicate well with patients and colleagues.
- An understanding of Clinical Governance
- Proven management and administration ability
- Understanding of management goals
- Experience with audit
- Evidence of leadership / project management
- Evidence of having implemented change
Essential criteria
- Experience of supervising junior staff
- Ability to teach clinical skills.
Essential criteria
- Experience of audit projects
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate and liaise effectively with patients and other people within a team
- Ability to work as a team with professional colleagues in all disciplines.
Essential criteria
- Alignment with the Trust’s Values.
- Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
- A commitment to personal / unit CPD.
- Time management skills
- Honesty, integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality
- Evidence of leadership skills
- IT literate.
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
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
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 672.0KB)
- Newcastle Staff Benefits (PDF, 274.4KB)
- Behaviour and Civility Charter (PDF, 93.8KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
Name Louise Scorfield Job title HR Advisor Email address Louise.Scorfield@nhs.net