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NHS LOTHIAN
Clinical Fellow in Colorectal Surgery
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
Reference: TG1752
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are welcome for the above fixed term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
This post is suitable for a senior specialist registrar who wishes to gain experience in advanced open and laparoscopic colorectal surgery, TEMS and advanced endoscopy including therapeutic endoscopy, pelvic floor, advanced pelvic surgery, advanced IBD surgery and robotic surgery. This is a hospital funded post. It is suitable for candidates from the UK or abroad. Candidates should have had significant previous training in colorectal and laparoscopic surgery, including endoscopy. The post will comprise both emergency duties on the registrar rota (which is resident) and elective sessions at the Western General Hospital and peripheral hospitals. At present the rota for emergency on-call is 1 in 10.
There are 3 posts in 2023 for 1 year. One will ideally commence February 2023, and the other two will commence August 2023.
The Colorectal Unit is One of Europe’s biggest, with 12 NHS and 3 Academic colorectal surgeons and a throughput of 1000 major procedures per year. The Department of Coloproctology was established in August 2002 and offers tertiary referral colorectal surgical services for all aspects of benign and malignant colorectal conditions, both elective and emergency. There are opportunities for significant experience of colonic resections, TEMS, inflammatory Bowel Disease, pouches, endoscopy including therapeutics, pelvic floor disorders and multi-specialty exenterative surgery.
The post does not have educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and will not be recognised for training.
For an informal discussion or further information please contact:
Mr Chinna Reddy
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon (Clinical Director)
Chinnappa.reddy@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
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We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Closing Date: 15/11/2022
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***