Senior Clinical Fellow in Robotic Oesophagogastric Surgery
12 month fixed term post available from November 2026.
Applications are invited for a Post-CCT Senior Clinical Fellow post in Robotic Oesophago-gastric Surgery based in Queen Alexandra Hospital, part of Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
The post holder will primarily be responsible for the day-to-day care of the patients on the Upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgery Unit which has 6 full-time Consultants, 5 Senior Specialist Registrars, 3 Core Trainees, 4 Foundation Year Trainees, 5 clinical Nurse Specialists, 2 surgical care practitioners, 2 research fellows, and a specialist Dietician. The successful candidate will be involved with all aspects of the elective and emergency work of this team and will share responsibilities with the registrars. The successful candidate will also take part in the general surgical on-call consultant rota with 2-3 nights per month (non-resident) on call. Apart from extensive robotic exposure, the successful candidate will deliver a fortnightly day-case list, perform a fortnightly benign upper GI clinic, prepare and attend the weekly cancer MDT, attend the weekly cancer clinic and partake and lead on ward rounds.
This post offers opportunities for significant operative experience of resectional oesophagogastric, benign upper gastrointestinal and abdominal wall surgery, with a particular focus on robotic surgery. The post is supported by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in the context of a senior clinical fellowship. The successful candidate is expected to become independent in benign robotic upper GI surgery at the end of the Fellowship, but will also be involved in oncological resections. The Unit performs around 60 resections, in excess of 100 fundoplications, 200 bariatric procedures, 200 ventral/incisional hernia repairs (including abdominal wall reconstruction), and up to 1000 cholecystectomies per annum with one of the largest acute services in the country.
Please see attached: Job Description, Department Information
Informal enquiries: Mr Michael Glaysher or Miss Jennifer Straatman, Consultant Upper GI Surgeons, Co-ordinator 02392 284058 or email: jemma.kitchen@nhs.net.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Applicants should be post-CCT or equivalent and planning a career in Oesophagogastric Surgery.
Clinical Skills
- Understanding of clinical risk management
Knowledge
- Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Knowledge and use of evidence based practice
- IT skills
- Effective, confident presentation ability
- Experience in and outside speciality
Other
- Evidence of participation in audit
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Publications
- Prizes and honours
- Logical thinking, problem solving and decision making
Additional Information
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.