Paediatric Surgery Colorectal Fellow (ST6+ Equivalent)NHS

Job summary

We are delighted to be able to offer an opportunity for a highly motivated, ambitious individual to join our team as a Fellow in Paediatric Colorectal Surgery, working at the Great North Children's Hospital.

This post is available from November 2026 for 12 months.The Royal College of Surgeons England (RCSEng) Paediatric Colorectal fellowship is designed for a period of 12 months. The successful appointee will be employed as per each centre's local terms and conditions of employment.Additional information can be found on the RCSEng website: www.rcseng.ac.ukIn addition to the challenges of the role, we can offer you a commitment to teaching, education, research and audit.

Main duties of the job

This year will offer specific training in advanced colorectal surgery with Miss Victoria Lane and Mr Thomas Middleton and would be suitable for a trainee who has completed general training and wishes to achieve a final year acquiring Advanced Laparoscopic Skills before Consultant appointment.

In particular, you will experience Laparoscopic approaches to children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and be expected at the completion of this post to be able to perform resection of bowel affected by Crohn's disease laparoscopically. You will be able to complete Laparoscopic Colectomy with minimal supervision. You will understand the steps in Laparoscopic Restorative Proctocolectomy (ileal pouch anal anastomosis, IPAA), and be competent to perform this major procedure under supervision.

In addition, you will gain experience in Laparoscopic assisted transanal pullthrough for Hirschsprung disease and the surgical management of anorectal malformations/cloaca and idiopathic constipation.

Job description

Ward assessment and management of elective and emergency admissions. Experience in neonatal surgical and intensive care unit. Three elective operating lists and 2 outpatient sessions per week. On-call duties on a 1 in 9 (Newcastle) basis including prospective cover. Maintain high standards of clinical care, contemporary note keeping and adherence to the admission and discharge process. Responsibility for effective communication with other members of the clinical team to ensure the planned management for each patient is carried out. Communication with patients and their relatives. Arrange investigations for patients and ensure results available in a timely manner. Undertake referrals to other clinical teams and ensure effective communication of the underlying problem. Undertake a key role in planning and implementing effective discharge, including any communication with the relevant community care team. Ensure medical students have opportunity to meet their own learning outcomes. Participate in feedback and evaluation of the foundation programme. Participate fully in educational programme and ensure that appraisal and feedback occurs in a timely manner.

About us

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.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

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