Job Description

The CREHST Program (Certificate of Readiness to Enter Higher Surgical Training) has been devised in order to provide trust grade junior clinical fellows a structured training experience culminating in CREHST sign-off (providing requirements are met), allowing application to higher surgical training.



9 roles across 3 themed programs are available as follows. This advert relates to 3 roles that sit in the Plastic Surgery 'theme', as per the below.



The aim is to furnish trainees with broad surgical exposure, whilst allowing focussed development in their chosen speciality, in order to maximise the chances at ST3+ application.

T&O Themed:

14 months T&O, 4 months Plastics, 4 months General Surgery



3 roles available

Plastic Surgery Themed:

14 months Plastics, 4 months T&O, 4 months General Surgery



3 roles available

General Surgery Themed:

14 months General Surgery, 4 months T&O, 4 months Plastics



3 roles available

Management of inpatients



Management of acute presentations during participation in on-call work Regular attendance in theatre in order to meet surgical training targets Regular attendance in clinic in order to develop knowledge base Participation in monthly teaching Completion of (ideally) multiple quality improvement/audit projects Publication of 1 research paper Minimum 1x poster/podium Completion of MRCS Part A and Part B during the program Fastidious approach to allocated leadership role (e.g audit, rota, teaching coordinator)

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.



We have two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.



We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds We deliver a baby every 50 minutes We operate on a patient every 16 minutes We do 50 imaging procedures each hour We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life

Our values



Our PROUD values demonstrate to staff, patients and the public the standards of care and experience they should expect from our services:



P utting patients first R esponsive to patients and staff O pen and honest U nfailingly kind D etermined to develop

Management of inpatients



Management of acute presentations during participation in on-call work Regular attendance in theatre in order to meet surgical training targets Regular attendance in clinic in order to develop knowledge base Participation in monthly teaching Completion of (ideally) multiple quality improvement/audit projects Publication of 1 research paper Minimum 1x poster/podium Completion of MRCS Part A and Part B during the program * Fastidious approach to allocated leadership role (e.g audit, rota, teaching coordinator)