Job Description

We are pleased to announce the commencement of recruitment for the 2023 Royal College of Surgeons of England Senior Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Colorectal Surgery. Opportunities for the fellow include:



Comprehensive operative experience of paediatric and neonatal colorectal surgery including reconstructive surgery for anorectal malformations, definitive surgery for Hirschsprung's disease and surgery for inflammatory bowel disease



Running a weekly network colorectal MDT and quarterly colorectal transition MDT



Running a monthly fellow's clinic for complex paediatric colorectal disease



Participating in the non-resident consultant oncall rota (with appropriate support)



Gaining experience in young adult colorectal surgery (including restorative surgery for IBD) with the adult colorectal team at Chelsea & Westminster and at the internationally renowned St Mark's Hospital & Academic Institute



Undertaking the Advanced Training Program in Paediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction at the Center for Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction at Nationwide Children's Hospital USA



Participating in the simulation research programme at Imperial College

The main duties of this role are:

To support the inpatient surgical management of paediatric colorectal elective and emergency workload participating in the operative management of all colorectal cases. Maintain colorectal databases on Hirschsprung's, anorectal malformations cohorts. Initiate a retrospective and prospective database for inflammatory bowel disease cohorts.



To work with the paediatric and adult colorectal surgeons, clinical nurse specialists and gastroenterological teams in the region (North-West London integrated care system) to help develop a formal links with network hospitals with a particular focus on transitional care



To maintain a weekly multi-disciplinary team Lower GI meeting involving gastroenterology, paediatric and adult surgeons.



To maintain a quarterly multi-disciplinary team transition meetings involving tele remote clinics with participating network hospitals in the North-West London integrated care system (ICS)



Monthly dedicated colorectal fellow clinic duties, including administration. Weekly outpatient clinic duties assisting colorectal surgeons.



Develop the anorectal manometry adjunct, creating pathways and protocols for outpatient and in-theatre manometry investigations.



Deliver an improvement project e.g. day case pathway for anorectal manometry, capital funding for endoanal ultrasound.



On call commitment in line with European working time directive



Teaching Trainees/Nurses and Imperial College Medical Students



We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.



We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.



Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.



Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around 10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending 25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors



To support the inpatient surgical management of paediatric colorectal elective and emergency workload participating in the operative management of all colorectal cases. Maintain colorectal databases on Hirschsprung's, anorectal malformations cohorts. Initiate a retrospective and prospective database for inflammatory bowel disease cohorts.



To work with the paediatric and adult colorectal surgeons, clinical nurse specialists and gastroenterological teams in the region (North-West London integrated care system) to help develop a formal links with network hospitals with a particular focus on transitional care



To maintain a weekly multi-disciplinary team Lower GI meeting involving gastroenterology, paediatric and adult surgeons.



To maintain a quarterly multi-disciplinary team transition meetings involving tele remote clinics with participating network hospitals in the North-West London integrated care system (ICS)



Monthly dedicated colorectal fellow clinic duties, including administration. Weekly outpatient clinic duties assisting colorectal surgeons.



Develop the anorectal manometry adjunct, creating pathways and protocols for outpatient and in-theatre manometry investigations.



Deliver an improvement project e.g. day case pathway for anorectal manometry, capital funding for endoanal ultrasound.



On call commitment in line with European working time directive



Teaching Trainees/Nurses and Imperial College Medical Students



Involvement in the Imperial College Simulation & Research Program