Northern Colorectal Fellowships October 2025 and April 2026

at  Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Applications are invited for fellowships in Colorectal Surgery in Bradford, Liverpool, Newcastle and Nottingham. The fellowships will each run for a period of six months commencing in either October 2025 or April 2026. Up to 8 fellowships will be appointed - 2 posts per centre.

FELLOWSHIP LOCATIONS:

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Hugh Gallagher
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. Austin Acheson
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust. Shakil Ahmed/Ahsan Javed
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Sonia Lockwood/Frances Mosley
These posts will provide extensive exposure to a wide range of advanced Colorectal Surgical practice. These fellowships are designed for trainees either within ST7/8 of their training or post CCT and have passed their FRCS. Senior trainees with sufficient experience can expect to be able to perform advanced colorectal surgery on completion of this post. Participation on the on call rota may be arranged by local negotiation but is not mandated.
Every day, our teams at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) make a difference. We save lives, we improve lives and we usher in new life. We are proud to play a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of people in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and our surrounding communities.
With more than 18,000 colleagues, we are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond.
We provide a range of national and internationally renowned specialist services and we are at the forefront of new surgical procedures and research programmes. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children’s Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging.
As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
These posts will provide extensive exposure to a wide range of advanced Colorectal Surgical practice. These fellowships are designed for trainees either within ST7/8 of their training or post CCT and have passed their FRCS. Senior trainees with sufficient experience can expect to be able to perform advanced colorectal surgery on completion of this post. Participation on the on call rota may be arranged by local negotiation but is not mandated.
Further Job description information within JD document
NB You will be employed under the relevant LED payscale for this post, which is applied by, and relevant to, each centre you are working a

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