Company Description
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Job Description
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. This is a 12 month post available from October 1st 2025.
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, 3 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.
Qualifications
Applicants should be post-CCT or equivalent and planning a career in Oesophagogastric Surgery.
Please note that this post does not carry Postgraduate Dean’s approval or training recognition.
The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, Tier 2 skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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