Cornwall Clinical Fellow - General and Specialist Surgery

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Cornwall Clinical Fellow

General and Specialist Surgery

Live, learn and develop your career in a great environment

Fixed term post – immediate start to August 2022

The above post will also include an element of either Undergraduate or Postgraduate Education, Research, Quality Improvement or Leadership.

Would you like to spend time somewhere different which offers you a lifestyle change an opportunity to progress your career? Cornwall could be the place for you.

We are delighted to be offering our outstanding and innovative clinical fellow program. Our Trust can offer you exciting opportunities for clinical and professional development post Foundation or Core training.

We recognise that many trainees want to broaden and extend their clinical skills and experience before finally deciding on a training route. Our clinical fellow posts offer the chance to do this in a supportive environment, with excellent clinical supervision and educational support and many opportunities to extend your non-clinical skills and enhance your CV with involvement in high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education programs, established research teams and innovative quality improvement projects.

Cornwall has an excellent reputation for education, currently scoring on the GMC survey as one of the best Trusts in the best region in the country. It has a welcoming and innovative Department of Postgraduate Education incorporating clinical skills training, resuscitation training, multidisciplinary learning, quality improvement and an award winning simulation team. We work closely with the University of Exeter, whose clinical medical students are based at RCHT.

Sustainability is integral to the Trust achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Our past and current Clinical Fellows have worked on a wide range of interesting and valuable projects including ward-based simulation teaching, development of innovative student programs, internationally recognised research work and quality improvement in trauma and resuscitation services. They have presented at national and international conferences, qualified as ILS instructors, taught in Ethiopia with the medical school and led on redesign of the Foundation program skills teaching.

The experience and skills they have gained have enabled them to move on to specialty training posts or further career development with highly competitive CVs and portfolios. They have run an annual national Clinical Fellows conference which gives our own Clinical Fellows and those from all over the country to present their innovative work and meet each other. During Covid they have been integral to supporting Cornwall’s integrated response in hospital and community, responding rapidly in rolling out research and support for junior medical staff and keeping good quality and responsive clinical education going for our medical students and foundation trainees.

Whilst this is not designated training post, you will have excellent clinical supervision and structured support with medical appraisal and career development, together with access to additional training as required to fulfil your education or research role. You will also have access to study leave, funding and bursaries. Our previous fellows have had extremely high rates of first-time successful application to specialty training posts.

Applicants will be required to have experience of working within the NHS as a junior doctor with completion of Foundation training competencies.

You will require current ALS and will also be GMC registered with a license to practice. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time or those wishing to job-share

Cornwall is a beautiful and picturesque county which offers an outstanding quality of life and provides many opportunities for outdoor activities, with its sailing waters, surfing beaches and rugged coastal pathways for walking, running and cycling. There is a thriving arts and theatre scene as well as an interesting variety of eating places, including nationally renowned restaurants. The major route in and out of the county is the A30 which connects with the M5 motorway at Exeter. There is an excellent rail service with daily passenger and sleeper services and an airport at Newquay with daily connections to many cities throughout the UK and abroad.

To find out what more the Trust has to offer you and an informal chat regarding this post please contact Charlotte Chapman, Service Lead, on 01872 252956 or charlotte.chapman3@nhs.net

We look forward to receiving your application

The Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities Employer

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charlotte Chapman Job title: Service Lead Email address: Charlotte.chapman3@nhs.net