Senior Clinical Fellow in Upper GI Surgery

King's provides a comprehensive medical and surgical bariatric service for adults in line with NICE guidelines. King's is a preferred provider for bariatric surgery. The medical and surgical services work closely together to provide best quality of care for patients. Surgically the full range of procedures including gastric banding, gastric bypass, duodenal switch, sleeve gastrectomy and complex revision surgery are offered laparoscopically.

The Bariatric service is part of the Bariatric/Upper GI/HPB firm and consists of the medical staff noted above as well as dieticians, specialist nurses and specialist physicians. There are dedicated bariatric clinics and a joint specialist MDT with GSTT and Bromley. King's performs around 600 Bariatric operations each year., The overall objective of the Program is to train individuals who will be specialists in the field of Minimally Invasive HPB and UGI Surgery. It is essential that the fellow have previous experience at a reasonably senior level to allow him/ her to take advantage of the training opportunities available in the unit, and also to ensure that he/ she will be able to manage a busy unit with complex upper GI and hepatobiliary problems and high morbidity patients e.g Bariatric.

The expectation is that the postholder will experience and achieve the following:

Outpatient and ward

Participation in outpatient clinics

Participation in MDMs

Lead ward daily ward rounds

Communicate with and advise external referrals 6 Surgery outcome/ theatre exposure

Pancreatic resection (open and laparoscopic)

Liver resection (open and laparoscopic)

Laparoscopic/ open cholecystectomy

Surgery for benign HPB conditions

Bariatric surgery and Surgery for Benign UGI conditions

Elective and Emergency General surgery

Academic outcome

The post holder will be expected to conduct clinical research under the direction of Prof Ameet Patel. The goal will be to present papers at meetings such as the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and the World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery.

Management/ administration

Participation in M&Ms

Participation in Multidisciplinary team meetings

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD: Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible