specialty registrar

We are delighted to offer a new full-time specialty registrar position in upper gastrointestinal surgery at the Royal United Hospital Bath.
This is a fixed-term one year post commencing from 5th August 2026 and provides an excellent opportunity to gain high-quality surgical experience within a supportive, well structured clinical environment.
This post offers the opportunity to attain competencies and improve portfolios prior to Core Surgical Training applications. The role supports a busy department delivering upper GI, colorectal and emergency surgical activity. This post will be 1:12 on call on the registrar rota., Your duties will be primarily care of in-patients and the admission and primary care of emergency cases, including performance of surgical procedures. There will be opportunities to run subspecialty clinics or assist in and perform elective surgery according to learning objectives, previous experience and competencies. There is a training programme and regular audit and teaching sessions. On-call duties during working hours cover the General Surgery acute take.
There are 85 beds for General Surgery at the Royal United Hospital. The fourteen Consultants and two Associate Specialists all undertake a wide range of subspecialty surgery including colorectal, benign upper GI / HPB, breast and endocrine. This will be part of a clinical team led by a firm of consultants. The other team members at middle grade level include four Staff Grades, ten Specialist Registrars/Speciality Trainees 3-9. At the more junior tier there are three Core Trainees 1-2, a clinical fellow and two FY2 trainees., We are delighted to offer a new full-time specialty registrar position in upper gastrointestinal surgery at the Royal United Hospital Bath.
This is a fixed-term one year post commencing from 5th August 2026 and provides an excellent opportunity to gain high-quality surgical experience within a supportive, well structured clinical environment.
This post offers the opportunity to attain competencies and improve portfolios prior to Core Surgical Training applications. The role supports a busy department delivering upper GI, colorectal and emergency surgical activity. This post will be 1:12 on call on the registrar rota.
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