Trust Doctor (eqv to ST3+) in Colorectal Surgery

The 'Colorectal Surgery and Pelvic Floor Services' at the Royal London hospital runs a weekly timetable for all of its activities. The fellow will usually be involved with 2 - 3 operating sessions and a minimum of two specialist outpatients' sessions per week.

This includes the weekly MDT, regional pelvic floor MDT, specialist and general colorectal clinics.The fellow will be responsible to provide day-to-day care for inpatients together with appropriate leadership and ward supervision for junior trainees.

At the Royal London hospital, the post-holder will gain experience in the following areas: Colorectal Cancer, pelvic organ prolapse surgery (laparoscopic, open and perineal) including joint urogynaecology cases; complex proctology including anal sphincter repair and innovative techniques to fistula and pilonidal disease; sacral neuromodulation (some lists are on Saturdays); and abdominal wall reconstruction.

In addition, the post-holder will have the opportunity to train and then perform tests of anorectal and colonic function in the internationally renowned GI physiology unit.

The 'Colorectal Surgery and Pelvic Floor Services' at the Royal London Hospital (RLH) is part of the department of general surgery, which also has specialist divisions of HPB surgery and upper GI surgery. At the Royal London Hospital there are 6- substantive full- and part-time consultant colorectal surgeons (1 Queen Mary University of London academic appointment) with others covering surgery at RLH from other sites in specific areas such as colorectal cancer., Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

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