Advanced Bariatric Surgery Fellowship in Cheadle

Applications are invited for one of our two Royal College of Surgeons accredited Bariatric Clinical Fellowships. Phoenix Health was founded by Prof David Kerrigan, Past-President of BOMSS and the fellowship programme is in its 18th year. The training is delivered by a team of 4 bariatric surgeons led by Mr Shafiq Javed, a senior bariatric surgeon with over 25-year experience in performing complex primary & revisional bariatric surgery.

Main duties of the job

• Fellows are responsible for day-to-day ward management and outpatient care of patients.
• You will receive training in all aspects of a holistic bariatric surgery service (including MDT, outpatients and hands-on laparoscopic training) and will be expected to take part in a bariatric on-call rota.
• The post-holder will be exposed to a wide range of bariatric procedures, including laparoscopic gastric bypass (RYGB and OAGB), sleeve gastrectomy, DS/SADIS, and complex revisional surgery.
• We expect that after completing a 12-month Fellowship, candidates will be able to independently perform gastric band removal, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy surgeries.
• Fellows will be encouraged to contribute to our active clinical research programme and receive mentoring in clinical research methodology.

About us

We currently perform over 50 bariatric procedures per month referred through our supra-regional NHS contract and the self-funding route. The Phoenix Fellowship programme has a solid reputation for providing excellent, comprehensive training in all aspects of bariatric surgery and opportunities for clinical research, with recent Fellows being appointed directly from the Fellowship to Upper GI Consultant posts in major Teaching Hospitals.

Job responsibilities

• Clinical Activities
• Inpatients Care
• Assisting in theatre sessions
• Inpatient care including conducting daily ward rounds and supporting RMO with any clinical enquiries related to patient care.
• Out of Hours Cover
• Covering weekday out-of-hour patients emergency calls and enquiries.
• Weekend on-call (currently 1 in 7)
• Conducting follow up clinics for NHS patients
• Conducting clinics for new NHS patients
• Answering Clinical Enquiries (in-hours)
• Assist with medical enquiries at the office (these might be passed from the Specialist Bariatric Nurses or the admin team)
• Liaise with other hospitals teams when patients admitted into NHS Facilities and keep updates of patients care there
• Note: The consultant surgeon holds the ultimate responsibility for the patients care. Whenever the Fellow feels that an enquiry needs the attention of the consultant surgeon, they should elevate the matter directly to the consultant surgeon as needed.
• Admin
• Keep a record of patients discharges and HDU stay
• Keep a record of M&M events and present the data in the regular M&M meetings.
• Blood tests reviewing, actioning and letters
• Help the management team in conducting clinical audits related to patient care.

Person Specification

• Qualifications
• Full GMC Registration
• Peri-CCT level in General Surgery (or equivalent)
• Good laparoscopic surgery skills with previous experience in laparoscopic fundoplication and/or intra-corporeal suturing
• Meticulous clinical standards and an excellent work ethic

• Experience
• Applicants should have experience in laparoscopic fundoplication and/or intracorporeal suturing, meticulous clinical standards and an excellent work ethic.
• Possession of GMC and appropriate UK Visa registration are mandatory at the time of application, as are excellent English language skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.