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Job overview

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit four Senior Clinical Fellows within the specialty of General Surgery

Our ideal candidate would have a minimum of 3 years in General Surgery experience in NHS or Acute Hospital services along with good theoretical knowledge and its application.

The successful appointees will be offered a 12 month fixed term post.

You will be part of  a dedicate team and will provide, in conjunction with colleagues, a General Surgical service at Middle Grade, to the Trust as directed by the Consultants.

We welcome informal queries, if you would like to discuss this opportunity any further please do not hesitate to get in touch. 

Main duties of the job

You will undertake outpatient clinics seeing follow-up patients and new cases under the supervision of the Consultant.

To assist in theatre with major laparoscopic and open colorectal and general surgical cases and carry out appropriate cases independently under close supervision as needed.

You are expected to be on the surgical on-call rota, resident on-site, at middle-grade level 1-10 variable and may change.

Undertake ward rounds with the Junior Medical Staff for the management of patients.

Provide intermediate level care for emergency admissions to all surgical patients referred to the team from A&E or directly from the General Practitioner to the Surgical Assessment Unit.

Undertake teaching of junior medical staff and other clinical staff as appropriate.

Participate fully in post graduate activities and surgical audit.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH.  We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. 

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships. 

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit.  We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.  We love working here and think you will too.