East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Minimal Access (Robotic and Laparoscopic) Colorectal Clinical Fellow
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Job Description
The post is full time and the post holder will be expected to participate in the general surgical registrar rota. The successful candidate will be working within the Colorectal Surgery team at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and will provide an opportunity to gain exposure and training in minimal access (robotic and laparoscopic) colorectal surgery.
The Colorectal department includes 4 robotically trained Consultants, and all 5 colorectal surgeons routinely perform laparoscopic surgery for benign and malignant colorectal disease. Minimal access techniques are also utilised by most surgeons for abdominal wall hernias and cholecystectomies. The Trust has two da Vinci Xi Dual Console robots and a CMR robot. During the post, it is envisaged that the successful candidate will gain skills in a whole breadth of minimal access (robotic and laparoscopic) colorectal procedures, including rectal and colonic resections for benign and malignant disease, utilising techniques such as intracorporeal colonic anastomosis and Transanal Minimal Access Surgery (TAMIS).
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- Initial resuscitation and management of all emergency patients presenting to the department
- Initiation of the necessary investigation of patients and the referral to the relevant on-call specialist team when indicated
- Ward rounds, inpatient and outpatient management of patients, outpatients and endoscopy
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We Run The Following Hospitals
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
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We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Mr Gary Atkin
- Job title: Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
- Email address: gary.atkin@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01438314333
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