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Senior Clinical Fellow Closes 10th May 2018 This post supports the increased demands of the Colorectal service and offers the appointee considerable opportunity for gaining specialist clinical and surgical exposure.

It is ideally suited for either a post-CCT trainee wishing to gain additional experience prior to consultant appointment, or an individual seeking to gain enhanced skills at the ST3+ (registrar level). The training and responsibilities of the post will be tailored for the appointee.

The Exeter Colorectal Unit provides a full range of colorectal services. The following subspecialties are therefore covered: Core colorectal surgery and diagnostics Laparoscopy colorectal surgery Advanced Pelvic oncology Functional bowel disease/Pelvic Floor Disease Intestinal failure and complex inflammatory bowel disease including pouch surgery. Problem stomas Complex abdominal wall reconstruction surgery The Colorectal team consist of 8 consultant surgeons who form the integrated Emergency General Surgery rota in addition to 3 Upper GI surgeons.

The post-holder will have an allocated educational and clinical supervisor, and is available as soon as possible for a period of six months dependent on start date, subject to satisfactory performance and mutual agreement may be extended further.

On submitting an application form you authorise the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority Transfer process, should you be appointed to the post.

The Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust will contact previous employers to confirm employment history to cover a period of at least 3 years. The Trust is only able accept written references; these will be requested via email. One of your referees must be your current line manager and all references must cover the previous three years work or study history.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for job applicants with disabilities. If you let us know, when you apply, that you would like to use this scheme, we will guarantee you an interview, if you meet all the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description.

We will also make any reasonable adjustments you require to our selection process. Please let us know what you need.