CLINICAL FELLOW IN OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC SURGERY

The Trust was designated a Level 1 Trauma Centre in April 2011 in line with national recommendations for the planning and provision of care for seriously injured patients and went online as a Major trauma Centre in April 2012. The Centre for Defence Medicine is based within this Trust. Military casualties from abroad are airlifted to the unit once they have been stabilised and usually are under the care of the dedicated trauma teams. The Centre for Defence Medicine is fully integrated into the Trust and military personnel work in all departments, with emphasis on SAU and ITU. OESOPHAGO-GASTRIC SURGERY UNIT The Upper GI Unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is a tertiary cancer centre covering a population of just under two million, taking referrals from Sandwell, City, Walsall Manor and Dudley Hospitals. It undertakes approximately 80 to 100 major cancer resections per year as well as a full range of complex benign Upper GI surgery excluding bariatric surgery. There are
currently four full time Upper GI consultants (Mr John Whiting, Prof. Ewen Griffiths, Ms. Sonia Puig, Mr Benjamin Tan) who provide 24/7 Upper GI emergency cover to the region as well as taking part in unselected, general surgical, emergency cover with the Colorectal surgeons. ON-CALL ACTIVITY AND EMERGENCY SURGERY UHB provides a comprehensive emergency on-call service, which accepts a full range of general surgical emergencies and has the support of 24 hour interventional radiology. The Trust was designated a Level 1 Trauma Centre in April 2011 in line with national recommendations for the planning and provision of care for seriously injured patients and went online as a Major trauma Centre in April 2012. The Centre for Defence Medicine is based within the Trust. Military casualties from abroad are airlifted to the Unit once they have been stabilised and usually are under the care of the dedicated trauma teams. The Centre for Defence Medicine is fully integrated into the Trust and
military personnel work in all departments, with emphasis on SAU and ITU. The on-call Consultant is supported by resident specialist trainees in general surgery. There are separate middle grade on-call rotas for vascular, hepato-biliary and urology emergencies. TEACHING, RESEARCH AND AUDIT The Upper GI unit has an active interest in research. There is ample opportunity for the post holder to engage in clinical research leading to presentations to local, national and international meetings. The hospital is a major teaching hospital with an active teaching programme for medical students to which the post holder will be expected to contribute. The appointee will be expected to contribute to the Division's audit process and enter patients for ongoing clinical trials.