Wirral University Teaching Hospital and Whiston Hospital Trust

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Applications are invited for an exciting opportunity for a peri-CCT or overseas equivalent general surgery trainee to undertake the full time post of Clinical Fellow in Abdominoplastic Surgery within the General Surgery directorate at Wirral University Teaching Hospital and Whiston Hospital Trust.

This is a truly unique opportunity providing general surgery complex hernia experience along with sub specialist abdominal wall reconstruction experience with training from both a general surgical and plastic surgical perspective. The post will prepare the post holder to take up independent practice as a future consultant general surgeon with a subspecialty interest in complex abdominal wall surgery.

The post holder will also have an honorary contract at Whiston Hospital which will allow them to work in the regional plastic surgery unit to gain experience in plastic surgery of the abdominal wall.

This post is available from January 2022 for 12 months. It is are aimed at peri-/post-CCT trainees who have completed their general surgery training.

Applications from suitably qualified international trainees are also welcomed.

The post will commence in February 2023.

Informal enquiries may be made via switchboard 0151 678 5111 x2220 or email

Mr Ciaran Walsh, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at ciaran.walsh@nhs.net

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Mr Greg Simpson, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at gregory.simpson4@nhs.net

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

The closing date is 07 June 2022

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Applications are invited for the post of Senior Colorectal Fellow for 12 months based in the North Middlesex University Hospital. This post has been approved by the Royal College of Surgeons and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland as part of the RCS Senior Clinical Fellowship Scheme.

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Applications are welcomed for a Senior Colorectal Fellow ST7+ (peri or post-CCT). This is a fixed-term post to start in October 2022.

For questions about the job, contact:

St Mark’s Hospital is the only specialist GI hospital in the UK, with a world-renowned reputation for the management of complex GI disorders and research.  The successful applicant will be expected to work towards an MD (Res) or PhD via Imperial College, London. The post carries a salary and has a strong clinical component which will allow the fellow to also gain a thorough understanding of pelvic floor disorders and their management.  They will be supervised by Miss Carolynne Vaizey and Mr Gregory Thomas.

Please contact Mr Gregory Thomas for further information (gregorythomas1@nhs.net).

Three posts available and applications now open.

Closing date 3/1/2022:

Further information:

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swansea/current-vacancies/details/?nPostingID=97778&nPostingTargetID=133652&ID=QHUFK026203F3VBQB7VLO8NXD&lg=UK&mask=suext

Grade – ACN2/02
ECRC, IGC, CMVM
Full time fixed term 3 years
Start date flexible, no later than February 2022

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Busy, progressive unit, heavy research activity and @CMRSurgical robot + one of the most beautiful cities in the UK. Apply here

https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=37872&source=JobtrainRss…

Closing Date: 8/12/2020

Professor Simon M. Cutting, Dept. Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX. s.cutting@rhul.ac.uk

Mr Philip Bearn MS FRCS, Dept of Colorectal Surgery, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust, Guildford St, Chertsey Surrey KT16 0PZ. Philip.bearn@nhs.net. Honorary Senior Lecturer, Dept. Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) broadly covers two inflammatory disorders of the GI-tract, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease. Both cause diarrhoea, abdominal pain and weight loss. In severe cases surgical intervention may be required and in some the disease can be life-threatening. Diet and stress can aggravate the disease but the underlying causes are poorly understood. Immune malfunction is a likely cause and IBD is more common in families with a history of the disease.

What is known is that those at greatest risk of developing IBD are aged >30 years old, have a family history of IBD and are those who live in industrialised countries. Intriguingly rates of IBD have risen dramatically in the last 30 years posing a potentially significant financial burden on public health (Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020; 5:17-30).

We are interested in understanding whether the Western lifestyle contributes to the rising rates of IBD? The Hygiene Hypothesis has been shown to play a role in the rise in allergic disorders over the last 50 years (Scudellari, PNAS, 2017, 114:1433-1436; Stiemsma et al, Immunotargets and Therapy, 2015, 4:143-157). In work being concluded in the Cutting lab we have shown that reduced exposure to environmental bacteria contributes to increased susceptibility to C. difficile infection witnessed in the USA and UK. We wonder then whether a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet coupled and a hyper-sanitised environment may also comprise a risk factor for IBD.

In this project you will first establish an animal (murine) model of IBD. Three models of IBD are known (Kiesler et al, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmgh.2015.01.006), and working with skilled staff in the Cutting lab you will establish and validate the model. This will involve analysis of clinical signs, pathology as well as immunological assessment (e.g., FACS analysis of cytokines). Next, you will work on a large collection of environmental bacteria in the Cutting lab and rapidly screen these for potential in vitro activity to markers linked to IBD. Finally, you will evaluate bacteria or bacterial compounds for efficacy against IBD in your animal models.

During the 3 years, the successful candidate will have a contract of employment at ASPH NHS Foundation Trust with on call and clinical commitments at appropriate level. In addition endoscopy training can be provided around laboratory hours.

Successful applicants will be funded up to £5,000 towards a robotic fellowship.

Eligibility criteria: ST7 and above;  ACPGBI Trainee Member

Application requirements:

• 2-page CV
• Detailed description of visit objectives, proposed itinerary and costs
• Letter of support from supervisor
• Letter of support from visiting centre supervisor

Applications should be sent to: president@thedukesclub.org.uk by 31 December 2020.

Contact Dominic Coull to let him know when you would be looking to start and to arrange a visit to look round the unit.

The grant may be used to develop existing collaborations, to promote a new multicentre research collaboration or undertake a period of scientific or clinical research.

Applicants must be a consultant member of ACPGBI within 5 years of substantive appointment on the day of closure of applications.

Applications are open until 12pm on Monday 9th September. Interviews with shortlisted candidates are scheduled to be held on Tuesday 29th October.

Further information: https://bdrf.org.uk/trf2019/