Additional Roles for Surgeons

Throughout your career, you may want to take on additional roles to develop your interest and expertise outside clinical practice. These could include College roles, managerial positions and trust, deanery or SHA appointments.

Most of these roles are appointed in open competition and will require varying levels of prior experience or qualifications. A non- exhaustive list of these and sources of further information is below.
Roles Sources of information
College examiner Vacancies advertised on RCS website
College regional representative Vacancies advertised on RCS website
College tutor Vacancies advertised on RCS website
Medical director Advertisement through local hospital / Trust
Clinical Director Advertisement through local hospital / Trust
Programme director Advertisement through local hospital / Trust
School of surgery positions Advertised on RCS website
Journal reviewer Contact with relevant journal / website
BMA positions Advertisement from BMA
College committee roles Advertised on RCS website
GMC position Advertisement from GMC
IRM reviewer Contact the IRM team for details about your specialty

                                               

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