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 |