Supportt Fellow

With its close proximity to the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean, its excellent cultural and recreational facilities, superb housing and schools, you will find Gloucestershire a highly desirable place to live and work.
At Gloucestershire Hospitals we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the best care for everyone.
We are one of the largest hospital Trusts in the South-West, committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment ,and this can be seen in our growing community of staff networks and engagement projects..
NHS England working across the South West (NHSE) and the Postgraduate Medical Education Department are delighted to announce a 12-month training secondment opportunity to work as part of the GHNHSFT SuppoRTT Faculty. Post-Graduate Doctors in Training, sometimes take time out from training for different reasons and for varying lengths of time. This can be a difficult and stressful time for the individual. Our in-house SuppoRTT team, part of the regional SuppoRTT NHSE network, supports and helps them to successfully return to work following a break of 3-months or longer. This flexible programme has been designed to include enhanced supervision, clinical simulation days, mentorship and coaching, resilience training, practical advice and sign posting.

It is anticipated that the post-holder will spend one (0.2 WTE) or two days (0.4 WTE) on SuppoRTT Faculty Strategy and development at GHNHSFT, lead on an individual SuppoRTT project and gain a PG Cert in Healthcare Leadership and Management or Education (0.4 WTE). Secondment time will be spent at GHNHSFT PGME offices, with flexibility in the work schedule permitted with supervisor’s agreement.

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are World Leaders in Healthcare, Teaching and Research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.

We value our differences, champion kindness and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger. Valuing your health and well-being, we support our staff with a dedicated 2020 Hub, flexible working and a number of programmes. We are passionate about providing Safe and Compassionate Care, and we will fully support you on your Career Journey.
- We are looking to recruit a SuppoRTT (Supported Return to Training Fellow) for either 7.5 or 15 hours per week reaching 1 or 2-days per week for a Fixed Term of 12-months.
- The post holder will work alongside other relevant team members within the SuppoRTT PGME Team and the SuppoRTT Team within NHS England.
- They will play a vital role in networking with PGDIT's (Post-Graduate Doctors in Training) across all specialities.
- They will have evidence of excellent communication skills and a desire and ability to think broadly about improving PGDiT's working lives.
- They will demonstrate an understanding of our healthcare systems and working collaboratively with the SuppoRTT Tutor, raising the profile of returners' voices.
- Experience of negotiating with and influencing Trust Colleagues, working to deliver bespoke return to training approaches for our Trust PGDiT's.
- Demonstrated evidence of leading/influencing change is desirable.
- An aptitude for presenting ideas and plans to healthcare colleagues.