Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine

6 months ago

Stevenage, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time
Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Trust as a Senior Clinical Fellow within our excellent Acute Medicine department, there are two fixed term post’s available one for 18 months and one ASAP until August 2024. The Senior Clinical Fellow will have opportunities to further their knowledge through exposure to clinics, ward rounds, multidisciplinary team meetings and formal teaching. The post holders will be encouraged to participate in audits, presentations, and teachings. In addition we offer a weekly speciality skill session aligned to the successful applicants personal development plan. These posts are particularly aligned to the attainment of the new IM3 level competencies which are required for application to higher speciality medical training in the UK. There will be study leave and funding available.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside others in managing elective and emergency patients. Initial resuscitation and management of all emergency patients presenting to the department. Initiation of the necessary investigation of patients and the referral to the relevant on-call specialist team when indicated.
• will be involved in the day-to-day care of all patients who remain on the AMU. Participate on the on take general medicine rota, providing support to the oncall medical team in new admissions and out of hours cover to the hospital. Bespoke speciality skill session (half day) aligned to personal development plan.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Person specificationQualifications/TrainingEssential criteria
  • Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council
  • MRCP PACES or equivalent degree
  • Advanced Life Support Certificate or equivalent.
KnowledgeEssential criteria
  • Experience of audit
Previous ExperienceEssential criteria
  • Recognition of and ability to undertake the initial management of, an acutely ill patient
  • Demonstrate aptitude for practical skills e.g. hand-eye coordination, dexterity, visuospatial awareness
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of Medicine and other medical specialties at IM3/ST3 level equivalent and above
  • NHS experience
Fitness to PracticeEssential criteria
  • Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs
  • Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation
SkillsEssential criteria
  • Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors
  • Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making
  • Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in organising educational activities
Other RequirementsEssential criteria
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our trust values every day

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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