Senior Clinical Fellow General Medicine

Northampton General Hospital; Shire Of Northampton; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare institution in Australia is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine to rotate through GIM wards and participate in the SpR on-call rota. This position provides an excellent opportunity for those aiming for a career in General Internal Medicine and offers significant training and development for junior staff. Ideal candidates will have experience managing unselected medical takes and be skilled in geriatric assessments.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 years General Medicine Experience at CMT/IMT level.
• Primary Medical Qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the future development of the Medical Services for the Trust.
• Provide strong leadership for the junior medical staff.
• Support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff.

Skills

Able to perform a comprehensive geriatric assessment

Able to work well in MDT

Able to perform independently the required practical procedures: LP, pleural tap/drain, ascitic tap/drain

Valid ALS

Publications in Recognised Medicine Journals

Research Projects relating to specialty

Education

MBBS

Full MRCP (inc PACES)

MD, PhD or other higher degree

Job description

This post is for oneSenior Clinical Fellow in General Medicine based at Northampton General Hospital.

The appointees will rotate around GIM wards and may also take part in the SpR on call rota for acute medicine.

This post is suitable for doctors wishing to pursue a career in GIM or who wish to gain further experience of the speciality either before starting Higher Specialist Training.

Northampton General has an excellent reputation for training doctors and a long tradition of those doctors taking up Consultant posts with us. We currently have six senior doctors completing their CESR with us within Medicine.

Main duties of the job

• To participate in the future development of the Medical Services for the Trust.
• To provide strong leadership for the junior medical staff
• To support and provide teaching and training of junior medical staff, medical and physician associate students, post graduate training and nurse training on the unit
• To ensure good practice by regular audit and review of incidents with clinical team and take forward the lessons learnt
• To link in with the directorate clinical governance meetings and contribute to lessons learnt from incidents and complaints

About us

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds.This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details on the main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualification and Training

• MBBS
• A minimum of 2 years General Medicine Experience at CMT/IMT level
• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full MRCP (inc PACES)
• MD, PhD or other higher degree

Knowledge & Experience

• Experience of managing unselected medical take
• Experience of audit in General Medicine
• Teaching Junior staff

Skills

• Able to perform a comprehensive geriatric assessment
• Able to work well in MDT
• Able to perform independently the required practical procedures: LP, pleural tap/drain, ascitic tap/ drain
• Valid ALS
• Publications in Recognised Medicine Journals
• Research Projects relating to specialty

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.