Junior Clinical Fellow

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Orpington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Orpington is seeking a professional to provide first-class clinical service and effective leadership in a neuro-rehabilitation unit. You will work in partnership with clinical and medical colleagues to support patients' rehabilitation, while contributing to teaching and research initiatives with a renowned university. The role emphasizes the need for commitment to sustainability and high-quality healthcare, fitting into a vision of being bold and innovative in service delivery.

Responsibilities

• The provision of a first class clinical service.
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP.
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies.
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans.
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust.

Job description

Ontario Ward - 2b Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit was opened in Orpington Hospital in July 2016. The key aim of Ontario 2b is to offer specialist active rehabilitation to patients with neurological needs, to assist them in achieving physical, cognitive and emotional wellbeing, facilitating family, vocational and community engagement. The ward currently has 20 inpatient 2b beds. The Frank Cooksey Rehabilitation Unit provides specialist neurological rehabilitation in 15 beds. In this unit complex physical and cognitive rehabilitation is provided to patients who suffered a stroke, traumatic brain injury, polyneuropathy, myopathy, spinal cord injury, or relapse of progressive neurological disease. The post will be based at Orpington, and this will be reviewed within 3 months of the postholder commencing in post. All employees are expected to undertake work on any of the Trusts sites as required by the service. As an employee of the Trust you will work in close co-operation with, and support other clinical, medical professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients. Integral to these responsibilities is the following:

• The provision of a first class clinical service.
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP.
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies.
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans.
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust.

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gisele Lafeuillee Job title: Consultant Email address: [e-mail]

Overview

Seniority level and employment type details have been included in the original description but are not consistently formatted for this refined version.

Responsibilities

• The provision of a first class clinical service.
• Effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty.
• Sustaining and developing teaching and research in conjunction with King’s College London / KHP.
• Undertaking all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies.
• Conducting clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s service plans.
• Maintaining the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Care Group or the Trust.

Qualifications are not specified in the provided description.