Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) - Trauma & Orthopaedics

Integrated Care System; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Reading is seeking a Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) for a six-month fixed-term position in Trauma & Orthopaedics. The role includes varied responsibilities such as ward cover and assisting in theatres with a strong emphasis on education and career progression. Candidates must hold full GMC registration and experience in acute medical settings is preferred.

Benefits

Educational opportunities

Support for career progression

Study leave allowance

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practice.
• Demonstrable experience of acute medical presentations.
• Completion of Foundation Year 2.

Responsibilities

• Provide ward cover and assist in theatres.
• Participate in educational opportunities and training.
• Engage in quality improvement and research.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Ability to teach

Practical skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full registration with the GMC

Advanced Life Support certification

Job description

Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) - Trauma & Orthopaedics

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. This post is fixed term period of six months, with possible extension to one year.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Junior Clinical Fellow is varied, including ward cover (trauma & elective), fracture clinics, SHO on-calls, elective clinics (if allocated to work with a Consultant), assisting in elective theatres and trauma theatres. This role will have exposure to all areas of the department.

The Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) post plays an important support role within the department, including helping with FY1/FY2/GPTVS/CT1 inductions.

About us

The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading's biggest employer.

The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.

The trust provides several services Berkshire-wide (e.g. Ophthalmology, renal). Following the principle of care closer to home, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust offers services from many locations, including, West Berkshire Community Hospital, Royal Berkshire Bracknell Healthspace, Townlands Hospital Henley

Job responsibilities

The role of the Junior Clinical Fellow is varied, including ward cover (trauma & elective), fracture clinics, SHO on-calls, elective clinics (if allocated to work with a Consultant), assisting in elective theatres and trauma theatres. This role will have exposure to all areas of the department.

There are plenty of educational opportunities including planned teaching, simulation sessions and departmental teaching sessions are arranged by the Consultants and Registrars. JCF posts are also provided with study leave allowance.

We are in the initial process of establishing an Education qualification (PG Cert Edu) with the University of Reading and hope to secure funding to assist with this.

We are determined to support successful applicants with career progression and actively encourage and support involvement in Quality Improvement, learning and exam/interview preparation. Applicants will be assigned an educational supervisor for the year and will be encouraged to attend appropriate teaching sessions within the trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• Advanced Life Support certification

Ability & Knowledge

• Applicant's knowledge is up to date and is safe to practice
• Aware of own limitations
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
• Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
• Shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job
• Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job
• Ability to teach and enthuse junior medical staff
• Ability to undertake audit/research
• Evidence of completed QIP
• Familiarity with clinical governance systems

Specialty specific skills

• Demonstrable experience of the "Top 20" acute medical presentations and their management or surgical presentation (depending upon post applied for)
• Excellence evidenced by WPAs and e- portfolio

Probity

• Capacity to take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate a non-judgmental approach towards others.
• Displays honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues

Continuous Professional Development

• Demonstrates a willingness to fully engage in appraisal.
• Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback

Experience

• Completion of Foundation Year 2.
• Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor.
• Previous experience in one of the following specialties: Respiratory Medicine or other medical specialties at FY2 or higher level Intensive Care medicine Emergency medicine Surgical specialties
• Post registration experience working in other specialties relevant to the role
• Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS

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.