MYDoc Clinical Fellow - Emergency Medicine

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 62,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

MidYorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is pleased to advertise a clinical fellow role aimedat doctors who are passionate about their practice and their career but whowant to take time out to develop a special interest. These jobs would also suit doctors who just wantto take time out to develop new skills and enhance their CVs. Our posts combineprotected time dedicated to your chosen special interest as well as educationand career development with practical patient-facing care.

We have aproven track record having first run these posts in 2013; this year sees anexpansion in the number and types of clinical fellow roles we can offer.

Main duties of the job

Provision of carewith responsibility for the management of patients presenting to the ED.

Referral ofpatients to other specialities as appropriate

Dedicated specialinterest day per week

Involvement inspecialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement inrelevant administration duties

Teaching andsupervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvementin audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

MidYorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is pleased to advertise a clinical fellow role aimedat doctors who are passionate about their practice and their career but whowant to take time out to develop a special interest. These jobs would also suit doctors who just wantto take time out to develop new skills and enhance their CVs. Our posts combineprotected time dedicated to your chosen special interest as well as educationand career development with practical patient-facing care.

We have aproven track record having first run these posts in 2013; this year sees anexpansion in the number and types of clinical fellow roles we can offer.

We are ableto support clinical fellows in developing a special interest in the followingareas:

Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine in partnership with theYorkshire Ambulance Service

Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical Education

Emergency Medicine Ultra-Sound

Sports and exercise medicine

Medical management and leadership

Research Fellow

The list isnot endless and if there is something you are passionate about and wonder howto incorporate it into a career in Emergency Medicine, please come and talk tous about how we can help create the ideal job for you.

These postsare not recognised UK training posts. Nevertheless, MYDoc doctors will have anamed supervisor and be supported in undertaking scheduled educationalopportunities to consolidate and develop.

An Introduction to the Specialty

TheEmergency Medicine Service is delivered on two sites within the Trust with thePinderfields hospital site designated as a Major Trauma Unit, Dewsbury is alocal ED and Pontefract was one of the first Urgent Treatment Centres inEngland. Our multi-disciplinary team of dedicated and committed professionalsprovide high quality care and treatment in what is, when combined across thethree hospitals, consistently ranked as one of the top five busiest Urgent and EmergencyMedicine services in England handling around 250,000 attendances each year.

Themajority of our Consultant team have developed special interests and have beengiven the time to chase their own passions and interests. This allows them to really support ourclinical fellows in developing their own special interests as theyve alreadybeen there.

Outlinedbelow are some of the things we are proud of as a service:

We are an AssociateTeaching Hospital and have won national awards for the quality of ourundergraduate Emergency Medicine teaching program.

Were closely involved in the West YorkshireAcceleration Zone looking at trialling different projects to improve ourEmergency Care Standard performance.

Were part of the MERIT programme and take part inregular exercises to practise dealing with major incidents. The last oneinvolved setting up an Advanced Casualty Clearing Station (ACCS) close to amajor shopping centre as part of an exercise looking at emergency response fora terrorist incident. Ours is the only region in the country which has a MERITresponse like this, meaning we are one of only five acute trusts in the countrywhich undertakes these types of response and sends a team to an ACCS. We doincident training every three years in terms of live exercising and all the EDstaff get the opportunity to do a table-top exercise each year.

The Trust has spent the last three years reconfiguringservices across its hospitals Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract one ofthe largest reconfiguration projects in the country.

Weve been involved in the first few of an ongoingseries of Rapid Process Improvement Workshops (RPIW). These have beeninstigated as part of a new Quality Improvement Process for the Trust and theyare based on the world-renowned Virginia Mason lean production methodologies.

We have agreat track record in developing our doctors and providing robust educationalopportunities for all staff within the service.

The Service Role

These posts will be part of ourcross-site trainee rota, which is compliant with working time regulations andthe 2016 junior doctors contract, averaging 48 hours per week.

Acute care at Mid-Yorkshire is nowfocussed primarily on our Pinderfields Hospital site although all our doctorsare involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites, with support andsupervision from senior colleagues.

The main duties of the post willinclude:

Provision of carewith responsibility for the management of patients presenting to the ED.

Referral ofpatients to other specialities as appropriate

Dedicated specialinterest day per week

Involvement inspecialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement inrelevant administration duties

Teaching andsupervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvementin audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities

The abovelist is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely duties may be alteredfrom time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after discussionwith the post holder.

Terms& Conditions and Tenure

Employmentwill be as a MYDoc Clinical Fellow on Trust Terms and Conditions of Service.

The MYDoc Clinical Fellow posts areinitially offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

Pay Scale

These roles are equivalent to a doctor on specialty training programmesand will be paid on the equivalent pay scale. The basic salary for thisrole is £61,825 per annum. Additional payments relating to the rota will bepaid on top of the basic salary.

The MYDocTraining Programme Educational Input & Recognition

Doctorsappointed to a MYDoc post will receive personalised educational input. Each doctorwill be allocated an Educational Supervisor and will develop a PersonalisedWork Schedule.

Appraisal & Revalidation

This postis not recognised for training and brings with it an obligation to engage withthe process of revalidation on an annual basis.

All our Trust appointed doctors are required toengage positively with appraisal and revalidation. The Trusthas procedures that comply with national recommendations. As a Trust employeddoctor on a fixed term contract successfully appointed applicants will need tohave a precribed connection with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust via GMCConnect and will therefore have Dr Karen Stone the Medical Director at theTrust as their GMC Responsible Officer

Continuing Professional Development

The Trust requires all its doctors toengage with continuing professional development, guided by the relevantprofessional associations or Royal Colleges. Time and funding is providedaccording to departmental and Trust policies, subject to approval through theclinical management structures. There is a programme of mandatory trainingwhich all relevant staff must complete as required.

Research

Medicalstaff are encouraged to develop areas of personal and/or research interest.This can be developed in liaison with the Trusts R&D department and inline with prevailing policies and research frameworks. The Trust is developingan expanding and outward-looking research programme.

Educational & Clinical Supervision

The post holder will have a named educational supervisor and be expectedto hold regular meetings with them during their tenure to ensure appropriatedevelopment during their appointment.

Teaching

The Trust is keen to maintain itsreputation for high quality training and to attract the highest calibre oftrainee and career-grade doctors. All senior doctors are involved in trainingour doctors, students and other professions. There are many opportunities todevelop training and education roles and many have taken on educationalleadership roles within and beyond the Trust.

Audit and Clinical Governance

There is a rolling half-day clinicalgovernance programme and audit meetings are well attended and lively. TheClinical Audit Department assists with setting and supporting an auditprogramme for the Service with which all colleagues are encouraged to engage.Clinical Audit is considered within objectives as part of job planning.

Job description
Job responsibilities

MidYorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is pleased to advertise a clinical fellow role aimedat doctors who are passionate about their practice and their career but whowant to take time out to develop a special interest. These jobs would also suit doctors who just wantto take time out to develop new skills and enhance their CVs. Our posts combineprotected time dedicated to your chosen special interest as well as educationand career development with practical patient-facing care.

We have aproven track record having first run these posts in 2013; this year sees anexpansion in the number and types of clinical fellow roles we can offer.

We are ableto support clinical fellows in developing a special interest in the followingareas:

Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine in partnership with theYorkshire Ambulance Service

Paediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical Education

Emergency Medicine Ultra-Sound

Sports and exercise medicine

Medical management and leadership

Research Fellow

The list isnot endless and if there is something you are passionate about and wonder howto incorporate it into a career in Emergency Medicine, please come and talk tous about how we can help create the ideal job for you.

These postsare not recognised UK training posts. Nevertheless, MYDoc doctors will have anamed supervisor and be supported in undertaking scheduled educationalopportunities to consolidate and develop.

An Introduction to the Specialty

TheEmergency Medicine Service is delivered on two sites within the Trust with thePinderfields hospital site designated as a Major Trauma Unit, Dewsbury is alocal ED and Pontefract was one of the first Urgent Treatment Centres inEngland. Our multi-disciplinary team of dedicated and committed professionalsprovide high quality care and treatment in what is, when combined across thethree hospitals, consistently ranked as one of the top five busiest Urgent and EmergencyMedicine services in England handling around 250,000 attendances each year.

Themajority of our Consultant team have developed special interests and have beengiven the time to chase their own passions and interests. This allows them to really support ourclinical fellows in developing their own special interests as theyve alreadybeen there.

Outlinedbelow are some of the things we are proud of as a service:

We are an AssociateTeaching Hospital and have won national awards for the quality of ourundergraduate Emergency Medicine teaching program.

Were closely involved in the West YorkshireAcceleration Zone looking at trialling different projects to improve ourEmergency Care Standard performance.

Were part of the MERIT programme and take part inregular exercises to practise dealing with major incidents. The last oneinvolved setting up an Advanced Casualty Clearing Station (ACCS) close to amajor shopping centre as part of an exercise looking at emergency response fora terrorist incident. Ours is the only region in the country which has a MERITresponse like this, meaning we are one of only five acute trusts in the countrywhich undertakes these types of response and sends a team to an ACCS. We doincident training every three years in terms of live exercising and all the EDstaff get the opportunity to do a table-top exercise each year.

The Trust has spent the last three years reconfiguringservices across its hospitals Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract one ofthe largest reconfiguration projects in the country.

Weve been involved in the first few of an ongoingseries of Rapid Process Improvement Workshops (RPIW). These have beeninstigated as part of a new Quality Improvement Process for the Trust and theyare based on the world-renowned Virginia Mason lean production methodologies.

We have agreat track record in developing our doctors and providing robust educationalopportunities for all staff within the service.

The Service Role

These posts will be part of ourcross-site trainee rota, which is compliant with working time regulations andthe 2016 junior doctors contract, averaging 48 hours per week.

Acute care at Mid-Yorkshire is nowfocussed primarily on our Pinderfields Hospital site although all our doctorsare involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites, with support andsupervision from senior colleagues.

The main duties of the post willinclude:

Provision of carewith responsibility for the management of patients presenting to the ED.

Referral ofpatients to other specialities as appropriate

Dedicated specialinterest day per week

Involvement inspecialty and cross-specialty multi-disciplinary teams and meetings

Involvement inrelevant administration duties

Teaching andsupervision of junior medical staff and other clinicians as appropriate

Active involvementin audit and clinical governance including service improvement activities

The abovelist is not intended to be exhaustive and it is likely duties may be alteredfrom time to time in the light of changing circumstances and after discussionwith the post holder.

Terms& Conditions and Tenure

Employmentwill be as a MYDoc Clinical Fellow on Trust Terms and Conditions of Service.

The MYDoc Clinical Fellow posts areinitially offered on a fixed term contract for 12 months.

Pay Scale

These roles are equivalent to a doctor on specialty training programmesand will be paid on the equivalent pay scale. The basic salary for thisrole is £61,825 per annum. Additional payments relating to the rota will bepaid on top of the basic salary.

The MYDocTraining Programme Educational Input & Recognition

Doctorsappointed to a MYDoc post will receive personalised educational input. Each doctorwill be allocated an Educational Supervisor and will develop a PersonalisedWork Schedule.

Appraisal & Revalidation

This postis not recognised for training and brings with it an obligation to engage withthe process of revalidation on an annual basis.

All our Trust appointed doctors are required toengage positively with appraisal and revalidation. The Trusthas procedures that comply with national recommendations. As a Trust employeddoctor on a fixed term contract successfully appointed applicants will need tohave a precribed connection with Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust via GMCConnect and will therefore have Dr Karen Stone the Medical Director at theTrust as their GMC Responsible Officer

Continuing Professional Development

The Trust requires all its doctors toengage with continuing professional development, guided by the relevantprofessional associations or Royal Colleges. Time and funding is providedaccording to departmental and Trust policies, subject to approval through theclinical management structures. There is a programme of mandatory trainingwhich all relevant staff must complete as required.

Research

Medicalstaff are encouraged to develop areas of personal and/or research interest.This can be developed in liaison with the Trusts R&D department and inline with prevailing policies and research frameworks. The Trust is developingan expanding and outward-looking research programme.

Educational & Clinical Supervision

The post holder will have a named educational supervisor and be expectedto hold regular meetings with them during their tenure to ensure appropriatedevelopment during their appointment.

Teaching

The Trust is keen to maintain itsreputation for high quality training and to attract the highest calibre oftrainee and career-grade doctors. All senior doctors are involved in trainingour doctors, students and other professions. There are many opportunities todevelop training and education roles and many have taken on educationalleadership roles within and beyond the Trust.

Audit and Clinical Governance

There is a rolling half-day clinicalgovernance programme and audit meetings are well attended and lively. TheClinical Audit Department assists with setting and supporting an auditprogramme for the Service with which all colleagues are encouraged to engage.Clinical Audit is considered within objectives as part of job planning.

Person Specification

Right to work

Essential

• Eligibility to work in the UK

Management skills

Essential

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good time management.

Desirable

• Possess good organisational skills.

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Degree from recognised medical school.

Desirable

• Progress towards or attainment of Royal College of Emergency Medicine Exams.
• ATLS,ALS,APLS or PALS certification.
• Higher qualification e.g.MRCEM, MRCP, MRCPG, MRCS, FRCA or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Pre-registration/foundation training and appropriate experience in recognised training-grade posts relevant to EM at junior doctor level or above minimum 3 years including adequate experience in Emergency Medicine (i.e. minimum 6 months).
• Notes 1) an otherwise exceptional candidate with excellent critical care/acute care skills might be considered with only 4 months EM experience.

Desirable

• Relevant experience from other specialties.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills.
• Clinical research and development.

GMC Registration

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise.
• Please state your full GMC number.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Possesses good communication skills.
• Flexibility.
• Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies,
• Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies.
• Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance.

Desirable

• Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
• Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
• Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.

Person Specification
Right to work

Essential

• Eligibility to work in the UK

Management skills

Essential

• Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
• Good time management.

Desirable

• Possess good organisational skills.

Qualifications

Essential

• Medical Degree from recognised medical school.

Desirable

• Progress towards or attainment of Royal College of Emergency Medicine Exams.
• ATLS,ALS,APLS or PALS certification.
• Higher qualification e.g.MRCEM, MRCP, MRCPG, MRCS, FRCA or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Pre-registration/foundation training and appropriate experience in recognised training-grade posts relevant to EM at junior doctor level or above minimum 3 years including adequate experience in Emergency Medicine (i.e. minimum 6 months).
• Notes 1) an otherwise exceptional candidate with excellent critical care/acute care skills might be considered with only 4 months EM experience.

Desirable

• Relevant experience from other specialties.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills.
• Clinical research and development.

GMC Registration

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with licence to practise.
• Please state your full GMC number.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Possesses good communication skills.
• Flexibility.
• Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies,
• Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies.
• Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance.

Desirable

• Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
• Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
• Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

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