Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine with Education

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a doctor to manage emergency patients and supervise resident doctors. The role involves daily ward rounds and providing general medical care. Candidates should have a licence to practice and experience in general medicine. This position supports flexible working patterns and emphasizes a positive work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Commitment to work-life balance

Qualifications

• Good range of experience in general (internal) medicine.
• Experience at StR/ST3 level or equivalent is desirable.
• Must be up to date and fit to practice safely.

Responsibilities

• Initial management of emergency patients.
• Daily ward rounds and patient care.
• Supervision of resident doctors.

Skills

Engagement with clinical governance

Good decision making

Patient safety leadership

Experience supervising colleagues

Education

Current licence to practice from the General Medical Council

College Membership (MRCP)

Job description

Initial resuscitation and management of all emergency patients presenting to the department

Initiation of the initial investigation of patients and the referral to the relevant on call specialist team when indicated

Supervision and support to foundation and core training resident doctors

Management and leadership of the acute medical take and hospital cardiac arrest team

Main duties of the job

Daily ward rounds

Both inpatient and outpatient management of patients

Provide general medical care within the department in close co-operation with colleagues and other specialties

Attend clinics and endoscopy lists for training and service

Participate in the department's teaching, audit and educational activities

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a current licence to practice from the General Medical Council

Desirable

• College Membership (MRCP) or qualification of an equivalent level

Previous Experience

Essential

• Good range of experience in general (internal) medicine

Desirable

• Experience at StR/ST3 and above or equivalent
• NHS experience

Skills

Essential

• 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
• Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues

Desirable

• Ability to teach clinical skills
• Experience in organising educational activities.

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of audit

Other

Essential

• Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs
• Evidence of engagement with appraisal and revalidation
• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day

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