Senior Clinical Fellow - Renal (Portfolio Pathway)

NHS; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Renal Medicine, facilitating the Portfolio Pathway for medical professionals. This position offers comprehensive training, responsibilities including patient management and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams, alongside the possibility of extensions based on successful performance in the role.

Qualifications

• GMC registration (or eligible), MBBS or equivalent.
• MRCP part 1 and 2, ESE Nephrology relevant.
• Significant experience in Nephrology and acute internal medicine.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality patient care under consultant supervision.
• Conduct clinical assessments, manage patients, and participate in team meetings.
• Assist with ward rounds and supervise junior doctors.

Skills

Good personal and interpersonal skills

Good written and oral communication skills

Ability to manage acute medical conditions

Commitment to Portfolio Pathway

Ability to work in multi-professional teams

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCP part 1 and 2

Full MCRP

ESE Nephrology

Job description

Senior Clinical Fellow - Renal (Portfolio Pathway)

Applications are invited for a Portfolio Pathway Fellow (formerly CESR) in Renal Medicine.

The post will support a motivated and committed candidate in completing the Portfolio Pathway and will be tailored to meet the requirements of the successful candidate in line with the specialty specific guidance (SSG) for achieving entry onto the Specialist Register via the Portfolio pathway.

The post is initially for a period of 2 years with extensions based on successful outcome of an ARCP.

Main duties of the job

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The Portfolio Pathway (PP) Fellow will play a vital role in delivering high-quality care under consultant supervision.

The primary clinical duties will include assessing and managing patients as well as responding to referrals from wards and the emergency department. They will participate in daily ward rounds, conduct comprehensive clinical assessments, and formulate management plans for patients.

The role will involve active engagement in multidisciplinary team meetings, responding to emergencies, and ensuring safe and effective patient handovers. The Fellow will be supported to meet the requirements of the SSG through structured educational sessions, clinical audits, quality improvement initiatives and supported secondments should these be required.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

AKI/Renal On-call rota working with the AKI ConsultantDelivering the procedure list under the supervision of the procedures consultantAssisting with ward rounds and supervising junior doctors on the wardsClinics as per middle grade rotaAd-hoc patient reviews in C6 and C8On-call GIM/Acute Medicine commitmentsAttending and delivering department-organised teachingActively collecting evidence for PP application and presenting in annual ARCPsBeing pro-active in getting necessary competencies signed off

Successful candidates will be actively encouraged to participate in ongoing research activities within the department.

Person Specification

GMC

• Full GMC registration (or eligible)

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• MRCP part 1 and 2
• Full MCRP
• ESE Nephrology

Clinical Experience

• Significant experience in Nephrology
• Evidence of continuous career progression
• Experience of working in acute internal medicine.

Clinical Skills

• Demonstrate awareness and appropriate knowledge base to manage acute medical conditions.
• Valid advanced life support (ALS).

Language, Personal and Behaviour Skills

• Good personal and interpersonal skills, Good written and oral communication skills to manage the full range of patient and colleague interactions ,Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders
• Demonstrate commitment to completing the requirements of the Portfolio Pathway.
• Evidence of competence to work without direct supervision where appropriate
• Able to work in multi-professional teams and supervise junior medical staff and other staff members as part of the MDT.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of Portfolio Pathway

Clinical Governance

• Able to demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk management
• Evidence of clinical governance activity e.g. presentation at clinical governance meeting, involvement with incident reporting, dealing with complaints etc

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.