Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+ to join their team. The role involves providing supervised training and experience in specialty medicine, with responsibilities including inpatient care, outpatient clinics, and participation in audits and teaching sessions. The ideal candidate will have the MRCP qualification and relevant postgraduate training. The position offers a structured training program and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration required.
• At least 3 years postgraduate training.
• Experience in General Medicine training.

Responsibilities

• Inpatient and outpatient care responsibilities.
• Participation in audit projects.
• Attendance at teaching sessions and Grand Rounds.

Skills

Clinical Opinion

Teaching Clinical Skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent

MRCP Part I

Advanced Life Support (ALS)

Job description

Go back Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow ST3+

The closing date is 13 May 2025

Theseposts are designed to offer experience, and supervised training to doctors whohave obtained the MRCP qualification, or are due to soon, and plan to pursuefurther training in specialty medicine in the UK.

Theseposts are not Deanery posts; however, the posts are structured to provide aportfolio-based Postgraduate Training Programme similar to the Deanerymodel. The Trust is committed toproviding the medical training content.Essentially the structure, content and responsibilities of the posts aresimilar to Specialty Registrar training posts.Training will be supervised by a named consultant. At the end of the training period aCertificate of Postgraduate Training will be awarded.

Main duties of the job

Theduties of the posts are normal registrar-level responsibilities that includecare of inpatients, specialty outpatient clinics, and relevant diagnostic orinvasive procedures under consultant supervision. Training will be supervised by a namedconsultant. The Programme will includeAudit projects, Clinical Governance, and where possible, research.

Thetypical candidate should have full MRCP, or at least Part I MRCP with a plan totake Part II/PACES in the next 6 months.Completion of the post will help prepare the candidate for furtherspecialist training in the UK or abroad.

Fellowswill be expected to join the weekly teaching sessions and Grand Rounds. In-house training is provided for PACES/MRCPpart II, and study leave will be available to help candidates attend coursesfor MRCP preparation, or other areas of training.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job responsibilities

Inpatients consultant andregistrar ward rounds, ward referrals.

Outpatients 2-3 clinics per week(may vary with Department)

Assisting the consultant withrelevant procedures and

investigations, with a view to becoming an independentoperator.

Maintaining a training portfolio(and logbook of procedures where applicable).

Attendance at multidisciplinaryteam meetings

Attendance at Grand Rounds andother Medical Meetings

Attendance at scheduled teachingsessions

Participation in audit projects(at least one audit every 6 months)

Participation in Mortality &Morbidity case reviews.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualification that is registerable with the GMC for full registration i.e. MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP Part I or equivalent
• Eligible for full GMC registration with Licence to Practise at the time of appointment
• Advanced life support (ALS) or equivalent
• MRCP (full)

Experience

• At least 3 years full time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least 2 years of which will be in a General Medicine training programme or as a General Medicine FTSTA
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty and sufficient experience
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Previous UK clinical experience in general medicine or medical specialities

Management and Administrative Experience

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Other requirements

• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues
• Workplace Health Clearance by time of appointment
• Current full GMC registration together with a Licence to Practise
• Access to transport and ability to travel to other hospital sites when required

Teaching Experience

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Research Experience

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives
• Publications in relevant peer- reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work effectively as a team member
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education

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.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust