Senior Clinical Fellow ST4-5 in Emergency Medicine

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking experienced clinicians for a clinical specialty role at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital. The position involves involvement in teaching, simulation, and management, and requires candidates to have robust experience in emergency medicine. Ideal candidates will have completed ST3 training and have the ability to manage complex patient care. Competitive packages and professional development opportunities available.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience post full registration with acute specialty experience.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on problems within specialty.
• Evidence of participation in continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Participating fully in educational activities of the department.
• Assisting Consultants in clinical care of ED patients.
• Managing cases in resuscitation, leading trauma and cardiac arrest teams.

Skills

Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively

Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs

Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member

Commitment to Continuing Medical Education

Ability to communicate effectively with patients and relatives

Education

MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise

Satisfactory completion of ST3 training, or equivalent

Job description

This is a post based at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, providing experience in a clinical specialty with opportunities for involvement in teaching, simulation and management experience.

The post is suitable for trainees whose career would be advanced by the opportunity to develop clinical skills along with teaching or management skills. It is designed for clinicians with three or more years of experience post full registration that have worked in an acute speciality or taken part in the ACCS programme. It might be of interest to registered practitioners who are studying for a higher qualification, writing up research, or applying for higher specialist training rotations, or any combination of these. It may also appeal to higher trainees who wish to take time out of a training programme, subject to the approval of the appropriate Specialist Training Committee.

The successful applicant will form part of the ED Middle Grade rota, this an eighteen week rolling rota as detailed below. There is teaching for Middle Grades on Wednesdays during term time to mirror the teaching sessions ST4 and above EM trainees attend. All doctors have named Educational and Clinical Supervisors.

Main duties of the job

Participating fully in all the educational activities of the department

Assisting the Consultants in the day-to-day clinical care of the ED patients

Managing the resuscitation room cases including leading the trauma and cardiac arrest teams

Co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the junior medical staff

Participating in the Clinical Audit programme and the quality control of the department

Support the Trust in the delivery of a high standard of care and meeting Trust and departmental objectives by timely service and quality led clinical care.

Comply with relevant trust policies including those relating to data protection

Actively pursue professional development maintaining a portfolio of evidence so that you are able to participate satisfactorily the appraisal process in accordance with GMC requirements.

About us

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 more than 7,000 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. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

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.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Participating fully in all the educational activities of the department

Assisting the Consultants in the day-to-day clinical care of the ED patients

Managing the resuscitation room cases including leading the trauma and cardiac arrest teams

Co-ordinating, supervising and supporting the junior medical staff

Participating in the Clinical Audit programme and the quality control of the department

Support the Trust in the delivery of a high standard of care and meeting Trust and departmental objectives by timely service and quality led clinical care.

Comply with relevant trust policies including those relating to data protection

Actively pursue professional development maintaining a portfolio of evidence so that you are able to participate satisfactorily the appraisal process in accordance with GMC requirements.

Person Specification

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Desirable

• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Professional Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and the Professional Capabilities Framework (set out below).
• Adheres to professional requirements of annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
• Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs whilst remaining aware of their own limitations.

Research Experience

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Enquiring, critical approach to work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
• Flexible approach to work duties.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
• Ability to work antisocial hours.

Desirable

• Interest in research in medical education
• Evidence of innovation
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others
• Evidence of continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required at CT/ST3 level in relevant specialty. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• At least 1 years experience in Emergency Medicine
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty and sufficient experience.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems both emergency elective within speciality.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty of minimum of 12 months.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Satisfactory completion of ST3 training, or equivalent.
• Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College.
• ALS Certification.
• ATLS Certification.
• APLS/EPALS

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• Attendance at recognised management courses.
• Ultrasound qualification
• Formal qualification in teaching/education.

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and deliver teaching across the whole undergraduate curriculum.
• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.

Desirable

• Critical appraisal skills.

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