Job summary
This is a trust is looking to recruit four Internal medicine Trainees to fill current IMT3 vacancies to start as soon as possible for 6 months. Although this is not an approved training post, the successful candidate will be allocated an educational supervisor and will be supported to complete work-based assessment and to sign of the curriculum competencies. The posts will provide 6 months rotations in Diabetes and Endocrinology and Acute Internal Medicine.
Main duties of the job
Outpatient Clinics - The IMT3 will be doing 3-4 clinics a week under close consultant supervision. The aim of the clinics is to introduce the trainee to different aspects of the specialty. The clinics will rotate between General Diabetes, Young adults Diabetes Clinic and General endocrine with the opportunity to do some of the more specialised clinics for example Diabetes Pump, Antenatal Diabetes, Bariatrics and radioactive iodine.
Inpatients - Along with the specialty trainee and the associate specialist, the Dr will rotate in holding the specialty referral bleep to answer for referrals from the hospitals and urgent referrals for advice from primary care. The person taking the referral will be expected to discuss all referrals with the consultant on ward cover. They will also work closely with the diabetes nurses.
The IMT3 will be on the rota for Castle ward cover. IMT3 and ST4-7 from Rheumatology and Rheumatology participate in the ward cover rota. The ward is covered in 1 week blocks during which the trainee is expected to be working and supporting the ward team from 0830-1700.
About us
The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading's biggest employer:
The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details or more information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
If you would like to discuss this role or arrange a visit, kindly contact
El Muhtadi Saeed el.saeed@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details or more information, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
If you would like to discuss this role or arrange a visit, kindly contact
El Muhtadi Saeed el.saeed@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP (UK) at time of application
Eligibility:
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at the advertised post start dateiv
- Be eligible to work in the UK
Health:
Essential
- Applicants must meet professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards / Good Medical Practice)
Career progression:
Essential
- Be able to provide complete details of their employment history
- Have evidence that their career progression is consistent with their personal circumstances
- Have evidence that their present level of achievement and performance is commensurate with the totality of their period of training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience at CT/ST 1/2 level of managing patients with severe acute medical disease by the time of commencement of ST3 training.
Clinical skills - clinical knowledge & expertise
Essential
- Demonstrates awareness of the basics of managing acute medical conditions, including emergencies, inpatients and outpatients
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Proficiency in a range of medical procedures (as defined by the core curriculum) as an indication of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Able to maximise safety and minimise risk
Desirable
- Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies
- Evidence of skills in the management of patients not requiring hospital admission
- Evidence of CT3 level procedural skills relevant to medical patients (clinical independence in central venous cannulation, chest drain insertion, joint aspiration, DC cardioversion, abdominal paracentesis)
Academic skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence informed practice
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance
- Evidence of teaching experience and/or training in teaching
Desirable
- Demonstrates an understanding of research methodology
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, and involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic publications
- Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement project, formal research project or other activity which: ??Focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement ??Demonstrates an interest in and commitment to the specialty beyond the mandatory curriculum
- Evidence of a portfolio of quality improvement projects, including completed 'Plan Do Study Act' cycles and there is evidence of learning of the principles of change management
- Evidence of exceptional achievement in medicine
- Evidence of involvement in teaching students, postgraduates and other professionals
- Evidence of participation in a teaching course
Personal skills
Essential
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions, indicating an analytical/scientific approach
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience
- Demonstrates an understanding of NHS management and resources
- Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or other workplace-based assessments
- Evidence of effective leadership in and outside medicine
Person Specification
Qualifications:
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP (UK) at time of application
Eligibility:
Essential
- Be eligible for full registration with, and hold a current licence to practise from, the GMC at the advertised post start dateiv
- Be eligible to work in the UK
Health:
Essential
- Applicants must meet professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards / Good Medical Practice)
Career progression:
Essential
- Be able to provide complete details of their employment history
- Have evidence that their career progression is consistent with their personal circumstances
- Have evidence that their present level of achievement and performance is commensurate with the totality of their period of training
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience at CT/ST 1/2 level of managing patients with severe acute medical disease by the time of commencement of ST3 training.
Clinical skills - clinical knowledge & expertise
Essential
- Demonstrates awareness of the basics of managing acute medical conditions, including emergencies, inpatients and outpatients
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Proficiency in a range of medical procedures (as defined by the core curriculum) as an indication of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Able to maximise safety and minimise risk
Desirable
- Evidence of skills in the management of acute medical emergencies
- Evidence of skills in the management of patients not requiring hospital admission
- Evidence of CT3 level procedural skills relevant to medical patients (clinical independence in central venous cannulation, chest drain insertion, joint aspiration, DC cardioversion, abdominal paracentesis)
Academic skills
Essential
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence informed practice
- Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance
- Evidence of teaching experience and/or training in teaching
Desirable
- Demonstrates an understanding of research methodology
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, and involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic publications
- Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement project, formal research project or other activity which: ??Focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement ??Demonstrates an interest in and commitment to the specialty beyond the mandatory curriculum
- Evidence of a portfolio of quality improvement projects, including completed 'Plan Do Study Act' cycles and there is evidence of learning of the principles of change management
- Evidence of exceptional achievement in medicine
- Evidence of involvement in teaching students, postgraduates and other professionals
- Evidence of participation in a teaching course
Personal skills
Essential
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate
- Able to build rapport, listen, persuade and negotiate
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/make decisions, indicating an analytical/scientific approach
Desirable
- Evidence of involvement in management commensurate with experience
- Demonstrates an understanding of NHS management and resources
- Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team working and leadership, supported by multi-source feedback or other workplace-based assessments
- Evidence of effective leadership in and outside medicine
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
