Senior Clinical Fellow Hand & Wrist Surgery

Job responsibilities

JOB DESCRIPTION

1. General Information

JOB TITLE: Fellowship in Hand & Wrist Surgery

GRADE: Clinical Fellow ST7+/SPR5+

DEPARTMENT: Orthopaedics

HOURS: 40 + hours

RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Lead for Hand Surgery

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Clinical Lead for Orthopaedic

2. Job Summary

To provide high quality orthopaedic services to the Trust patients including the development of the service.

To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.

To participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training

To gain further surgical and outpatient experience and develop an expertise in the management of orthopaedic conditions. To develop fellowship level skills in your chosen area of expertise.

To participate in a relevant research project.

Timetable

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

AM

Gidwani elective theatre

Gidwani

OPD

Garagnani

OPD

Garagnani

elective

theatre

Garagnani

hand trauma

clinic

PM

Gidwani

elective

theatre

Gidwani

hand trauma

theatre

Garagnani

OPD

Garagnani

hand trauma list

3. Key Relationships

A list of staff the post holder will have regular contact with

Examples: Matron, Consultants, Other Junior Medical Staff, Nursing Staff, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Allied Health Professionals, Administrative and Clerical Support Staff, Professional and Technical staff, Service Delivery Manager.

4. Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical:

A range of specialised surgery is undertaken across both sites and the successful applicant will be provided with a timetable of operative and outpatient sessions in all aspects of orthopaedic surgery and to further their Medical training. This will allow you to develop skills in Orthopaedic surgery.

You will be expected to actively participate in the departments audit and clinical governance activities with appraisal.

The postholder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of specialist orthopaedic services to the Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust to include:

(a) Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.

(b) Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.

The post will be working over both Guys and St Thomas sites and it is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the trust, on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

Training of junior staff:

The postholder will take responsibility for the training and direction of junior staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.

Teaching:

The postholder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Clinical Governance:

All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.

Study Leave:

Study Leave will be granted at the discretion of the Clinical Lead.

Funding for CPD will be equivalent to that of the appropriate Training post.

Mutual Obligation to Monitor Hours

There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.

The post holder is required to follow Trust policies and procedures, which are regularly updated including:

Confidentiality / Data Protection / Freedom of Information

Post holders must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and other health service business in accordance with the Data Protection Act of 1998. Post holders must not, without prior permission, disclose any information regarding patients or staff. If any member of staff has communicated any such information to an unauthorised person those staff will be liable to dismissal. Moreover, the Data Protection Act 1998 also renders an individual liable for prosecution in the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

Following the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) 2005, post holders must apply the Trusts FOI procedure if they receive a written request for information.

Equal Opportunities

Post holders must at all times fulfil their responsibilities with regard to the Trusts Equal Opportunities Policy and equality laws.

Health and Safety

All post holders have a responsibility, under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and subsequently published regulations, to ensure that the Trusts health and safety policies and procedures are complied with to maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and employees.

Infection Control

All post holders have a personal obligation to act to reduce healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs). They must attend mandatory training in Infection Control and be compliant with all measures required by the Trust to reduce HCAIs. All post holders must comply with Trust infection screening and immunisation policies as well as be familiar with the Trusts Infection Control Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, Personal Protective Equipment Policy, safe procedures for using aseptic techniques and safe disposal of sharps.

Risk Management

All post holders have a responsibility to report risks such as clinical and non-clinical accidents or incidents promptly. They are expected to be familiar with the Trusts use of risk assessments to predict and control risk, as well as the incident reporting system for learning from mistakes and near misses in order to improve services. Post holders must also attend training identified by their manager, or stated by the Trust to be mandatory.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Post holders have a general responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.Smoking Policy

It is the Trusts policy to promote health. Smoking, therefore, is actively discouraged. It is illegal within Trust buildings and vehicles.

Sustainability

It is the responsibility of all staff to minimise the Trusts environmental impact by recycling wherever possible, switching off lights, computers monitors and equipment when not in use, minimising water usage and reporting faults promptly.

Review of this Job Description

This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics)
• Post-CCT

Desirable

• Higher degree
• Hand diploma

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Comprehensive clinical experience in orthopaedics and of the services provided at GSTT relating to hand and wrist surgery (a validated logbook must be included with the application)

Desirable

• Previous hand fellowship
• Evidence of participation in the development of clinical services or patient pathways

Research

Essential

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research

Desirable

• Evidence of original research/ peer-reviewed publications

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Ability to carry out complex wrist trauma surgery and routine elective hand surgery independently

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate teaching and post graduate training

Desirable

• Teaching qualification

Management

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management

Desirable

• Management training or qualification

Other

Essential

• Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council
• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management

Desirable

• Appraisal training

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).