Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic and dedicated doctors to deliver the very best level of patient care in our Acute Medicine team. As a Senior Clinical Fellow (SCF) you will play a key role in assessing and treating patients, delivering a core part of the UHCW unplanned and emergency care service.

The SCF team provides essential middle grade (Tier 2 / Specialist Registrar level) within the Acute Medicine department. The core of this work is to deliver patient care in the Medical Decisions Unit and Same Day Emergency Care service, as part of a rota including day, evening, night and weekend shifts.

The SCF team are encouraged to be involved in teaching, service improvement and leadership and managerial activities. In return we will offer the incredible benefits of working at UHCW; these include

1. A Consultant Mentor
2. Support will be provided to spend half day per week in specialty area of their choice or educational activity (not including on-call weeks).
3. Five days supported study leave per year, with associated funding, provided at discretion of the consultant mentor and clinical lead.
4. Support to develop a learning portfolio with regular appraisals.
5. Support to apply for Certificate of Eligibility for Speciality Registration (CESR).
6. Support for health and wellbeing, including Schwartz Rounds.
7. Access to a twice weekly departmental teaching programme.
8. Opportunities to be involve in Audits & QIPs.

Main duties of the job

We are proud to offer an exciting position for motivated doctors with an interest in acute medicine to join our established team of clinical fellows in acute medicine. Successful candidates will have opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in an innovative and busy patient focused department. Candidates will be allocated a clinical supervisor, are encouraged to participate in the department's educational activity, and contribute to the departments quality improvement.Successful applicants will need previous experience within acute or general medicine post-foundation training, and are expected to have achieved full MRCP.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our skilled employees across our hospital sites in Coventry and Rugby, with high quality patient care positioned at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a national and international leader in healthcare.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

There has never been a better time to join our team.