Post CCT Clinical Fellowship in Endocrinology

Job responsibilities

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES:

Clinical: The clinical component of the post comprises 10 PAs. The postholders duties will be at Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, but it is a condition of the appointment that the postholder will be willing to work in any of the Trusts locations.

Teaching: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (OUH) is a teaching hospital Trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of every day clinical activity. The post-holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review.

Clinical Governance: The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development: The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

Management: The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust. He/she will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of his/her patients, and the running of his/her clinical department under the direction of the lead clinician and/or directorate chair.

Risk Management: The management of risk is the responsibility of everyone and will be achieved within a progressive, honest and open environment.

Staff will be provided with the necessary education, training and support to enable them to meet this responsibility. Staff should be familiar with:

1. Major Incident Policy
2. Fire Policy

Staff should make themselves familiar with the local response plan and their role within that response.

Responsibilities for Health & Safety: The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all duties and responsibilities of this post are carried out in compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974, Statutory Regulations and Trust Policies and Procedures. This will be supported by the provision of training and specialist advice where required.

Infection Control: Infection Control is everyones responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections including MRSA.

All staff employed by the OUH Trust have the following key responsibilities:

• Staff must decontaminate their hands prior to and after direct patient contact or contact with the patients surroundings.
• Staff members have a duty to attend mandatory infection control training provided for them by the Trust.

Staff members who develop an infection (other than common colds and illness) that may be transmittable to patients have a duty to contact Occupational Health.

GMC Registration

Essential

• Full GMC

Qualifications

Essential

• Registerable medical qualification
• MRCP or equivalent
• Name on Specialist Register in Endocrinology on date of taking up appointment.

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD, PhD)

Experience

Essential

• Wide experience in all aspects of Endocrinology culminating in award of CCT or equivalent
• Experience with clinical presentation and investigation of patients with pituitary tumours, endocrine and adrenal cancer.

Desirable

• Experience in the treatment of pituitary disorders

Management and Leadership

Essential

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Management course and/or qualification

Audit

Essential

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects.

Research and Publications

Essential

• Experience in management of Databases

Desirable

• Publication of peer reviewed original research
• Participation in commercial or non-commercial research
• Knowledge and qualification of the Good Clinical Practice in medical research

Personal attributes

Essential

• Effective communicator, able to work in a close-knit team and cooperate with all medical and nursing staff
• Flexible, able to cover colleagues' absence
• Professional attitude towards work, reliability, good record of attendance and tidy personal appearance High level of probity.
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Able to demonstrate an understanding of Oxford University Hospitals Trust's Values

Teaching

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching

Desirable

• Teaching skills course/qualification

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).