Job responsibilities
WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post Title: Paediatric Clinical Teaching Fellow
Pay Band: ST3+ Equivalent
Hours: 24
Contract: Fixed
Term 12 months August 2023 August 2024
Location / Department: Worcestershire Acute
Hospitals NHS Undergraduate Teaching Academy
Accountable to: Head
and Deputy Head of WAHT Undergraduate Teaching Academy
Reports
to: Head
and Deputy Head of WAHT Undergraduate Teaching Academy
Ref:
Key Working Relationships:
Undergraduate Medical Students,
Physician Assistant Students, University of Birmingham Medical School, Heads
& Deputy Heads of Academy,
Paedatrics Department, Clinical Fellows, Clinical Staff, Matrons,
Ward Managers, Undergraduate Administration Staff, Clinical Skills Facilitators
affiliated to Birmingham University.
Risk
Assessment: Involves manual handling. Health and
sharps safety.
Job Purpose/Introduction
This is one of a series of posts combining experience
in a clinical specialty with undergraduate teaching of medical students at
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
This 12-month post is suitable for paediatric trainees
whose career would be advanced by the opportunity to develop clinical skills
along with specialist teaching skills. This 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. Remuneration for 24 hours will be at the appropriate point on the
nationally agreed speciality pay scale for daytime duties. Successful
candidates will be required to work across both the Alexandra and
Worcestershire Royal Hospital sites.
General Background
Worcestershire
is a largely rural County, with four main towns - Bromsgrove, Kidderminster,
Redditch and Worcester - lying between the Cotswolds, Welsh Border and
Birmingham. There are four further substantial market towns of Drotwich,
Evesham, Malvern and Pershore. Acute medical services are provided by two
District General Hospitals, a Treatment Centre and a number of Community
hospitals.
The
major motorway network of the M42, M5 and M6 provide excellent links to the
rest of the West Midlands. Local leisure facilities are well developed and the
area has easy access to Birmingham/Solihull where the National Indoor Arena,
International Convention Centre with the Birmingham Symphony Hall and the
National Exhibition Centre are located. Stratford and the Royal Shakespeare Company
are on the doorstep. Worcester City lying on the banks of the River Severn has
the world famous cathedral, County Cricket Ground, Premiership Rugby and is
home to the Royal Worcester Porcelain Factory. The Malvern Hills and the Wyre
Forest are in the locality.
Worcestershire
has many sites of historical interest and natural beauty. The economy of the
county is based on agriculture, horticulture, light engineering and
increasingly service industries.
There
are a number of high quality state and private schools across the county and
the University of Worcester is continuing to expand and develop. The University
has a £100m investment programme to provide for new, improved and refurbished
facilities. Recently completed projects include its new City Campus, home to
the Worcester Business School.
Trust Profile
Worcestershire
Acute Hospitals NHS Trust runs services from three main hospital sites: The
Alexandra Hospital, Redditch; Kidderminster Hospital and Treatment Centre; and
The Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
We
also run some services and clinics at The Princess of Wales Hospital,
Bromsgrove (outpatient clinics); Evesham Community Hospital (Burlingham Ward);
Malvern Community Hospital (outpatient clinics); and Tenbury Community Hospital
(outpatient clinics).
We
have three main commissioners: Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning
Group; South Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group; and Wyre Forest
Clinical Commissioning Group.
We
have an annual budget of £350million and service a population of more than 550,000 providing a
wide range of surgical, medical and rehabilitation services. We have nearly
6,000 staff and provide services predominantly to the people of Worcestershire.
However, patients do also come from further afield, most notably from
Herefordshire, Dudley, South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and
Birmingham. Every year we care for nearly 800,000 patients including 90,000
people who need operations, 130,000 people in A&E and 500,000 outpatients.
More than 6,300 babies are born in our Trust every year.
ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL,
REDDITCH
The
Alexandra Hospital in Redditch opened in 1985. It serves a population of
approximately 200,000 and has 360 beds. The hospital is the major centre for
the countys urology service. The hospital has
seven operating theatres, MRI and CT scanners and cancer unit status for
breast, lung, urology, gynaecology and colorectal cancers. There is a
multi-disciplinary education centre with library, teaching and study areas.
Our
plan for the Alexandra Hospital is to increase the amount of planned elective
activity carried out at the hospital, especially in orthopaedics.
KIDDERMINSTER
TREATMENT CENTRE
Kidderminster
Hospital houses Kidderminster Treatment Centre which offers outstanding
clinical facilities and patient accommodation for a wide range of daycase,
short stay and inpatient procedures. The nurse-led minor injuries service is
open 24 hours a day and treats more than 2,000 patients every month. It can
deal with a wide variety of injuries including simple fractures, soft tissue
injuries, lacerations, bites, burns and scaled. Other facilities at the
Kidderminster site include a full range of outpatient clinics including outpatient cancer treatment in the Millbrook Suite MRI and CT scanners and a renal dialysis unit. There is also a modern education centre with
seminar rooms, IT suite, library and break out areas.
Our
plan for Kidderminster is to increase the number of daycase, short stay and
inpatient procedures performed and for it to become an elective centre for the
Trust.
WORCESTERSHIRE
ROYAL HOSPITAL
Worcestershire
Royal Hospital is the latest of the Trusts three sites. The main hospital was built under the private finance
initiative (PFI) and opened in 2002. It provides specialist services for the
whole of Worcestershire including stroke services and cardiac stenting. The
hospital has nine operating theatres including four laminar theatres. It has a
level 2 neonatal intensive care unit and a cardiac catheterisation laboratory.
The 24/7 Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) service began in
October 2013. It has 500 beds and serves a population of more than 550,000.
The
countys brand new, state-of-the-art
Oncology Centre was officially opened by HRH the Princess Royal in April 2015.
Developed in partnership with University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire,
the £25 million Worcestershire Oncology Centre will enable 95 per cent of
radiotherapy to be delivered within Worcestershire. For patients, their
families and their carers, who previously had to travel to Coventry, Cheltenham
or Wolverhampton for radiotherapy treatment, cancer services will be more
accessible than ever, saving an estimated one million miles of travel every
year.
The
Meadow Birth Centre has four birthing rooms and up to 1,000 women are expected
to give birth in the unit every year. The brand new £500,000 birth centre recently opened our state-of-the-art Worcestershire
Oncology Centre, which will provide radiotherapy services in county for the
first time. Other developments include a dedicated Breast Unit - opening this
year.
Management Structure of the Trust
Overall
responsibility for the Trust rests with the Trust Board. Operationally the
Trust is divided into five divisions Medicine,
Surgery, Womens and Childrens, Clinical Support and Theatres, Ambulatory Care and Outpatients.
Services are run on a countywide basis.
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