Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
DUTIES OF THE POST
General Duties - the details will differ in different Departments.
- Inpatients consultant and registrar ward rounds, ward referrals.
- Acute medicine on-call
- Outpatients 1-2 clinics per week.
- Observation and assisting the consultant or registrar with relevant procedures and investigations.
- Attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings
- Attendance at Grand Rounds and other Medical Meetings
- Attendance at scheduled teaching sessions
- Participation in audit projects.
- Participation in Mortality & Morbidity case reviews.
TEACHING, AUDIT AND RESEARCH:
The Consultants are keen to encourage audit and research projects. There is an active Clinical Audit Programme
and audit meetings are held once in two months for a full afternoon. All Medical Departments take part in the
audit projects regularly and the Fellow will be expected to contribute by undertaking and presenting audits.
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Worcestershire Royal Hospitals Medical Department has regular lunchtime meetings on Mondays which includes
Journal Clubs, junior case presentations and teaching of Junior Doctors.
Clinical Audit and Governance meetings are held in most Departments once in two months. These meetings are
accredited for internal CPD and attendance is encouraged.
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the supporting information for detailed Job Description and Job Specification for the job advertised.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the supporting information for detailed Job Description and Job Specification for the job advertised.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1. At least 2 years full time or equivalent postgraduate
- training, at least 8 months of which will be in a General
- Medicine training programme or as a General Medicine
- FTSTA
- 2. Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of
- problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- and sufficient experience
- 3. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for
- clinical care of patients
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- 1.Qualification that is registerable with the GMC for full
- registration i.e. MB BS or equivalent, and eligible for
- GMC registration at time of appointment.
- 2. ALS Provider
Desirable
Teaching Experience
Essential
- 1. Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
- 2. Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
- and postgraduates
Desirable
- 1. Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Personal Attributes
Essential
- 1. Diplomatic and tactful
- 2. Flexible approach to work duties
- education
- 3. Ability to work in a team
- 4. Ability to work under pressure
- 5. Enquiring, critical approach to work
- 6. Ability to communicate effectively with patients,
- relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- 7. Ability to organise and manage workload priorities
Desirable
- 1. Interest in research in medical education
Other requirements
Essential
- 1. An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- 2. Workplace Health Clearance by time of appointment.
- 3. Access to transport and ability to travel across hospital
- sites.
- Due to the nature of our work, all posts are deemed to require a
- satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
- All posts working with children or vulnerable adults are required
- to have an Enhanced DBS checked including checking against DBS
- / ISA Vetting and Barring lists.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 1. At least 2 years full time or equivalent postgraduate
- training, at least 8 months of which will be in a General
- Medicine training programme or as a General Medicine
- FTSTA
- 2. Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of
- problems both emergency and elective within specialty
- and sufficient experience
- 3. Ability to take full and independent responsibility for
- clinical care of patients
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
- 1.Qualification that is registerable with the GMC for full
- registration i.e. MB BS or equivalent, and eligible for
- GMC registration at time of appointment.
- 2. ALS Provider
Desirable
Teaching Experience
Essential
- 1. Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
- 2. Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates
- and postgraduates
Desirable
- 1. Ability to supervise postgraduate research
Personal Attributes
Essential
- 1. Diplomatic and tactful
- 2. Flexible approach to work duties
- education
- 3. Ability to work in a team
- 4. Ability to work under pressure
- 5. Enquiring, critical approach to work
- 6. Ability to communicate effectively with patients,
- relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
- 7. Ability to organise and manage workload priorities
Desirable
- 1. Interest in research in medical education
Other requirements
Essential
- 1. An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
- 2. Workplace Health Clearance by time of appointment.
- 3. Access to transport and ability to travel across hospital
- sites.
- Due to the nature of our work, all posts are deemed to require a
- satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.
- All posts working with children or vulnerable adults are required
- to have an Enhanced DBS checked including checking against DBS
- / ISA Vetting and Barring lists.
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.
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).
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.
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).
