Senior Clinical Fellow

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties include day to day care of in-patients on the wards, clerking, planning investigations and management, attendance at out patients clinics and communication with colleagues in general practice.

A Trust induction is organised on commencement. Local inductions take place at time of each rotation. There are weekly departmental clinical meetings, monthly clinical governance meetings and a weekly programme of protected time topic teaching provided for Junior doctors.

The post is not formally recognised for training but does provide comprehensive education in the care of the patients. The experience available provides a thorough grounding medicine, suitable for those training for careers in hospital medicine or in general practice.

Clinical work will be on the medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit. The post holder will participate in the assessment and management of patients who are referred by the emergency department, primary care, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and other sources. They will also be expected to provide support to junior medical staff, advanced practitioners and the wider Multidisciplinary Team working on the unit. Consultant supervision will be available at all times.

Alongside the clinical work the post holder will have the opportunity to contribute to development of the acute medicine service and the wider UEC CBU through the Urgent Care Improvement Program. This is one of the key improvement work-streams for BTHFT, which will give the post holder the opportunity to work at a senior management level with exposure to some wider system collaboration. They will be able to take a leadership role driving changes in the service as it develops to be able to deliver high quality care which meets the standards set out by the Royal College of Physicians. There will be designated time allocated for this aspect of the job. This will be under the supervision of the Clinical Director of Urgent and Emergency Care CBU, with support from the service improvement team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience relevant to the specialty
• Applicant knowledge is up to date and is fit to practise safely Commitment for managing professional development
• Clinical governance / audit experience
• Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk

Desirable

• Out of hours experience relevant to job.
• Experience in the specialty beyond ST3 or equivalent

Skills

Essential

• Practical skills in relation to the speciality
• Proven ability to work in different clinical settings
• Clear communication skills
• Organisation and planning
• Empathy and sensitivity
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: -that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or -have achieved the following scores in the academic International English Language Testing System (IELTS) in a single sitting within 24 months at time of application - Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7. IELTS certificate to be presented at interview. If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence

Desirable

• Interest in teaching and management
• Multilingual

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Understanding of what the NHS Constitution means to you, and your responsibilities to the public, patients and colleagues
• Acute care safe - up to date ALS
• Essential specialty specific competencies for the post should be listed along with required evidence.

Desirable

• Specialist Knowledge Exam
• ALS Instructors Certificate

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by the time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
• Evidence of achievement of ST1 / CT1 competencies in the specialty at time of application and likelihood of achieving ST2 / CT2 competences in specialty by the start date of the post [In some specialties this level of specialty or core training may not provide the right skills to perform effectively in a specialty doctor post].

Desirable

• Specialty specific requirements eg MRCP, FRCS, etc where appropriate

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Duckworth Lane

Bradford

BD9 6RJ

Employer's website

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)