Job summary
- Main area
- General Surgery
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 100-MED-WGH-162-A
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Withybush General Hospital
- Town
- Haverfordwest
- Salary
- £40,397 - £53,443 per annum
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Fellow in General Surgery
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow
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Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.
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Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow in General Surgery. The post is a permanent post, based at Withybush General Hospital, Haverfordwest. The post is full time.
The successful candidate will participate in the junior on call rota which includes night cross-cover between general surgery and T&O.
The post holder will join a friendly and dynamic surgical team in Withybush Hospital and across the wider health board. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team throughout the hospital, providing a quality general surgery service to patients, under the supervision of senior clinical staff.
Whilst this is not a training post, there is protected teaching and training time with support from clinical educational supervisors within the department.
Main duties of the job
This post will provide support to both emergency and elective general surgery services at Withybush General Hospital. This will include supervision of all admissions to the Wards, clinical investigations, diagnosis and treatment of all patients admitted, including the maintaining of clinical notes and completion of discharge summaries. The post holder will be under the supervision of a team of speciality doctors and will be accountable to the consultant surgeons.
These duties will be located mainly at Withybush General Hospital in Haverfordwest, but service needs may require the successful applicant to work across other sites within the health board.
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
- Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
- Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
- 48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
- Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
- Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role requirements, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and licence to practice
- Valid certified advanced life support skills
- MBBS or recognised equivalent
- Completion of F1 & F2 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- ATLS
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Commitment to team approach and multidisciplinary working
- Able to apply knowledge
- Experience of the assessment of emergencies
- - Safe and effective written and verbal communication skills
- - Meet the requirement of the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice”
- - Liaison with other agencies
- Experience of NHS
Desirable criteria
- Wider experience, research and training in providing sub specialty service
- Additional clinical qualifications
- - Evidence of above average performance
- - Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
Clinical Governence
Essential criteria
- Participation in clinical audit and understanding the role of audit in improving medical practice
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of risk management
- Comprehension of core philosophy and building blocks of Clinical Governance
Teaching
Essential criteria
- - Willingness to participate in teaching and training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are not necessary
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Jegadish Mathias
- Job title
- Consultant Surgeon
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01437 772538
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