Job summary
Employer heading
Junior Clinical Fellow in AAU
NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT1/2)
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Trust Junior Clinical Fellow who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.
The successful candidate will work clinically in all aspects of acute medicine, supported by an expanding and innovative team who provide expert assessment and management of acute medical patients. The dedicated team includes 5 Acute Consultants, Acute Registrars, Specialty Doctors, FY1 and FY2s in addition to diverse MDT professionals.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.
Why not come and see for yourself the CARE we give to our patients and staff. Apply to be part of our team today.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for ambitious doctors to join our department in the provision of acute medical services across AAU, SDEC and ED in-reach.
This post would be ideal for those planning to pursue a career in Acute and General Medicine and candidates will gain invaluable experience in the acute medical setting. With a supportive training and learning environment and robust consultant and registrar presence, candidates will have the opportunity to develop and consolidate hands-on practical procedural skills and specialist interests. The department can offer multiple opportunities, including tailored career orientated road maps, help build portfolios to enter training successfully and options for SAS development and CESR pathways.
Working for our organisation
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Provision of junior support to the Medicine services.
- To provide daily care, management, and discharge of AAU,SDEC and ED in reach
- Shared role in delivery of teaching & training to junior doctors & non- medical
- Active participation in Clinical Governance, audit & research activities of these services.
- Administrative tasks for these services
- Keeping up to date & participating in CME & CPD
Participation in annual appraisals & job planning.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- ALS certification within the last 3 years
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice at time of application
- Eligibility to work in the UK
- A minimum 2 years post qualification medical experience in the UK or abroad, including experience in Acute Medicine/ Medical specialities
- A minimum 6 months experience in Medicine
Language Skills
Essential criteria
- All applicants required to evidence appropriate English language skills to satisfy GMC registration criteria: Evidence of your knowledge of English - GMC (gmc-uk.org)
Health
Essential criteria
- Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice)
Clinical knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
- Applicant’s knowledge is up to date & is safe to practice
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
- Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
- Shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job
- Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job
Clinical governance /improving quality of patient care
Essential criteria
- Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of own limitations
- Participation in audit
- Familiarity with clinical governance systems
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication & capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation
- Capacity to listen & take in others’ perspectives
- Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options
- Always considers the full impact of clinical decisions on the patients. Practice shared decision making
- Directs & supports patients to access the information they need to support decision making
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to provide constructive feedback
- Demonstrable influencing and team working skills in a multi-professional environment
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nicola Anslow
- Job title
- Associate Director of Operations Acute Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
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