Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology and General Medicine
- Grade
- Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Permanent: On-calls and nights
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On-calls and nights)
- Job ref
- 197-LC5397
- Employer
- Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- QEH
- Town
- LONDON
- Salary
- £55,329 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 12:00
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Senior Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology/General Medicine
Senior Clinical Fellow
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
The post holder will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services in both Gastroenterology and General Medicine and will share with colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
On call out of hours/emergency duties
The appointee will participate in the on-call medical rota.
Management
The Senior Clinical Fellow (SCF), with Consultant supervision, will have day-to-day management of the ward. Clinical management and prioritisation of time will be encouraged. The SCF will attend regular multidisciplinary meetings and will learn about the delivery of healthcare in the wider NHS, the local health economy, the Department of Health targets and modernisation of the NHS.
Terms and Conditions
The post is covered by the Terms and Conditions of Service of Medical and Dental Staff
Main duties of the job
Attendance at specialty clinics
Supervision and teaching of Junior Doctors, including Surgical and A&E SHOs
Teaching Sessions
Clinical Governance, including Audit and Risk Management
Medical management including multidisciplinary meetings.
The programme of duties for all medical staff is subject to review on an annual basis. All such reviews are carried out in a manner that allows for the needs of the individual to be taken into account.
Working for our organisation
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we’ve made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of “Good” in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of “Good” that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust’s improvement journey, as we’ve stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We’ve also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Fellow in the Department of Gastroenterology based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich. This is an exciting opportunity to join Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. This post is for two permanent roles to commence on 4 July 2024 or as soon as feasible if after this time.
Applicants should have previous experience in General Medicine and preferably experience in a range of acute medical specialties at Registrar or SHO level.
A good general Medical training is essential and possession of the MRCP would be an advantage.
The post will also give valuable experience in all aspects of general gastroenterology with the opportunity to attend outpatient clinics and endoscopy sessions. Also, several specialist procedures are undertaken in the department, which include ERCP, oesophageal testing and video capsule endoscopy. Previous Senior Clinical Fellows have gone on to obtain gastroenterology specialist training positions and have been first authors on publications and / or presentations at national / international meetings.
The post has GIM built in, and the post holder will take part in the medical on-call rota.
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Current Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
- MRCP Part 1 (UK) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Full MRCP
- Distinctions, scholarships, prizes
- Other degrees, e.g. BSc MSc, MD
Clinical Experience
Essential criteria
- Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Demonstrates awareness of the basics of managing GIM / GI disease
- Able to demonstrate proficiency in a range of medical procedures as an indication of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination
- Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core medical training
- Evidence of competence in management of medical emergencies and in-patients through continuous work-based assessments
- Evidence of experience of managing patients with acute gastrointestinal emergencies, especially upper gastrointestinal bleeding
- Demonstrate current ALS certification or equivalent
Clinical Audit
Essential criteria
- Understand the principles of audit
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of participation in audit projects
Teaching Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a commitment to training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors
Management and Administrative Experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of organisational ability and experience of NHS management tasks
Research Experience
Desirable criteria
- An understanding of general principles, scientific method and interpretation of literature
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
- Colette Try
- Job title
- Senior Clinical Fellow in Gastroenterology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07500339289
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