Job summary
- Main area
- Stroke
- Grade
- NHS Medical & dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
- Contract
- Permanent: Monday-Friday 09:00-17:00
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 409-5763989
- Employer
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whiston Hospital
- Town
- Prescot
- Salary
- £61,825 per annum (Grade MT 04)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Fellow in Stroke
NHS Medical & dental: Local Appointment nodal point 4 (MT04)
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Job overview
This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow in our Stroke department. This is a full time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated doctor to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.
The successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment.
Main duties of the job
Contribute as a middle grade in the running of one of the Geriatric wards – 5A, 5B, Frailty services and Stroke unit at Whiston/St Helens Hospitals
Participate in the General Medicine on call rota as a middle grade/Registrar
Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties
Advise FY1’s, CT Trainees and ANPs about management of patients
Develop skills in managing the wards to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
Professional Responsibilities
To participate in clinical audit and activities.
To participate in continuing professional development. Study leave is to be negotiated. Educational supervision will be provided.
To maintain a portfolio of training.
To comply with Trust policies and procedures, have (and maintain) GMC registration /licensing.
Administrative Responsibilities
To ensure good documentation and record keeping
To ensure all admin tasks including are complete within local Trust targets.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities
To attend educational opportunities where appropriate
To maintain a portfolio of training.
Research & Audit Responsibilities
To be involved in departmental audit/research/QIPs
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Contribute as a middle grade in the running of one of the Geriatric wards – 5A, 5B, Frailty services and Stroke unit at Whiston/St Helens Hospitals
Participate in the General Medicine on call rota as a middle grade/Registrar
Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties
Advise FY1’s, CT Trainees and ANPs about management of patients
Develop skills in managing the wards to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
Professional Responsibilities
To participate in clinical audit and activities.
To participate in continuing professional development. Study leave is to be negotiated. Educational supervision will be provided.
To maintain a portfolio of training.
To comply with Trust policies and procedures, have (and maintain) GMC registration /licensing.
Administrative Responsibilities
To ensure good documentation and record keeping
To ensure all admin tasks including are complete within local Trust targets.
Teaching & Training Responsibilities
To attend educational opportunities where appropriate
To maintain a portfolio of training.
Research & Audit Responsibilities
To be involved in departmental audit/research/QIPs
General Duties of All Employees
- To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
- To actively participate in annual performance review to identify personal development needs.
- To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
- To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The post holder must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust’s “Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work” and the Trust’s corporate “Health and Safety Policies and Procedures”. The post holder is required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions.
- To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott principles
- To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records, it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that their record keeping is contemporaneous.
- To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.
· All employees will be treated with respect by managers, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally employees will treat managers, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Employees will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.
· To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection within their own area. To attend infection control induction training and subsequent mandatory infection control training. To follow all Trust policies, procedures and guidelines relating to infection control.
· To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)
- The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive. The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trust’s continued organisational development.
- The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be across sites.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- ALS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
- MRCP or equivalent medical qualification
- Speciality Certificate in Geriatric Medicine
- Evidence of higher learning (to Masters’ level or above)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of a broad range of medical/surgical specialties
- Experience as a core medical trainee or has equivalent experience and competencies
- Experience of working in geriatric medicine
- Understanding of Audit
- Evidence of active participation in audit
- Understanding of Research
- Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
Desirable criteria
- Active participation in research projects
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kelly Chadwick
- Job title
- Associate Directorate Manager - Medical Resourcing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 290 4579
- Additional information
If you require any further information about this post please feel free to e-mail Dr Subba Ganjam - [email protected]
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