Job summary
- Main area
- Acute General Medicine/Emergency Department
- Grade
- ST1 - ST2
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (+ Out of Hours)
- Job ref
- 321-MRC-MS-6242581-S6
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Acute Medicine Med Staff A53200
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £43,923 + Out of Hour enhancements
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Junior Fellow in Ambulatory + Acute General Medicine
ST1 - ST2
The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.
For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx
Job overview
Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellowship programme embedded within a well-established, innovative Departments of Ambulatory Care and Acute General Medicine. The applicant would be one of a team of twelve ambulatory and general medicine fellows working in a well-resourced unit lead by a team of 22 consultants and a large experienced multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, forward-thinking trainee who wishes to develop core clinical skills in a university teaching hospital and take full advantage of the links held with other Oxford institutions. The role would involve a mixture of banded clinical practise but also has two non-clinical days per week set aside where the candidate would be expected to gain experience in leadership, quality improvement, research, teaching and point of care ultrasound.
Main duties of the job
Alongside their own project portfolio successful applicants will be expected to complement the other Fellowship programmes in research, education, innovation, digital health and informatics. Dedicated opportunities to participate in other departmental, divisional and executive processes will be available and encouraged. Support will be given from the consultant body as well as from key leaders within the Trust.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH)
OUH is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK and a renowned centre of clinical excellence. Each year, OUH has over one million patient contacts including nearly 100,000 emergency admissions. The Trust has a strong collaboration with the University of Oxford, which underpins the quality of care that is provided to patients, from the delivery of high-quality research - bringing innovation from the laboratory bench to the bedside - to the delivery of high-quality education and training for doctors.
OUH delivers acute emergency care on two of its four hospital sites (the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury), supports the urgent care pathway across distributed community settings, and is working towards comprehensive application of the Future Hospitals Commission principles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
60% (0.6WTE) Clinical Work: to include Acute Medicine and Ambulatory experience across the John Radcliffe (mainly)/ Horton sites and subject to discussion with supervisor may involve activity in other acute and ambulatory medicine settings in the Trust. This will include short days, long days on call, some out of hours weekend work (which may include rarely nights on occasion). The clinical role allows flexibility in planning, an opportunity to work with a wide range of excellent consultants and gives clinical exposure at different levels in Acute Medicine. (The research fellowship – this would be 50%)
- 40% (0.4WTE) This can include a combination of the below activities with a specific role in the following areas: Quality improvement, Education and training, Research and Leadership. Training in point of care ultrasound will be available and participation in this training is encouraged.
Person specification
GMC
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration and licence to practise
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Be fit to practice
- Experienced in Acute medicine
- Should be F2+ equivalent for Ambulatory Fellow
- Should be ST3 equivalent for Specialist Ambulatory Fellow
- Satisfactory progress throughout training, including ARCP outcomes
Desirable criteria
- Additional degree (intercalated, masters or doctorate)
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical competency in own medical specialty appropriate for their stage in training
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Ability to prioritise clinical need
- Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk
- Ability to work without supervision where appropriate Demonstrable experience in ambulatory care
Desirable criteria
- Experience in management of frailty syndromes
- Evidence of skills in management of acute medical emergencies (eg ALERT, IMPACT certification, ALS Instructor)
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Understanding of research methodology
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in a formal research project
- Evidence of relevant academic achievements, including publications / presentations
Leadership and management
Essential criteria
- Effective team working and leadership skills, supported by MSF or WBAs
- Self-awareness, with knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, impact and areas for development
- Interest in and knowledge of the importance of leadership and management for clinicians
Desirable criteria
- Effective leadership skills in and outside medicine (eg evidence of leading innovations or improvements)
- Understanding of NHS management and resources
- Understanding of the local and national context in which the trust operates, including economic and political influences
Quality / Service improvement
Essential criteria
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Active involvement in QIP/audit, research or other activity that focuses on patient safety and clinical improvement and innovation
- Interest in / knowledge of the delivery of safe, effective healthcare services
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of completed audit/Quality improvement projects
- Evidence of learning about the principles of change management
- Insight into issues facing UK healthcare services
Education and Teaching
Essential criteria
- Interest in and experience of teaching
- Evidence of excellent feedback on teaching
Desirable criteria
- Teaching diploma or degree
- Development of teaching programmes
- Participation in teaching courses
Personal Skills
Essential criteria
- Clarity in written and spoken communication
- Capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems/ make decisions, indicating an analytical/scientific approach and where appropriate, creativity in problem solving
- Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
- Capacity to manage conflicting demands
- Self-motivation, and resilience
- Initiative and ability to work autonomously
- Can build effective teams and partnerships
- Ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams
- Understands and values contributions of others
- Ability to show leadership, make decisions, organise and motivate other team members through, for example, quality improvement
- Excellent computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Leadership skills gained within the NHS or elsewhere
- Writing experience: - clinical and/or non-clinical topics - peer-reviewed publications and/or communication
- Evidence of achievements outside medicine
- Evidence of altruistic behaviour (e.g. voluntary work)
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
- Richard De Butts
- Job title
- Clinical Lead in AAU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
For further details please contact:
Dr Sudhir Singh: [email protected]
Dr Richard De Butts [email protected]
Dr Mridula Rajwani: [email protected]
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