Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (fixed)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 321-MRC-MS-153120-S6
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- 55,329 - 63,152
- Closing
- 18/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Oxford Improvement & Innovation Fellow in Emergency Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Senior Clinical Fellow
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
We are delighted to announce a new opportunity to apply for 2 new Oxford Improvement & Innovation Fellow posts linked to the Emergency Department at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Trust is committed to expanding and embedding quality improvement and innovation across the organization. These posts are an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of this work.
Applications are invited from core- and specialist-level doctors in training with a passion for Quality Improvement (QI), as well as those who have completed higher specialist training and would like to do a post-CCT fellowship in QI. As the placements are not currently formally recognized for clinical training, higher specialist trainees will need to apply to their local Deanery for Out of Programme Experience (OOPE).
We are seeking to appoint fellows to start as soon as possible after August 2024. Each post will be fixed term appointment of 6-12 months duration depending on the start date and subject to negotiation. Each post will combine 50% clinical work in the emergency department with 50% dedicated time to work on one or more of the Trust’s priority Quality Improvement projects.
Applications for less than full time posts will also be considered. Salary will be commensurate with the successful applicants’ stage of clinical training.
Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr Elaine Hill (Director of Clinical Improvement & Deputy Chief Medical Officer, [email protected]) and Dr William Gibbs (Consultant in Emergency Medicine [email protected]) for an informal discussion about the posts.
Please note applicants for this post must have a minimum of three years clinical experience post foundation years, and have completed full MRCEM (or equivalent), in addition to demonstrable experience of quality improvement. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will not be shortlisted.
Main duties of the job
In the Emergency Department, you will be responsible for the initial assessment and management of unselected acutely ill and injured patients (both adult and paediatric). Clinical shifts are undertaken on a full shift, annualised rota in either of the Trusts Emergency Departments. This allows a mix of Major Trauma and teaching hospital experience alongside more local ED type presentations.
As a clinical Fellow in the ED you will contribute to the supervision and training of more junior doctors (GP trainees, ACCS and FY2 doctors).
He/she/they will assist with clinical administration, for example, checking X-ray reports, corresponding with patients and their general practitioners. He/she/they will have opportunities to participate in the department’s Clinical Governance activities, including departmental audit, and national audits required by the Healthcare Commission. He/she/they will also be expected to attend departmental teaching sessions. He/she/they will be responsible for keeping his/her/their resuscitation training up to date.
Working for our organisation
Quality Improvement at Oxford University Hospitals
Oxford University Hospitals is committed to embedding Quality Improvement (QI) across the organisation. This is supported by the Integrated Quality Improvement team and Head of Quality Improvement; a growing community of QI practitioners; a dedicated Quality Improvement Education strategy with an expanding offer of learning opportunities including the QI Hub Programme, which won the which won the Health Service Journal Changing Culture Safety Award 2021; twice or thrice monthly ‘QI Stand Up’ events to share QI projects with colleagues; and a number of clinical fellowships that incorporate quality improvement. These Oxford Innovation and Improvement Fellowships build further on the Trust’s wider Quality Improvement strategy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
IMPROVEMENT & INNOVATION
You will be guided by the Director of Clinical Improvement on appropriate choice of project(s) that align with the Trust strategic and improvement priorities, taking account of your interests and experience. This might include supporting delivery of an important existing improvement project; developing/leading a new Quality Improvement (QI) project to address an agreed priority; or application of a needs led approach to innovation and improvement in a key clinical area. QI Projects may be based in any part of the Trust so will not necessarily be related directly to the Fellow’s area of clinical practice.
As an Oxford Quality Improvement and Innovation Fellow you will receive coaching and mentoring from an expert in QI within the Integrated Quality Improvement Team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. You will join other Fellows as a member of a facilitated Action Learning Set over the duration of your placement.
Oxford Improvement & Innovation Fellows will join and contribute to a growing community of QI practitioners in the Trust, including through participation in formal QI training as learner and/or educator, depending on learning needs and experience. You will be encouraged and supported to present your work at both internal and external events and, if appropriate, to write up their project(s) for publication in a peer reviewed QI journal.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC Registration and Licence to Practice
- MRCEM (or equivalent)
- Demonstrable interest in Quality Improvement and/or Innovation
- Primary medical qualification Completion of Foundation Level training or equivalent
- Ability to commute to both sites (Oxford and Banbury) via public or personal transport
Desirable criteria
- Additional related qualifications, e.g. intercalated degree, BSc, BA, MedSci or equivalent
- Postgraduate qualifications e.g. Masters, Doctorate, Diploma
- Formal training or qualification in clinical innovation or quality improvement
- UK driver’s license
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable interest in clinical innovation, improvement or change management. Has undertaken a quality improvement project or has been involved in a change management project.
- At least 5 years of full-time equivalent, post-qualification experience working as a doctor. At least 6 months of full-time equivalent experience working in Emergency Medicine. Experience managing both adults and children presenting to an Emergency Department. Initial Assessment of Competencies in anaesthesia from the Royal College of Anaesthetists UK or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
- Previous successful delivery of clinical innovation, quality improvement or change management projects.
- Ability to lead an Emergency Department overnight. Ability to lead a Trauma Team at a Major Trauma Centre. Level 1 Ultrasound accreditation by RCEM
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Effective administrative and time management skills and team working Ability to work independently and to take the initiative when appropriate
- Understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives. Knowledge of evidence-informed practice and research
- Evidence of contribution to successful teamwork
- Good spoken and written English. Familiarity with standard word processing, presentation and spreadsheet software
Desirable criteria
- Good leadership skills. Leadership or management qualification
- Evidence of interest in or experience of teaching and training. Peer reviewed presentations or publications
- Demonstrates ability to write high quality reports leading to peer- reviewed publications
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
- Elaine Hill
- Job title
- Director of Clinical Improvement
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 7777
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