Job summary
- Main area
- Renal
- Grade
- ST 6-8
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 321-SUWON-6316391-ST6-8-A
- Employer
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Churchill Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £63,152 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Quality Improvement Fellow in Renal Medicine
ST 6-8
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
QI Fellow Renal Medicine
We are delighted to announce a Quality Improvement fellow post at the Oxford Kidney Unit (OKU) on a 12-month fixed-term contract. There will be an opportunity to extend this for up to 24 months subject to satisfactory progression. Applicants wishing to apply for less than full-time contract arrangements will be considered. The start date will be dependent on successful negotiations with the employer, but an anticipated date would be as soon as possible in September 2024. The interview is likely to be held in August 2024. This exciting opportunity is available to higher specialty trainees (ST) in renal medicine who already hold a training number in the UK. The fellowship is also suitable for post-CCT renal trainees looking to develop a special interest in quality improvement.
The post holder will spend part of their time working with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), London, supporting the wider development of improvement activities. Please see the attached job description for further details.
Potential candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the OKU. For further inquiries, please contact Dr Udaya Udayaraj, Consultant nephrologist, OKU; PA [email protected] Telephone number +44 (0)1865228680; Dr Andrew Rochford, Improvement Clinical Director, Care Quality Improvement Department, Royal College of Physicians- PA [email protected] Telephone number +44 (0)151 318 1863.
Applications submission deadline: 26th July 2024
Main duties of the job
This exciting opportunity is available to higher specialty trainees (ST) in renal medicine who already hold a training number in the UK. This placement would be undertaken in time out of programme (OOP). The fellowship is also suitable to trainees post-CCT looking to develop a special interest in quality improvement. This post is subject to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS trust employment contract. It is anticipated that the successful post-holders will spend 4.5 days WTE leading quality improvement projects and 0.5 days WTE working within the Care Quality Improvement Department of the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK. Trainees will contribute to renal on-call cover as part of the resident hospital at-night team in the Churchill Hospital.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation 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. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General 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.
COVID-19: The COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at Oxfordshire County Council Website where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Appointees will be guided on the appropriate choice of QI projects to fit in with the OKU’s agenda for quality improvement and patient safety, and RCPs programme priorities. Flexibility will be given to the QI project depending on the interests and experience of the individual post holder. There will be opportunities to support and mentor other junior doctors and allied health care professionals with audit and QI projects within the department and create wider linkages through RCP. QI and leadership training will be provided through mentorship from Dr Udaya Udayaraj, Consultant nephrologist, OKU, and Dr. Andrew Rochford, Improvement Clinical Director, RCP. The appointee will join a wider community of QI practitioners at Oxford University Hospitals, benefiting from and contributing to the Trust’s Award-winning QI Hub programme of structured teaching, mentorship, and workshops on QI methodology. Access to RCP resources and subscriptions to other online QI resources such as the IHI will be facilitated.
The post has clinical commitment being resident on call (1:10) as part of the hospital at-night team providing cover for inpatients in renal, surgical, and other medical specialties at the Churchill Hospital site. The resident cover includes crash bleep responsibility at the Churchill site overnight and calls for renal advice from across the region. The appointee will be working alongside eight renal trainees, including six with national training numbers and a post-CCT fellow. The post will have an affiliation with the RCP. The appointee will spend 0.5 days strengthening their QI skills and knowledge and leadership skills by working on internal, regional, and national projects led by the Improvement team at RCP, London. They will also contribute to RCP improvement resources. Although these sessions can be undertaken remotely, it is anticipated that the post holder will be expected to attend some of the sessions in person at the RCP in London and Liverpool. Postholders will also be encouraged and supported to present posters and/or oral presentations at conferences and events and write up their QI project for peer-reviewed publication.
Please refer to the attached JD for further information.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration with licence to practice
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualifications
- MRCP (UK) or equivalent
- Advanced Life Support certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Additional related qualifications, e.g. intercalated degree, BSc, BA, MedSci or equivalent
- MRCP (UK) Neph or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- ST in renal medicine currently holding a training number. Post CCT renal trainees are also eligible.
- Minimum 2 years clinical experience within the UK NHS and able to provide complete details of employment history.
- Generic clinical skills and experience Is up to date and fit to practice safely
- Aware of training needs.
- Experience of renal medicine during training to date
- Has undertaken a quality improvement project or has been involved in a change management project.
Desirable criteria
- Experience with line insertion and renal procedures
- Evidence of completion of any previous QI training
- Demonstrates ability to write reports leading to peer- reviewed publications
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good leadership skills.
- Effective administrative and time management skills and team working
- Evidence of interest in/experience of teaching/training.
- Understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives.
- Knowledge of evidence-informed practice and research
- Evidence of contribution to successful teamwork
- Hepatitis B immune
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of involvement in an audit project, a formal research project or other activity.
- Peer reviewed presentations or 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
- Dr Uday Udayaraj
- Job title
- Consultant nephrologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Dr Uday Udayaraj
Consultant Nephrologist
[email protected] - PA
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