This post is for a Senior Clinical Fellow to work in Acute Medicine.
This is a full-time, 4 months fixed term post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated doctor to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals.
The post holder will be required to work fulltime and will contribute to the IMT3 on-call rota. There may also be an opportunity to experience sub-speciality clinics/procedures, depending on the interest/experience of the post-holder.
The successful candidate will work for Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and be covered by the terms of service as amended from time to time by the Trust. Consequently, he/she is expected to work within the local policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust. All medical staff under contract to the Trust will be expected to comply with the Trust Health and Safety policies.
Due to the short-term nature of the role/service demand, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application. Candidates who are not GMC registered or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application will not progress through the shortlisting stage.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
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. 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 for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.
Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Participate in the initial assessment and management of patients, supervising more junior members of the team.
To lead inpatient ward rounds to ensure the on-going clinical management of patients is appropriate. To support the discharge of patients, to a place of safety, in a timely manner.
Participate in or lead the acute take, to provide senior clinical decisions, with the support of consultant clinicians.
Contribute to the Medical Emergency Team (MET). Lead cardiac arrest calls.
Contribute to GIM/medical speciality clinics.
Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties.
Advise junior trainees and ANPs about management of patients.
Develop skills in managing the ward to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
Professional Responsibilities
To participate in clinical audit and or quality improvement (QI) project.
To participate in continuing professional development.
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.
To support medical & non-medical students within the ward area. Engage actively in teaching others as the work schedule allows.
Research & Audit Responsibilities
To be involved in departmental audit/research/QIPs.