Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine & Ambulatory Care

Job summary

We are excited to receive applications to the post of Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine at the West Middlesex University Hospital (part of Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust). This post offers a full-time placement working across all areas of our Acute Medical Team. Successful applicants will be joining a large team of clinicians (currently 11 Consultants, 3 Specialty Training Registrars, 4 Senior Clinical Fellows, 7 Junior Clinical Fellows, 1 GP Trainee, 8 Foundation Doctors and 3 Physician Associates), as well as innumerable Nurses, Allied Healthcare Professionals and Administrators.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts and depending our service needs, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within five weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Main duties of the job

As a Junior Clinical Fellow (JCF) you will be treated the same as if you were a trainee on a formal training programme. You will be allocated a Clinical and Educational Supervisor for the duration of your post. You will work across all areas of the unit including the AMU, ECA and AEC areas and experience the full depth and breadth of acute medical illness. You will be supported by Registrars, Senior Clinical Fellows and there are daily Consultant-led ward rounds for all AMU inpatients. The post brings full annual leave and study leave allowance, including access to a study budget, and the department runs a comprehensive in-house teaching, mortality & morbidity review and governance programme. Our JCFs are actively encouraged to engage with Trust-wide educational events and teaching programmes. Whilst this post is not an official training post, we have striven to ensure the training opportunities and work patterns align to the Royal College of Physician's approved training programme.

About us

We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 7,000 members of staff that arePROUD to Carefor nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for - our staff say they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children's unit at West Middlesex - in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.