Job summary
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound
Homerton Healthcare are looking to appoint a Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound. This post is at Homerton Healthcare, based in Hackney, East London; an exciting and challenging place with a diverse and richly multicultural population.Ambulatory Care is the delivery of emergency hospital care without admission to an acute inpatient bed. SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) manages patients requiring ongoing treatment or investigation that would otherwise have required admission is delivered either by scheduling return visits to the ambulatory service or by management on the same day. This includes seeing all stable GP and ED referrals to the medical take where further input is required but admission is not indicated.
The Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) is led by General Medicine and Emergency Medicine consultants. The unit is for is for adult patients of all ages with dedicated nursing, consultant, and junior doctors.
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound job description for a detailed overview of the department and duties of the role.
About us
Please refer to the Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound job description for a detailed overview of the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will have dedicated time to pursue other activities. This may include quality improvement, clinical informatics, education and simulation, specialty clinics/theatre, critical care experience for professional development. The nature of this specialty work is flexible, depending on the needs of the postholder and capacity of the service. This time will be incorporated into your pattern.
This role provides an exciting opportunity to work closely with highly skilled and knowledgeable consultants with opportunities to work in a service where quality improvement and iterative change are happening in a real-time but supported way. A wide range of pathology will be seen in the day to day working in the unit, providing experiences both challenging and varied.
Homerton Healthcare is proud of the training opportunities on offer and we have an excellent record of getting doctors in non-training posts into training. We will support and arrange training opportunities for the post holders specific interests.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will have dedicated time to pursue other activities. This may include quality improvement, clinical informatics, education and simulation, specialty clinics/theatre, critical care experience for professional development. The nature of this specialty work is flexible, depending on the needs of the postholder and capacity of the service. This time will be incorporated into your pattern.
This role provides an exciting opportunity to work closely with highly skilled and knowledgeable consultants with opportunities to work in a service where quality improvement and iterative change are happening in a real-time but supported way. A wide range of pathology will be seen in the day to day working in the unit, providing experiences both challenging and varied.
Homerton Healthcare is proud of the training opportunities on offer and we have an excellent record of getting doctors in non-training posts into training. We will support and arrange training opportunities for the post holders specific interests.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Relevant higher degree MRCP part 1 or equivalent
6 months experience in General or Acute Medicine at F2/ST(CT)
Essential
- 6 months experience in General or Acute Medicine at F2/ST(CT)1
Desirable
- Experience of emergency medicine or ambulatory care
- Experience of Surgery at F1/2/ST(CT)1
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of junior doctors and non-medical staff.
- Knowledge of quality improvement principles and evidence of participation in quality improvement projects
- Good understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Presentations/Posters/ Publications
- Completed quality improvement projects
- Demonstrable experience in clinical governance
Personal Skills
Essential
- Good organisational skills
- Good communication and empathy skills
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to develop good working relationships
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
- Commitment to continuing personal development
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Relevant higher degree MRCP part 1 or equivalent
6 months experience in General or Acute Medicine at F2/ST(CT)
Essential
- 6 months experience in General or Acute Medicine at F2/ST(CT)1
Desirable
- Experience of emergency medicine or ambulatory care
- Experience of Surgery at F1/2/ST(CT)1
Knowledge and Expertise
Essential
- Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of junior doctors and non-medical staff.
- Knowledge of quality improvement principles and evidence of participation in quality improvement projects
- Good understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
- Presentations/Posters/ Publications
- Completed quality improvement projects
- Demonstrable experience in clinical governance
Personal Skills
Essential
- Good organisational skills
- Good communication and empathy skills
- Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
- Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
- Ability to develop good working relationships
- Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
- Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
- Commitment to continuing personal development
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
