Job summary
Our expanding service needs a new senior clinical fellow (SCF) at Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital. There is no on-call, or any commitment to stroke or general medicine. For quality of life close to London, come to beautiful and affluent west Kent, with two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and many excellent state grammar schools.
The job plan will include outpatient clinics in general neurology and headache, ward referrals, some specialist clinics, and weekly CPD sessions from King's College Hospital (remote). We aim to give similar levels of supervision and training to this non-training post as to our trainees.
This fixed-term post is for 6 months full time. Possible extension may be considered later according to clinical need. We will consider applicants who wish to work less than full time; the post duration could then be extended pro rata (e.g. 12 months if half time).
This new post will work with our ten neurologists, one neurology specialty registrar and two shared IMT3 doctors. The post will involve teaching medical students from Kent & Medway Medical School, which opened in 2020.
Main duties of the job
- Outpatient clinics. General neurology and subspecialist.
- Inpatient ward referrals and ward rounds
- Procedures including Greater Occipital Nerve block and lumbar puncture.
- Teaching medical students from Kent and Medway Medical School
- Contributing to departmental meetings and audit.
- There is no out of hours / on-call.
- There is no commitment to cover acute stroke or general medicine.
This is a new post. The Trust has two acute hospitals each with a similar size of acute medicine and neurology service. The SCF will work at both Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals; we try to avoid the need to work on two sites on the same day. There is one other training-grade specialty registrar at MTW. We aim to provide similar training and supervision to both the SCF and the trainee registrar.
We would also consider appointing to the Specialty Doctor grade if preferred instead of SCF.
About us
The Trust is split across two sites, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospitals, which both have similar-sized neurology services and similar acute medical wards. The Trust covers a population around 500,000 and has around 4,000 new neurology outpatient attendances per year. Both hospitals are under an hour from central London by train, and have good road links.
The Trust is located in one of the most affluent and pleasant parts of Kent. Both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells have several high quality state grammar schools, Kent being one of the few counties that still has these. Maidstone is the County Town of Kent and Tunbridge Wells is a Regency spa town, both with excellent shopping and facilities. The hospitals are set on the outskirts of the towns, adjacent to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a short drive from sandy beaches. West Kent has many visitor attractions including pretty villages, historic castles, gardens and children's attractions, and is close to the Channel Tunnel and ports.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
- To participate fully in clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- To participate actively in departmental audits and QIPs, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
- To engage with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
- To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
- To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
- To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
- To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.
- You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
- Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
- To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
- To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trusts patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction.
- To participate fully in clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
- To participate actively in departmental audits and QIPs, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
- To engage with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
- To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor.
- To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.
- To ensure that you respond promptly and efficiently to all complaints related to any patient care you or your staff have been involved with, assisting the Trusts corporate responsibility to reply to complaints within a specified time frame.
- To ensure that you develop and maintain effective working relationships with those agencies concerned with the provision of health and social care services and those representing the interests of patients.
- To undertake an annual job plan review as outlined in the Trust Guide to Job Planning.
- You are required to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do while at work. You must adhere to Trust IRMER Regulations.
- Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
- MB BS or equivalent
Desirable
- MRCP(UK). Preference will be given to a candidate who has passed MRCP. However, candidates with suitable other qualifications will be considered
- Academic higher degree or diploma
- Instructor status: ALS
- Academic prizes and honours
Experience
Essential
- Experience in neurology
- Experience in outpatients
- Experience in general medicine
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge, with evidence-informed practice
Desirable
- Experience in treating headache
- Experience working in the NHS
- This job is suitable for candidates who wish to apply for an ST3 post following completion of the appointment, or for candidates at the end of their ST rotation.
Management
Desirable
- Regional management course and/or qualification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration with GMC
- MB BS or equivalent
Desirable
- MRCP(UK). Preference will be given to a candidate who has passed MRCP. However, candidates with suitable other qualifications will be considered
- Academic higher degree or diploma
- Instructor status: ALS
- Academic prizes and honours
Experience
Essential
- Experience in neurology
- Experience in outpatients
- Experience in general medicine
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge, with evidence-informed practice
Desirable
- Experience in treating headache
- Experience working in the NHS
- This job is suitable for candidates who wish to apply for an ST3 post following completion of the appointment, or for candidates at the end of their ST rotation.
Management
Desirable
- Regional management course and/or qualification
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).
