Junior Clinical Fellow ST1-2 in Acute Medicine

Job responsibilities

This job description, together with the Capabilities Framework and job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to:

1. provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
2. Work within multi-disciplinary team in providing high quality clinical care.
3. To be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in their charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in their job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to and training of their staff.
4. Work collaboratively with the Emergency Department and other Speciality teams to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
5. provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care, including discharge summaries.
6. attend multi-disciplinary meetings, which may be cross county and cross site. collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.
7. Support professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, assessment and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and CPD activity locally and nationally as appropriate.
8. participate in clinical audit as part of quality improvement activity under local arrangements.
9. commit to taking part in annual appraisal process which will be undertaken by a trust approved appraiser.
10. be responsible for compliance with personal continuing professional development requirements with the support of the Trust.
11. be responsible for maintaining awareness of & acting in accordance with professional guidelines such as Duties of a Doctor, Good Medical Practice, & the GMC Performance Procedures.

Experience

Essential

• Completed at least 2 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on part time basis) or have equivalent experience and competencies, at least eight months of which will be in a relevant specialty.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required at CT/ST1 level in relevant specialty. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to offer clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty and sufficient experience.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty.
• Ability to use evidence based medicine to support decision making.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member, including under periods of pressure.
• Enquiring, critical approach to work with a commitment to continuing Medical Education and Professional Development.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Flexible approach to work duties and reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Ability to work antisocial hours.

Desirable

• Interest in research or medical education.
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behavior on others.

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit/quality improvement projects

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.

Qualifications

Essential

• Full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Satisfactory completion of F1 and F2 training, or equivalent.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• ALS Certification.
• Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College.

Professional Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Practices with professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and the Professional Capabilities Framework (set out below).
• Adheres to professional requirements of annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.

Emotional Effort

Essential

• Ability to deal with emotional, frightened or hostile patients, relatives and students, both face to face and via telephone calls.
• Ability to support patients and relatives in breaking bad news whilst working in the clinical setting.
• Deal with patient requests and complaints.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).