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Job summary

Main area
Ambulatory Care
Grade
MT03
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Intended start date 7th August 2024)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (40 (pro rata if LTFT))
Job ref
220-EIM-MED-6198820
Employer
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Whittington Health
Town
London
Salary
£43,923 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/05/2024 23:59

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Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Emergency Care

MT03

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We encourage and support  staff to get  COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. 

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

 


 

Job overview

Clinical Fellow post in Ambulatory Care and Education available immediately.

 Fixed Term: This post is available immediately to fill a gap in our established rotations.

You are invited to apply for an exciting opportunity to join the Ambulatory Care Department at the Whittington Hospital.

This post will work as part of the award-winning Ambulatory Emergency Care unit.  It is an exciting opportunity for a post-foundation or core trainee doctor or a qualified Advanced Care Practitioner from an ED or acute care background to develop their confidence in managing a full range of medical presentations with strong clinical supervision.

The post has flexible education sessions (approx. 0.5 days per week) to enhance a budding interest in education. We welcome part time applicants and there is also the possibility to work additional sessions in the Whittington Emergency Department. 

Main duties of the job

Please see the full Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the main duties of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.

 

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.  We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.  The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holders will work in an outpatient setting providing initial assessment of patients, organization of relevant investigations and planning the ongoing management and discharge of patients back to the community.   The AEC works closely with inpatient teams, including radiology, ED, surgery, orthopedics, medical specialties, microbiology as well as community teams such as our “Virtual Ward” service which is co-located with AEC.

The ambulatory care unit has a dedicated Consultant and Senior Nurse who supervise the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients on the unit and provide teaching and support for the many procedures (chest drains, ascitic drains, lumbar punctures, infusions and diagnostic imaging) which take place there.

 

Undergraduate medical teaching (10% of each post)

 The post-holder’s teaching responsibilities are

(1) to deliver teaching within the medical specialties to undergraduate medical students at the Whittington campus of UCL Medical School (supported by curriculum leads), and

(2) continue development of teaching skills

The post-holder will be teaching module A, year 4 (first clinical year) curriculum. Module A consists of Acute medicine, Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine.  There will be opportunities to develop as a teacher and educator. As an example, a recent fellow developed paediatric simulation teaching for the intercalated BSc for year 5 UCL students and wrote tutor guides for those who provide undergraduate teaching across specialties. 

 

The post-holder will need to be flexible in their approach as the teaching and clinical commitments may vary throughout the year based on the students’ academic term timetable. The post-holder must have some experience at providing pastoral care for peers and/or students thus far in their career.

The post-holder will be expected to build a generic clinical educational portfolio.  They will be supported in this by an educational, developmental and appraisal process.  They will be encouraged to complete a formal qualification in medical education if desired.  A personalised development plan will be constructed to provide suitable learning opportunities and encourage exposure to advanced teaching techniques including (where relevant) behavioural feedback, high fidelity full immersion simulation, and technologically advanced part task trainers and other technical skills-based devices.

The post-holder will be encouraged to undertake research in any area of medical education, but we particularly welcome applicants with a strong background and interest in novel teaching approaches.

 

Person specification

PERSONAL QUALITIES

Essential criteria
  • Team working: demonstrated experience working in a team, values the input of other professionals in the team.
  • Coping with pressure: capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative and resilience to cope with setbacks & adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
  • Problem solving & decision making: capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems & make decisions.
  • Organisation & planning: capacity to organise oneself and prioritise own work. Demonstrates punctuality, preparation and self-discipline. Understands importance of information technology.
  • Flexible approach to work: able to adapt and work with employers to deliver improved patient care.
  • Equality and diversity: promotes equality and values diversity

Commitment to clinical governance/ improving quality of patient care

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of involvement in multi-disciplinary audit Understanding of clinical governance
Desirable criteria
  • Formal audit training

IT Skills

Essential criteria
  • Excellent skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint Familiar with Patient information and picture archiving systems

Education / Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification PLUS Full GMC registration
  • Postgraduate level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice
  • ALS provider status
Desirable criteria
  • BSc, MSc, MD, PhD (or equivalent)

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • At least 4 months experience of working in Acute Medicine or Emergency Medicine within the UK
  • Completed UK Foundation Programme (or equivalent)

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Experience of undergraduate medical teaching, Formal training in teaching skills Evidence of innovation in teaching
Desirable criteria
  • Fellow of Higher Education Authority
  • Experience of development of curricula

Communication skills

Essential criteria
  • Effective communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
  • Empathy and sensitivity: capacity to listen and take in others’ perspectives.
  • Works in partnership with patients: always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options.
  • Always considers the full impact of clinical decisions on the patients, Practice shared decision making.
  • Directs and supports patients to access the information they need to support decision making.
Desirable criteria
  • Some previous experience of behaviour change training.

Research skills

Essential criteria
  • Interest in research
Desirable criteria
  • Formal research experience or training in research methodology Published author

Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident leaderInvestors in PeopleImproving working livesCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident committed

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Ilana Samson
Job title
Acute Medicine Consultant
Email address
[email protected]

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Whittington Health NHS Trust
Magdala Avenue
London
N19 5NF
Telephone
020 7288 3254
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