This post is 3-month fixed term post for a full-time, Senior Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology. This post offers an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated doctor to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals.

Due to the short-term nature of the role/service demand, the successful candidate must hold full registration with the GMC and have existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application. Candidates who are not GMC registered at the time or do not hold existing right to live and work in the UK, of application will not progress through the shortlisting stage.

The successful candidate will work for St. Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and be covered by the terms of service as amended from time to time by the Trust. As a consequence, he/she is expected to work within the local policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust. All medical staff under contract to the Trust will be expected to comply with the Trust Health and Safety policies.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Participate in the initial assessment and management of patients, supervising more junior members of the team.
• To lead inpatient ward rounds to ensure the on-going clinical management of patients is appropriate.
• To support the discharge of patients, to a place of safety, in a timely manner.
• Participate in or lead the acute take, to provide senior clinical decisions, with the support of consultant clinicians.
• Contribute to the Medical Emergency Team (MET). Lead cardiac arrest calls.
• Contribute to GIM/medical speciality clinics.
• Liaise with other members of the clinical team and other specialties.
• Advise junior trainees and ANPs about management of patients.
• Develop skills in managing the ward to avoid unnecessary patient delays and maintain good clinical care to all patients.
• To participate in clinical audit and or quality improvement (QI) project.
• To participate in continuing professional development.
• Educational supervision will be provided.
• To maintain a portfolio of training.
• To comply with Trust policies and procedures, have (and maintain) GMC registration /licensing.

About us

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

A 338 million (PFI) investment has re-built and modernised both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals, resulting in modern state of the art health care facilities for the treatment and care of patients. St Helens Hospital was completed in 2008 and Whiston Hospital in 2010. The hospitals include 887 inpatient beds with state of the art CT and MRI facilities existing on both hospital sites. CT and MRI scanners at St Helens have also recently been upgraded including installation of a high field 3 Tesla MRI scanner. The DEXA scanner is also located at St Helens Hospital.

The Trust provides a full range of acute inpatient, outpatient, day case and emergency services to local communities of St Helens, Knowsley, parts of Halton and Liverpool. The Regional Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit also extends its services to the whole of Cheshire, Merseyside, North Wales and the Isle of Man.

As a Trust, our aim is to provide a high quality service to all patients. We strive to meet the best standards for professional care whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of individual patients. Our valued workforce is recognised for their unique skills and talents with our teams of experts winning national awards on a regular basis.

Job description
Job responsibilities

General Duties of All Employees

• To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
• To actively participate in annual performance review to identify personal development needs.
• To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
• To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The post holder must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trusts Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work and the Trusts corporate Health and Safety Policies and Procedures. The post holder is required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions.
• To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott principles
• To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records, it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that their record keeping is contemporaneous.
• To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.
• All employees will be treated with respect by managers, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally employees will treat managers, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Employees will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.
• To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection within their own area. To attend infection control induction training and subsequent mandatory infection control training. To follow all Trust policies, procedures and guidelines relating to infection control.
• To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)
• The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive. The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trusts continued organisational development.
• The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be across sites.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Applicants must hold full registration with the GMC at the time of application
• MB ChB or equivalent medical qualification
• ALS Certification
• Completed Foundation Year Programme and/or equivalent medical qualification/experience
• Completed 2 years' experience in a medical speciality, post Foundation Programme or equivalent experience
• Completed or part completed UK MRCP examinations or equivalent post-graduate examination

Experience
Essential

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of your professional code of conduct
• Ability to demonstrate good clinical care
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal skills and caring attitude to patients
• Willingness to seek timely assistance from senior colleagues when appropriate

Skills
Essential

• Competent in history taking and examination skills

Other
Essential

• Excellent communications skills
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Computer literate
• Demonstrated administration ability or responsibility, not necessarily medical

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