This a new full time Junior Clinical Fellow post in response to Service need.

This post is to commence in February 2023 until 01-Aug-2023.

A candidate who is unable for personal reasons to undertake the duties of a whole-time post will receive equal consideration. If such a candidate is appointed the job content will be modified as appropriate in consultation with consultant colleagues and local management.

We welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post. The Trust operates job share and flexible working.

Main duties of the job

All employees, including the appointee, will be expected to be involved in implementing the Trust's Clinical Governance programme. This includes active participation in clinical audit, quality, clinical guidelines/pathways, professional development, appraisal, and risk management.

The post holder will participate on a full shift on call rota. They will work in collaboration with and under the direction of the consultants and other members of the team in the day-to-day management of surgical patients within the service. Duties include ward rounds, assisting the consultants and senior trainees in the operating theatre, undertaking the pre and post-operative care of patients on the wards, initiating management for critically ill surgical patients, attending out-patient clinics and attending to referrals in the Emergency Department. The post holder will have the opportunity to attend departmental virtual teaching every week. There are also joint vascular/IR teaching days with opportunities to attend the simulation centre at the Norwich Radiology Academy. They will be encouraged to undertake continuing medical education and study leave will be available as per the Trust policy.

These posts are ideally suited to those looking to augment their portfolio for career progression prior to undertaking higher surgical training. We will encourage, support and provide the opportunity to study and practice for your post-graduate exams, undertake audit and research projects.

About us

Our vision is to 'provide every patient with the care we want for those we love the most', Our PRIDE values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do.

• People-focused: We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
• Respect: We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others' diverse needs.
• Integrity: We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
• Dedication: We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
• Excellence: We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital

Job description
Job responsibilities

The Norfolk and Norwich Vascular Unit is part of the Directorate of Vascular Surgery.

There are daily all-day elective vascular operating lists in our dedicated vascular operating theatre which contains a high quality mobile image intensifier. We also have access to regular lists within a newly-built, cutting edge hybrid interventional radiology suite with a ceiling-mounted image intensifier and theatre-standard sterility for more complex endovascular interventions.

There are six consultant vascular interventional radiologists with an on-call rota for Interventional Radiology. Colour duplex imaging is provided by our dedicated vascular laboratory and we also have state-of-the-art CT and MR angiography facilities.

Weekly outpatient clinics are run in Cromer (at Cromer and District Hospital), Great Yarmouth (at James Paget University Hospital), Kings Lynn (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) as well as in Norwich. There are also specialist clinics for exercise treadmill testing and diabetic foot problems. The latter is run in conjunction with podiatry, diabetology and orthopaedics.

We have a dedicated 36-bedded vascular ward (Denton Ward) as well as a Surgical Assessment Unit for emergency admissions, a Day Procedure Unit and a Same Day Admissions Unit for elective inpatient surgery. We also have an excellent Critical Care Complex.

Our vascular nurse specialists run our AAA surveillance programme and our EVAR follow-up programme. They also run a new claudicant clinic and our supervised exercise class for patients with peripheral vascular disease. Our vascular research nurse supports audit and research. We participate in JVRG projects and have research collaborations with the nearby world-renowned Institute of Food Research and the University of East Anglia.

The vascular unit holds weekly MDT meetings and monthly audit meetings. In addition, the department holds monthly research meetings. The appointee must take an active part in the educational activities of the unit as part of their contractual duties. Study leave or speciality meetings and specialist instruction courses will be considered subject to applications on individual merit.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC Registration
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable

• Educational Qualification
• A further undergraduate or post graduate degree

Aptitudes
Essential

• Good communicator.
• Capable of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to time manage and organise.
• Enthusiasm for teaching.

Experience
Essential

• 3 months NHS experience or evidence of equivalent 5 year training period in the NHS.

Desirable

• Publications in Educational or Medical peer reviewed journals.
• Experience of undergraduate curriculum development and design.

Interests
Essential

• Commitment to develop a teaching and educational interest.

Circumstances
Essential

• Flexible outlook on working hours.

Communications and Language Skills
Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues and support staff
• Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
• Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries

Desirable

• Good presentation skills.

BMJ Ref: BMJ-109470/234-MS1871-A