We are excited to seek applicants for a Senior Clinical Fellow to complement the teams existing Specialist Training Registrar post. The post will include clinical work to support the broad range of OMFS clinical work undertaken.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will include out-patient clinics, theatre list and ward activities including the support and training of junior staff. The post includes regular commitment to the second call rota (1:5 weekdays and 1:8 weekends). A named consultant supervisor will be allocated.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Job description
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:

Provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners.

Provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary team in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patients home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and job plans may be revised in due course.

Be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in their charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your job plan, allowing for all proper delegation to and training of their staff.

Provide support to the ED department to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.

Attend Consultant ward rounds and triage ward referrals.

Prepare patients for planned treatment and procedures, including post-operative care as required.

Provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care, including discharge summaries.

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.

Provide 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.

Participate in the middle grade on call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with colleagues in post.

If undertaking non-resident on-call duties, attend the hospital site to review patients when clinically necessary. You must be prepared to attend willingly whenever requested to do so by a member of their medical and nursing team.

Participate in clinical audit as part of quality improvement activity under local arrangements.

Commit to taking part in annual appraisal process which will be undertaken by a trust approved appraiser.

Be responsible for compliance with personal continuing professional development requirements with the support of the Trust. It is mandatory for all Specialists to keep up to date with evidence based practice.

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.

Person Specification
Personal Attributes
Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Enquiring, critical approach to work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.
• Flexible approach to work duties.
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Reliable and supportive to other colleagues.
• Ability to work antisocial hours.

Desirable

• Evidence of innovation
• Understands self (strengths and weaknesses) and impact of behaviour on others.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Management and Administrative Experience
Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Desirable

• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Experience
Essential

• Completed at least four years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on part time basis) or have equivalent experience and competencies.
• 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.
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge and judgement to problems.
• Ability to prioritise clinical need.
• Demonstrate appropriate technical and clinical competence and evidence of the development of diagnostic skills and clinical judgement.
• Logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty of minimum of 12 months.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Qualifications
Essential

• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• MB ChB, MBBS or UK registerable equivalent medical qualification.
• BDS, BChD or equivalent fully UK registerable dental qualification
• Satisfactory completion of CT/ST1 training, or equivalent.
• BLS Certification.

Desirable

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

Teaching Experience
Essential

• Ability to organise and deliver teaching across the whole undergraduate curriculum.
• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Knowledge of audit principles and evidence of participation and completion of audit projects.

Desirable

• Critical appraisal skills.

Research Experience
Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiatives.

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last 5 years.
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.

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.
• Demonstrates ability to manage patients with complex needs whilst remaining aware of their own limitations.

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