Clinical Fellow in General Medicine | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,923 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW10 9NH |
| Company: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6227476/289-EIC-JCF-089 |
Summary
We have exciting Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar level) and Junior Clinical Fellow (post Foundation Years level) opportunities for candidates who wish to broaden their experience in General Medicine in a central London teaching hospital in a great environment and surroundings.
The clinical fellows will participate in a rota which will give you experience on the general medicine wards including the care of geriatric and general medical patients. You will be part of a Consultant led team of registrars and junior doctors and help participate in ward rounds and board rounds. There will be consultant led ward rounds of new patients, with Registrar/SCF led ward rounds of existing patients.
We also offer time for the clinical fellow to participate in departmental and Trust initiatives as well as Quality Improvement projects.
Working in Medicine at Chelsea offers a high performing, vibrant and thriving training environment, with excellent levels of senior presence and support and a large and dedicated multi-professional team.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts and depending our service needs, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date. After the closing date we strongly advise you check the email account which is registered. If you have not heard from us within five weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Clinical Fellow (Registrar) or a Junior Clinical Fellow (post Foundation Year level) Doctor interested in gaining more experience in General Medicine and Geriatric Medicine to join the service, gain clinical experience in acute teaching NHS hospital, develop leadership skills, and gain competencies
The main parts of the post involve the care of inpatients under the relevant medical specialty and performing the regular functions of a ward based clinical fellow. The JCF will participate in a rota which will give you experience on the geriatric wards including the care of geriatric and general medical patients. You will be part of a Consultant led team of junior doctors and help and participate in ward rounds and board rounds. There will be consultant led ward rounds of new patients, with SpR led ward rounds of existing patients.
The JCF will liaise with the consultant, registrars, other junior doctors, and nurses and therapists to allocate the day’s activity appropriately.
The JCF will be expected to assess and manage patients with the support of the consultant and registrar and using appropriate clinical guidelines.
There are multiple multi-disciplinary meetings between doctors, nursing staff, and specialist teams for the care of patients.
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
• The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
• To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
• To provide the highest quality of care to patients.
• To ensure prompt attendance at all clinical and non clinical duties duties.
• To liaise with clinical colleagues and across the multidisciplinary team and participate in relevant MDTs.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
This advert closes on Friday 19 Apr 2024