Senior Clinical Fellow in Respiratory Medicine
| Posting date: | 17 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £55,329.00 to £63,152.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £55329.00 - £63152.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW3 6HP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9196-24-0984 |
Summary
Main Duties & Responsibilities To acquaint him/herself with details of patient management in discussion with the consultants and ensure their efficient execution. To ensure that good communications are maintained with all medical colleagues, e.g. anaesthetists, cardiologists, nursing staff and paramedical departments such as physiotherapists, radiographers and ancillary staff, to the benefit of the patient. To ensure other Specialty Registrars and Consultants are kept informed regarding alteration in the condition of any of their patients. To ensure that all in-patient notes are kept up to date and tidy. Supervise the junior clinical fellow staff (SHOs) in the performance of their duties. Duties - Professional To take a history, examine and record all findings of all patients admitted under the Consultants care. Carry out and arrange all relevant investigations. To see and examine all patients under the care of the Consultant concerned. To attend and assist at out-patient sessions as per timetable of firm. To arrange for the transfer of patients to other hospitals or discharge home, with a discharge summary on the clinical episode. To be responsible for the care of all/any respiratory patients on the wards. To dictate all discharge summaries within 24hrs and ensure that these are forwarded to the patients, General Practitioner and/or hospital of transfer as soon as possible after the patient is discharged and complete letters to General Practitioners. 10 To cross cover, in conjunction with other Specialty Registrars when one Specialty Registrar is absent or on annual or study leave and to ensure that the duties and responsibilities of the absent colleague are carried out. To keep the Consultants informed of any patient who is giving cause for concern. To communicate with patients relative on the progress of the patients. To be available for emergency calls to ITU and other parts of the hospital, if required i.e. for cardiac arrest. To participate in research projects that may already be in progress. To participate in lecturing to other staff if required, e.g. nurses. To participate in the Medical Audit Programme as required. To accept that occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances may occur, and to respond to the needs of the service when they arise.