Clinical Education Fellow | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,923 - £55,329 Per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Southport, PR8 6PN |
| Company: | St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6122879/409-6122879 |
Summary
Clinical Education Fellow
Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals
Critical Care
2x Fixed Term (12 Months)
MT03 - MT04 ( plus on-call allowance)
We are looking to recruit enthusiastic and motivated individuals to take up this recently developed Clinical Fellow post. The post will rotate on a 6-monthly basis between clinical duties within the critical care unit and full-time educational activity. The clinical duties within critical care will involving working on a full shift pattern, supporting the non-anaesthetic resident rota at Southport Hospital. The educational role will involve supporting the delivery of the medical education programmes delivered at Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals, primarily but not exclusively for undergraduate medical learners.
The Critical Care Unit based on the Southport Hospital site, provides Level 2 and 3 care for a general ICU population, as well as a Postoperative Critical Care Unit (POCCU). The unit is currently constituted as 18 critical care bed-spaces (funded to 11) which can be used flexibly. The department is actively engaged with the management of deterioration within the hospital and has critical care outreach over 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
This post will rotate on a 6-monthly full-time basis between the clinical education fellow role and clinical fellow in critical care role.
The clinical education fellow is a recently created post and the post holder will support the department of medical medication at S&O in the delivery of the trust simulation and clinical skills programmes, primarily but not exclusively, for medical undergraduate learners on placement in the trust.
The duties within this educational role will be primarily undertaken during daytime hours, Monday to Friday. It will not routinely include evening and/or weekend duties.
All principal clinical duties are usually undertaken under the direct, local and distant supervision of a Consultant in Critical Care and/or Consultant Anaesthetist at Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals. The Critical Care Unit at Southport and Formby District General Hospital consists of 5-funded level 3 and 6 level 2 beds. The resident medical cover is provided by both anaesthetic and non-anaesthetic personnel, including medical trainees, Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCPs) and Clinical Fellows.
The duties within the clinical role has daytime, evening and weekend resident duties, supporting the non-anaesthetic resident rota on the critical care unit at S&O.
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
From 1stJuly we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
• CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate
• SAFETY that is of the highest standards
• COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful
• SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable
• PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients
Our achievements include:
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits.
The Department of Medical Education is based primarily on the Southport site, but does support some educational activity on the Ormskirk site. The successful candidate would be expected to support the delivery of the educational programmes primarily for undergraduate medical learners. The department has invested in equipment to support technology enhanced learning (TEL) and the successful candidates would be expected to support the department in incorporating TEL into the trust clinical education programmes.
Please see Job Description for full details.
Advertising date: 29th April 2024
Closing date: 14th May 2024
Shortlisting date: w/c 20th May 2024
Proposed Interview date: TBC
This vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applications are reached.
This advert closes on Friday 10 May 2024
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