Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Clinical Fellows are expected to work together as a team. Each will work with a consultant or pair of consultants. The Fellow will also be expected to co-operate with and develop good working relationships with junior doctors in other departments, as well as maintain good working relationships with the departmental nursing staff and staff in diagnostic and physiotherapy departments.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Fellow in Orthopaedics (ST1/2 equivalent)
Applications are invited from eligible candidates to apply for a Clinical Fellow (ST1/2 Level) with Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. Working across both our Wigan based acute site and elective Wrightington Hospital site, the roles are covering training vacancies.
The successful candidate will be part of a busy on call rota and spend time in clinic, trauma theatre, and on the wards. The post attracts a work schedule, which is subject to changes.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as it has been established to provide support to the on call SHO rota until August 2025.
Job responsibilities
* Attendance at Orthopaedic out-patient clinics, operating lists, fracture clinics, and across the Muscular Skeletal Division.
* Attendance at Ward Rounds and operating theatre sessions.
* Day to day management of inpatients under the team's care.
* Collecting and presenting data for medical audit meetings.
* Signing death certificates and personally notifying deaths to the HM Coroner where necessary and after discussions with the Consultant, if required.
* To facilitate medical audit, junior medical staff must keep medical records in the manner prescribed by their Consultant/Division.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MB Ch B or equivalent
* Full GMC registration with license to practice
* ALS or equivalent
* MRCS OR FRCS or equivalent
Experience
* Relevant experience at FY2 level or above
* Able to carry out ALS and defibrillation to a standard that accords with UK Resus Council guidelines
* Experience of Orthopaedic Surgery
* Publications or evidence of completed research or audit activity
* Arthroscopy Course
* Experience of Audit
Skills
* Managerial skills, in relation to junior staff and other professionals
* Ability to prioritise and organise clinical workload
* Ability to demonstrate safe clinical practice
* Effective communication skills both verbally and in writing
* Ability to work as an effective member of a team
* Evidence of personal initiative and organisational abilities
* Evidence of outstanding achievement
Knowledge
* Interest in Audit
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
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