Senior Clinical Fellow Diabetes & Acute Medicine
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Planning a career in Diabetes, Acute Medicine or General Medicine?
Are you looking for more clinical experience before higher speciality training (HST)?
Are you planning to apply for HST ST4 applications via the 'alternative certificate'?
Keen to gain more experience in Diabetes and Endocrinology, as well as Acute Medicine, with a friendly team that is interested in your development as a doctor before deciding on your next career move?
Would you like to spend at least one day per week dedicated to training opportunities such as specialist clinics and Quality Improvement Projects?
Based at Queens Hospital, Burton on Trent, we are appointing a Senior Clinical Fellow (ST4 level equivalent or above) within our Diabetes and Acute Medicine teams. This will be a full-time, fixed-term service appointment to commence 10th December 2024 for 8 months. Applications for less than full-time working patterns are welcome.
The post can be tailored to individual requirements but centres upon the provision of care to the Diabetes/Acute Medicine teams. There is scope to access opportunities that enable you to fulfil the 'alternative certificate' required for HST.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will initially work in Diabetes until February 2025. After this, the remainder of the contract will be spent in Acute Medicine.
Department of Diabetes:
* Provision of middle grade services to the Department of Diabetes and General Medicine across the wards
* To provide daily care and management of patients on respective wards
* Participation in out-patient clinics
* Administrative tasks for these services
* Leadership to junior staff
* Shared role in delivery of teaching and training
* Active participation in quality improvement, audit and research activities of these services
* Keeping up to date and participating in continuing professional development
* Participation in annual appraisals
Acute Medicine Department:
* Provision of junior support to the Acute Medicine / Medical services.
* To provide daily care and management of Acute medical patients in Acute Medical Unit (AAC) and Short Stay Unit (SSU) and on call.
* Shared role in delivery of teaching & training to junior doctors & non-medical staff.
* Administrative tasks for these services
* Keeping up to date & participating in CME & CPD
* Participation in annual appraisals & job planning.
* To work flexibly across all areas within the AMBU where clinical need dictates i.e. ACC, MAU, Triage, ED In-Reach and SSU Wards.
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Job responsibilities
The working week will be divided between performing ward rounds, attending outpatient clinics and attending to speciality referrals in Diabetes & Endocrinology, all under supervision of a consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinologist. The post holder will do at least one diabetes ward round and one endocrine clinic a week. The department runs a number of specialist clinics such as foot, antenatal, pumps, renal, bariatric and adolescent transitional diabetes clinics which the post holder may be able to attend depending on their training needs, in the same way as the higher speciality trainees in post.
The post holder will work 8 hours a day within Monday to Friday, rostered between 0900hrs and 1700hrs (option of 0800-1600 available). As part of a ward multi-disciplinary team, the Fellow will review patients and support consultant ward rounds to enable efficient senior decision-making and effective management of patients on their respective wards.
The out of hours commitment is 1:9 working nights and weekends (currently).
There is consultant presence on site for the take 0800-2200 seven days a week. Overnight supervision by consultants is from home. Until 2400 each night there are three acute Medicine middle grades in the hospital.
Numerous training opportunities are available in all teams and you will be actively encouraged to access these options throughout your post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* ALS certificate
* Part 1 MRCP
* Full GMC Registration with a license to practice on application
* 5 years post qualification experience including experience in Acute Medicine/ Medical specialities
* Minimum 6 months experience in the NHS within the last 2 years
* Participation in audit
* Familiarity with clinical governance systems
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.
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