Job Overview As a Junior Clinical Fellow in general medicine (ST1 equivalent) you will provide care for medical patients at Frimley Park Hospital. With 3 rotations through several subspecialties in medicine including Older Peoples Medicine, Respiratory, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Cardiology, Acute medicine and Rheumatology in a year. As an acute hospital community service for a population of 900,000 you can gain a breadth of experience, knowledge, and skill in general medicine. With passionate and skilled consultants providing teaching board rounds daily in areas across a range of specialities within medicine, you will be well supported. Our dedicated SPR's provide additional support, whilst you rotate through the same posts as FY2s, CMTs and GPST1s. You would be entitled to study leave budget and study leave and will also be allocated a Clinical and Educational Supervisor. Frimley Park Hospital offer regular educational meetings including medical unit departmental teaching meetings, a monthly academic half day and weekly grand rounds. Main duties of the job These are good posts to gain experience in general medicine to help decide what future career path you might take. Previous post holders have gone on to CMT rotations, specialty trainees rotations and GP training schemes. The rota may include on call cover for nights and weekends and is compliant with the new contract. Working for our organisation Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area. We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities A full Job description and Person specification is attached to this vacancy. Please read carefully before applying, and ensure you give examples, to demonstrate, how you meet the essential criteria for the post. Please be aware: if there is a large number of applicants the vacancy may be closed before the stated date. Person specification Professional/Specialist/Functional Experience Essential criteria Understands the principles of patient confidentiality and data protection Understands the need for and appreciates the role of audit in clinical practice Understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk Understanding of the basic principles of research Satisfactory completion of PRHO/F1 posts (or equivalent certified evidence of competence) at the time of taking up post Desirable criteria Distinctions, scholarships, prizes Other degrees, BSC, Masters, or PhD Computer Literate Understands the importance and impact of information systems in healthcare Previous experience at SHO level or equivalent in general medicine Has participated in clinical audit Previous research experience Qualifications/Experience Essential criteria MBBS or equivalent Satisfactory completion of PRHO/ F1 posts (or equivalent certified evidence of competence) at the time of taking up post Examples show applicant understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk Full GMC Registration Desirable criteria MRCP or working towards MRCP Previous experience at SHO level or equivalent in general medicine Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting data orally and in writing Competencies Essential criteria Keeps professional knowledge and skills up to date Evidence of Competence in basic procedures eg CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc Examples of awareness of own limitations, consulting senior colleagues appropriately and knows when to ask for help Desirable criteria 12 months NHS experience Evidence of leadership qualities (not necessarily in medicine) Demonstrates a critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition Other work experience/outside interests Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now