An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Emergency Medicine Team at Wythenshawe Hospital, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to appoint Junior Clinical Fellows (Junior Locally Employed Doctors) to complement our team.
You will be working in one of Greater Manchester's busiest hospitals, where over 100,000 patients are assessed in the Emergency Department every year. We seek to recruit dynamic individuals to work in our state-of-the-art ED, wherein there is a Paediatric Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centre, Resuscitation area, and Same Day Emergency Care unit which offers a front-door service for Medical and Respiratory referrals.
The post holders will be expected to provide exceptional patient care. The job offers excellent opportunities to develop special interests and keep their skills up by managing paediatric and adult acute emergencies. Sim sessions, regular ultrasound training and a daily dedicated Consultant shift promoting shop floor educational activities are also available.
Main duties of the job
Due to the short-term nature of the role, the successful candidate must hold a current registration with the GMC at the time of application, whether it be an active licence, ceased licence or a pending application -MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for vacancies less than 12 months fixed term. Candidates who do not fit this criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.
Please note: MFT is not a right to work sponsoring organisation for Tier 5. Should a candidate require Tier 5 sponsorship, they must apply through the Academy of Royal College via the MTI Scheme.
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for full details. Although this is not a Deanery-approved training post, successful candidates will share the same rota as other trainees.
The post holders will be expected to provide exceptional patient care whilst benefitting from a bespoke training programme and quality improvement activities.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
* Medical Degree
* Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
* Previous Emergency Medicine experience at junior grade level in the UK
Desirable
* Academic experience - research and/ or teaching
* Experience in Anaesthesia / Critical Care
* Membership of MRCEM
Experience
Essential
* Completed Foundation training or equivalent
* Previous experience in Emergency Medicine
Skills
Essential
* Good communication skills
* Evidence of organisational skills
* Workload management skills
Desirable
* Evidence of leadership skills
Knowledge
Essential
* Knowledge and evidence of basic understanding of Acute presentations to ED
* Portfolio of evidence for the Emergency Department - demonstrating excellent clinical skills
* Advanced life support course
Desirable
* Commitment to own professional development
* Research and development / audit work
Aptitudes
Essential
* Flexible approach to workload
* Commitment to medical education
* Good timekeeping
* Able to use own initiative
* Responsible attitude to delivery of role
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