This is an exciting year long opportunity open to senior medical trainees/fellows (or trainees with post-MRCP acute medicine experience) as an Out of Programme Experience, or “Post-CCT” for those recently appointed to the specialist register in a medical discipline. The aim of the post is to allow the incumbent to become both proficient in, and credentialed in, a wide variety of skills related to medical leadership and patient safety within the Leading for Quality Programme.
The post-holder will also undertake regular clinical duties at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) and should have both MRCP and experience in managing acute medical conditions. The post holder will spend 1 week in their chosen speciality, 3 weeks in patient safety (or equivalent) and be expected to take part in the 1 in 5 on call rota as part of the Acute Rescue Team at the City Campus( Monday to Sunday 16.30pm - 02.30am) This on call shift will be supporting the GIM registrar and the speciality registrars on the City campus by attending to patients with a NEWS2 score of 7+. The post will equate to approximately 40% clinical and 60% medical leadership and patient safety.
This post provides a great opportunity to combine an interest in patient safety with clinical duties. The post holder will join the wider Acute Rescue Team (ART) in contributing to the out of hours provision on the City Campus.
The post will be approximately 40% clinical and 60% medical leadership and patient safety. The clinical role will be based at the City Campus of NUH and the medical leadership and patient safety role will be across NUH sites to include Queens Medical Centre.
This Leading for Quality Fellowship (LfQ) will support the candidate to develop an attractive portfolio of non-technical skills, knowledge and experience, by working closely with the senior leadership of one of the largest and most complex NHS Trusts in the United Kingdom. This opportunity is for those who aspire towards either medical leadership positions, or roles with a significant patient safety/clinical governance element in the future. This will be an invaluable investment towards securing sought after Consultant posts in hospitals worldwide
Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country with a budget of over £1billion and over 19,000 staff. We provide services to over 2.5 million residents of Nottinghamshire.
NUH has a national and international reputation for the quality of our patient care and for research, education and innovation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits including:
• Access to the Staff Wellbeing programme including our free 24 hour staff advice and emotional support service, financial advice service, a staff physiotherapy service and staff support networks
• On site day nursery
• Amazon parcel collection points
• Secure cycle facilities
• Access to Spiritual and Pastoral Care Services
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Cycle to work and travel passes
• NHS discounts
During the one-year fixed term contract, there will be a formal, funded opportunity for the Fellow to undertake dedicated training leading to a Postgraduate Certificate in ‘Quality and Patient Safety Improvement’) at the University of Nottingham, or the equivalent at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement Open School. Should the Fellow wish to pursue this study after the end of their contract, they may use the 60 credits gained with this PG Cert, to upgrade to the 180 credit MSc at their own expense.
The fellowship will also provide the incumbent with training and experience in a number of different Patient Safety techniques such as the Royal College of Physicians ‘Structured Judgement Review’ method, part of the National Mortality Case Record Review programme and how to conduct a Serious Incident review. The Senior Clinical Fellow will also undertake one or two Patient Safety Improvement projects as part of their tenure.
The fellow will be able to attend a range of senior management meetings as arranged by NUH, the NUH Medical Director, NUH Deputy Medical Directors and Associate Medical Director for Patient Safety.
These opportunities will provide experience of:
• The application of Patient Safety and Quality Improvement methodologies
• Leadership and Management Styles
• Corporate Decision Making
• NHS Governance
• Patient and family liaison
• Serious Incident investigations to support learning and improvement
Fellowship Aims and Deliverables
• To develop knowledge and skills in Patient Safety Improvement and Medical Leadership
• To take responsibility for improving patient safety through applying improvement methodologies to clinically relevant patient safety priorities in the organisation
• To develop excellent negotiating and influencing skills in support of delivering safety improvements
• To develop skills in motivating and supporting colleagues in teams and organisations
• To develop and apply academic knowledge and skills associated with patient safety and quality improvement science [facilitated either through the University of Nottingham Quality and Patient Safety Improvement course or the Fellowship Program | Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• To utilise local and national networks and experts to support the delivery of improvements in patient safety [such as through the national Q community], the NUH Patient Safety Team and the Trent Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre.
• Work closely with the Programme lead for the Leading for Quality Fellowship, and collaborate towards the efficacy and sustainability of the Programme
Proposed Timetable/Job Plan [12 months from August 2025]
• 0.4 WTE to support the Patient Safety and Quality projects
• 0.2 WTE as Academic Time (to support 60 credits of a higher qualification of Postgraduate Certificate in ‘Quality and Patient Safety Improvement’)
• Up to 0.4 WTE for clinical work (acute medicine twilight shift).
• On call duties: Mon- Sun, 16.30-02.30 on a 1 in 5 basis.
The final clinical timetable and outcomes for the Fellowship will be agreed between the Fellow, NUH NHS Trust and appropriate clinical Leads. The Associate Medical Director for Patient Safety will sign off the clinical job plan before the start of the Fellowship.
This advert closes on Thursday 6 Mar 2025