Job summary
Clinical Fellow post in Ambulatory Care and Education available immediately.
Fixed Term: This post is available immediately to fill a gap in our established rotations.
You are invited to apply for an exciting opportunity to join the Ambulatory Care Department at the Whittington Hospital.
This post will work as part of the award-winning Ambulatory Emergency Care unit. It is an exciting opportunity for a post-foundation or core trainee doctor or a qualified Advanced Care Practitioner from an ED or acute care background to develop their confidence in managing a full range of medical presentations with strong clinical supervision.
The post has flexible education sessions (approx. 0.5 days per week) to enhance a budding interest in education. We welcome part time applicants and there is also the possibility to work additional sessions in the Whittington Emergency Department.
Main duties of the job
Please see the full Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the main duties of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trustbelieves that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holders will work in an outpatient setting providing initial assessment of patients, organization of relevant investigations and planning the ongoing management and discharge of patients back to the community. The AEC works closely with inpatient teams, including radiology, ED, surgery, orthopedics, medical specialties, microbiology as well as community teams such as our Virtual Ward service which is co-located with AEC.
The ambulatory care unit has a dedicated Consultant and Senior Nurse who supervise the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients on the unit and provide teaching and support for the many procedures (chest drains, ascitic drains, lumbar punctures, infusions and diagnostic imaging) which take place there.
Undergraduate medical teaching (10% of each post)
The post-holders teaching responsibilities are
(1) to deliver teaching within the medical specialties to undergraduate medical students at the Whittington campus of UCL Medical School (supported by curriculum leads), and
(2) continue development of teaching skills
The post-holder will be teaching module A, year 4 (first clinical year) curriculum. Module A consists of Acute medicine, Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine. There will be opportunities to develop as a teacher and educator. As an example, a recent fellow developed paediatric simulation teaching for the intercalated BSc for year 5 UCL students and wrote tutor guides for those who provide undergraduate teaching across specialties.
The post-holder will need to be flexible in their approach as the teaching and clinical commitments may vary throughout the year based on the students academic term timetable. The post-holder must have some experience at providing pastoral care for peers and/or students thus far in their career.
The post-holder will be expected to build a generic clinical educational portfolio. They will be supported in this by an educational, developmental and appraisal process. They will be encouraged to complete a formal qualification in medical education if desired. A personalised development plan will be constructed to provide suitable learning opportunities and encourage exposure to advanced teaching techniques including (where relevant) behavioural feedback, high fidelity full immersion simulation, and technologically advanced part task trainers and other technical skills-based devices.
The post-holder will be encouraged to undertake research in any area of medical education, but we particularly welcome applicants with a strong background and interest in novel teaching approaches.
Person Specification
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Team working: demonstrated experience working in a team, values the input of other professionals in the team.
- Coping with pressure: capacity to operate under pressure. Demonstrates initiative and resilience to cope with setbacks & adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
- Problem solving & decision making: capacity to use logical/lateral thinking to solve problems & make decisions.
- Organisation & planning: capacity to organise oneself and prioritise own work. Demonstrates punctuality, preparation and self-discipline. Understands importance of information technology.
- Flexible approach to work: able to adapt and work with employers to deliver improved patient care.
- Equality and diversity: promotes equality and values diversity
Commitment to clinical governance/ improving quality of patient care
Essential
- Evidence of involvement in multi-disciplinary audit Understanding of clinical governance
Desirable
IT Skills
Essential
- Excellent skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint Familiar with Patient information and picture archiving systems
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification PLUS Full GMC registration
- Postgraduate level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice
- ALS provider status
Desirable
- BSc, MSc, MD, PhD (or equivalent)
Clinical Skills
Essential
- At least 4 months experience of working in Acute Medicine or Emergency Medicine within the UK
- Completed UK Foundation Programme (or equivalent)
Teaching
Essential
- Experience of undergraduate medical teaching, Formal training in teaching skills Evidence of innovation in teaching
Desirable
- Fellow of Higher Education Authority
- Experience of development of curricula
Communication skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
- Empathy and sensitivity: capacity to listen and take in others' perspectives.
- Works in partnership with patients: always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options.
- Always considers the full impact of clinical decisions on the patients, Practice shared decision making.
- Directs and supports patients to access the information they need to support decision making.
Desirable
- Some previous experience of behaviour change training.
Research skills
Essential
Desirable
- Formal research experience or training in research methodology Published author
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Whittington Health
London
N19 5NF