Job summary
This role offers the opportunity to join The Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust in a core trainee level post starting August 2024 for 12 months with potential further opportunities available from August 2025. Depending on your experience you will join as an F2/CT1/CT2 working within a specialty and rotating every four months. Candidates will have the opportunity to discuss their interests at interview.
The posts will be a combination of service delivery and educational input within General Medicine and will join a full on call rota pattern including nights and weekends.
These posts are not recognised UK training posts. However, the post-holders will have a named educational supervisor, and be supported in undertaking a wide range of CV enhancing activities as part of their role as well as taking part in scheduled educational opportunities within the Trust and specialties.
*Please apply early to avoid disappointment as if we receive sufficient
suitable applications the vacancy may close earlier than advertised.
Main duties of the job
From a clinical perspective these posts will participate in the cross site junior trainee rota. The junior trainee rota is compliant with the 2016 junior doctor contract averaging 48 hours per week.
Duties will be based primarily at Pinderfields & Dewsbury sites although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care to patients on all our sites.
These roles will enable the post holder to take supervised responsibility for patient care and consolidate the skills they have learned at medical school. As the post holder gains experience they will remain under clinical supervision but take on increasing responsibility for patient care. In particular they will begin to make management decisions as part of their progress to independent practice.
During their tenure the post holder will further develop their core generic skills and contribute more to the education and training of the wider healthcare workforce. At the end of their tenure the post holder will have begun to demonstrate clinical effectiveness, leadership and the decision making responsibilities that are essential for the next stage of their careers.
About us
We provide care and support to over a million people in
Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our
three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of
innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our
workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful
and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid
Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.
We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm
irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and
gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,
or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to
someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the
LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently
under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from
members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all
applicants are treated fairly and consistently.
We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable
guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.
We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If
you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our
patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
An Introduction to the Division / Specialty from Dr Nigel Artis - Divisional Clinical Director
The Medical Division at Mid Yorkshire Teaching Trust provides
acute care across the range of medical specialities in a large modern purpose-built
hospital in Wakefield, which includes a large Acute Assessment Unit, Acute
Elderly Assessment Unit, Coronary Care and Acute (Respiratory) Care Unit. We also provide care for Acute Elderly
Admissions and step-down care for patients in a less acute phase of their
admission at Dewsbury & District Hospital.
Successful applicants will support speciality teams in Acute
Care, Cardiology, Respiratory, Diabetes/Endocrine & Elderly Medicine teams
in the management of their in-patient & out-patient workload, and will
participate in out-of-hours cover across both hospital sites.
The Service
Role
From a clinical perspective these posts will
participate in the cross site junior trainee rota. The junior trainee rota is compliant with the
2016 junior doctor contract averaging 48 hours per week.
Duties will be based primarily at Pinderfields &
Dewsbury sites although all our medical staff are involved in delivering care
to patients on all our sites.
These roles will enable the post holder to take
supervised responsibility for patient care and consolidate the skills they have
learned at medical school. As the post holder gains experience they will
remain under clinical supervision but take on increasing responsibility for
patient care. In particular they will
begin to make management decisions as part of their progress to independent
practice.
During their tenure the post holder will further
develop their core generic skills and contribute more to the education and
training of the wider healthcare workforce.
At the end of their tenure the post holder will have begun to
demonstrate clinical effectiveness, leadership and the decision making
responsibilities that are essential for the next stage of their careers.
The MYDoc Training Programme Educational Input & Recognition
Doctors appointed to a MYDoc post will receive
relevant educational input. Each doctor will be
allocated an Educational Supervisor and will be required to develop a
Personalised Work Schedule.
The weekly
timetable should include a balance of these activities appropriate to your
grade, role and training requirements.
You are required to maintain a dialogue with your Clinical and
Educational Supervisor to ensure the balance of these activities meets your
developmental needs.
Whilst not a recognised training post Doctors successfully completing their training programme will
be awarded a Certificate of Achievement from the Trust. Doctors will use established work-place
based assessment (WPBA) tools to chart progress and keep relevant evidence
in an electronic portfolio system. There will be an annual review of progress based on evidence within the
portfolios including the WPBA, 360 assessment, personal reflections and CPD,
covering both clinical, personal and professional development, and a
Certificate of Achievement (appropriate to that year/level of training) will be
issued.
Terms & Conditions and Tenure
Employment will be as a MYDoc Foundation Plus on Trust Terms and Conditions of Service.
The post is offered on a 12 month fixed term contract.
Pay Scale
These roles will be equivalent to a doctor on either the Foundation Programme or the Core training programme and will be paid on the equivalent pay scale. The salary scales are currently £37,303 (FY2 level) or £43,923 (CT level) per annum.
Visits and Contacts
Candidates are encouraged to visit the Trust by arrangement where possible and should you want more information and or wish to arrange a visit please contact:
Dr Nigel Artis
Divisional Clinical Director
[email protected]
Dan Deakin
Assistant Patient Services Manager
[email protected]
Stacey Pickering
Patient Services Manager
[email protected]
Formal visits may only be offered to candidates who have been shortlisted for interview.
Should you require any further information please contact the Medical Staffing Department at The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust on Tel: 01924 543642.
Appraisal and Revalidation
This post is not recognised for training and brings with it an obligation to engage with the process of revalidation on an annual basis.
All our Trust appointed doctors are required to engage positively with appraisal and revalidation. The Trust has procedures that comply with national recommendations. As a Trust employed doctor on a fixed term contract successfully appointed applicants will need to have a prescribed connection with Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust via GMC Connect and will therefore have Dr Richard Robinson, the Medical Director at the Trust as their GMC Responsible Officer.
Continuing Professional Development
The Trust requires all its doctors to engage with continuing professional development, guided by the relevant professional associations or Royal Colleges. Time and funding is provided according to departmental and Trust policies, subject to approval through the clinical management structures. There is a programme of mandatory training which all relevant staff must complete as required.
Research
Medical staff are encouraged to develop areas of personal and/or research interest. This can be developed in liaison with the Trusts R&D department and in line with prevailing policies and research frameworks. The Trust is developing an expanding and outward-looking research programme.
Educational & Clinical Supervision
The post holder will have a named educational supervisor and be expected to hold regular meetings with them during their tenure to ensure appropriate development during their appointment.
Teaching
The Trust is keen to maintain its reputation for high quality training and to attract the highest calibre of trainee and career-grade doctors. All senior doctors are involved in training our doctors, students and other professions. There are many opportunities to develop training and education roles and many have taken on educational leadership roles within and beyond the Trust.
Audit and Clinical Governance
There is a rolling half-day clinical governance programme and audit meetings are well attended and lively. The Clinical Audit Department assists with setting and supporting an audit programme for the Service with which all colleagues are encouraged to engage. Clinical Audit is considered within objectives as part of job planning.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of one year acute hospital placement.
- Recent experience working in UK NHS hospitals.
Desirable
- Evidence of teaching on educational programmes and sessions personally developed and presented.
- Evidence of self-directed individual educational project work.
- Evidence of clinical skills or simulation teaching.
- Recent educational conferences or courses attended.
- Feedback and assessment of educational activity
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical Degree from recognised medical school
- Successful FY1 ARCP outcome or equivalent
- IT experience (i.e. Microsoft Office packages)
- ALS certification
Desirable
- Successful FY2 ARCP outcome or equivalent
- Medical School Prizes
- Audit or Case Presentations
- Teaching qualification/ prize
Management Skills
Essential
- Demonstrates intelligent and analytical approach to problem solving.
- Good time management
Desirable
- Possess good organisational skills.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Possesses good communication skills.
- Flexibility.
- Willingness to provide and learn all aspects of hospitals internal systems and processes and adhere to local policies
- Physically able to carry out the duties as specified in the job description and ability to evidence competencies
- Able to access all Trust sites in a timely manner to fulfil the duties of the post
- Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust, the Unit and its services.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.
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
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
Trust HQ and Education Centre, Pinderfields Hospital
Aberford Road
Wakefield
West Yorkshire
WF1 4DG