Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow

Job overview

This post is for a Junior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medical Unit. This is a whole time post offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated Medic to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals (STHK)

The successful candidate will work for STHK NHS Trust and be covered by the terms of service as amended from time to time by the Trust. As a consequence he/she is expected to work within the local policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions of the Trust. All medical staff under contract to the Trust will be expected to comply with the Trust Health and Safety policies.

Due to the role starting on the 4th August, all applicants must hold existing right to live and work in the UK, at the time of application.

Applicants must be eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment.

Applicants must be available to commence employment from the 4th August 2021.

Main duties of the job

This post is appointed to support the Acute Medical Unit in the Trust. This post offers experience of Acute Medicine in a highly-functional AMU and the opportunity to gain a specialist skill with allocated time incorporated in the job plan, if the successful candidate so wishes. Examples of specialist kills include procedural skill training (FICE/USS), simulation training within the trust, Education, Leadership or Management with a budget for courses. We would, however, be happy to consider and discuss other suggestions from any suitable candidates.

The post holder will be required to work to a rota comprising a mixture of 9am-5pm day shifts, twilight (1pm-10pm or 5pm-2am) shifts and weekend shifts.

Working for our organisation

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the BEST acute Trusts in England for the THIRD year running!

The Trust is currently the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and is one of few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 350,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are also a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our ’5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Medical Care Group comprises medical specialties such as Medicine for Older People, Emergency Department, Cardiology, Respiratory, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Haematology, ITU, HDU, CCU, Paediatrics, Dermatology and Intermediate Care. The Surgical Care Group includes all of the surgical disciplines, Anaesthetics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Support Services include Radiology, Biochemistry, Pathology, Haematology, Neurophysiology and Cardiorespiratory.

The new Medical Unit itself comprises 415 medical beds including a 48 bedded Acute Medical Unit (AMU) with a GP / Ambulatory Care unit, a 17 bedded CCU, a 29 bedded Stroke Unit, 20 bed Haematology Unit and a 27 bed Intermediate Care Unit. There is also an Endoscopy Suite, a Cancer Day Hospital, a satellite Haemodialysis Unit and an OP Diabetes Unit. The Department of Medicine for Older People has in total 152 beds.

Acute Medical Unit

The Acute Medical Unit consists of 56 beds with a 4 bedded area for Enhanced Care provision for patients.

There is also co-located male and female trolley assessment area for Assessment as well as provision of Same Day Emergency Care.

We also provide follow up for patients in the AMU Outpatient Clinic.

We have a team of 10 Acute Medical Consultants as well as a number of specialty consultants providing sessions working on the unit alongside an excellent large team of motivated and enthusiastic doctors, ANPs, nurses, HCAs, pharmacists and operational managers.

Audit and Education

The Trust has a clearly defined program of medical audit. The appointee will be expected to participate in clinical audit.

The Trust has a weekly Grand Round held in the Education Centre, every Tuesday lunchtime. All disciplines take part on a rotational basis. The centre has a purpose built lecture theatre, seminar rooms and library.

The Trust has, for decades, been one of the 3 major providers of clinical training for undergraduates from the University of Liverpool and was awarded Teaching Hospital status in 2008.

There is a varied program of lectures and seminars and sub-specialty educational meetings and an excellent medical illustration department.

General Duties of All Employees

• To observe the provisions of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures.
• To actively participate in annual performance review to identify personal development needs.
• To attend Trust Statutory and Mandatory training sessions as required and any other training courses relevant to the post.
• To fully comply with the relevant sections of the Health and Safety at Work Act. The post holder must also understand and implement St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Hospitals Trust’s “Statement of Policy on Health and Safety at Work” and the Trust’s corporate “Health and Safety Policies and Procedures”. The post holder is required to follow all applicable rules and procedures relating to Health and Safety at Work and to take all responsible precautions.
• To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. To keep up to date with the requirements of information governance; undertake mandatory training and follow Trust policies and procedures to ensure that trust information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. You must maintain the confidentiality of information about service user staff and organisational business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (GDPR) and Caldicott principles
• To ensure that when creating, managing and sharing information records, it is done in an appropriate way, subject to statutory requirements and agreed security and confidentiality policies, procedures and guidelines. All employees are responsible for implementing and maintaining data quality, ensuring that records are legible and attributable and that their record keeping is contemporaneous.
• To be aware of the confidential aspects of the post. Breaches of confidentiality will result in disciplinary action that may involve dismissal. The post holder should also be aware that, regardless of any action taken by the employing authority, breaches of confidentiality could result in civil action for damages.

• All employees will be treated with respect by managers, colleagues, patients and visitors and equally employees will treat managers, colleagues, patients and visitors with the same level of respect. Employees will be supported to challenge any discriminatory behaviour that may be based on differences in race, disability, language, culture, religion, sexuality, age, and gender or employment status.
• To be responsible for the prevention and control of infection within their own area. To attend infection control induction training and subsequent mandatory infection control training. To follow all Trust policies, procedures and guidelines relating to infection control.
• To adhere to relevant Code of Practice of Professional body (if appropriate)

• The duties contained in this job description are not intended to be exhaustive. The duties and responsibilities of this post are likely to evolve in line with the Trust’s continued organisational development.
• The post holder must be flexible in the duties performed and it is expected that similar duties, not specifically listed above, will be carried out as required and may be across sites.