Junior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastic Surgery

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Prescot North West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Staffing Recruiting

Position: Associate

Job type: Full-time

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This post is for a Junior Clinical Fellow in Burns & Plastics Surgery. 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.

The successful candidate will be expected to have full GMC registration at the time of appointment. Candidates without GMC will progress if shortlisted for interview; though will be expected to have full GMC registration at the time of appointment.

Main duties of the job

1st on call 1 in 9 rota and covered by a specialist registrar.

Order blood tests, x-rays and other basic investigations

Prescribe drugs where appropriate

Attend theatre and outpatient clinics

Provide cover for colleagues when on annual or study leave

Complete all paperwork in relation to theatre and clinic attendance

About Us

A £338 million (PFI) investment has re-built and modernised both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals, resulting in modern state of the art health care facilities for the treatment and care of patients. St Helens Hospital was completed in 2008 and Whiston Hospital in 2010. The hospitals include 887 inpatient beds with state of the art CT and MRI facilities existing on both hospital sites. CT and MRI scanners at St Helens have also recently been upgraded including installation of a high field 3 Tesla MRI scanner. The DEXA scanner is also located at St Helens Hospital.

As a Trust, our aim is to provide a high quality service to all patients. We strive to meet the best standards for professional care whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of individual patients. Our valued workforce is recognised for their unique skills and talents with our teams of experts winning national awards on a regular basis.

Job Description

Job responsibilities

This list is aimed at covering the majority of duties expected of the role:
  • Assist the F2 Doctor in the day to day management of inpatients in posts
  • Liaise between nurses, F2 patients, relatives and senior medical staff.
  • Attend and participate in ward rounds as timetabled.
  • Take part in rostered emergency work
  • In-patients clerking routine and emergency admissions and ensuring that appropriate investigations are carried out
  • Out-patients attend clinics to assist and for instruction
  • Study for higher examination and maintain continued professional development
  • Attend weekly educational and multidisciplinary sessions
  • Co-operate with members of the HR department when monitoring hours of work and other HR issues
  • Attend induction in each hospital or new department
  • Comply with all local policies including dress code, annual leave, study leave, infection control
Person Specification

Essential

Qualifications
  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • ATLS, Basic Surgical Skills, CCriSP, MRCS and Microsurgery or equivalent
  • Hold Full Registration with the GMC at time of appointment
Essential

Knowledge & Experience
  • Understanding of Audit
  • Evidence of active participation in audit
  • Understanding of Research
  • Experience of applying sound clinical knowledge and judgment and prioritise clinical need
  • Experience technical competence/diagnostics skills and judgment required
Desirable
  • Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements
  • Evidence of contributing to teaching and learning of others
Skills

Essential
  • Communication skills, capacity to communicate effectively and sensitively to others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand
  • Validated logbook documentation of surgical exposure to date
  • Awareness of own limitations
  • Judgement to work under pressure, capacity to work effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive/pressurised situations
BMJRef: BMJ-77283/409-3444363-A
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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