Senior Clinical Fellow – Frailty and Acute Medicine

Senior Clinical Fellow – Frailty and Acute Medicine

We are excited to be able to recruit to a Senior Clinical Fellow post.

We are looking for proactive, a forward thinking and dynamic individual to join our growing Acute Team.

Senior Clinical Fellow post is for 40 hours per week. This posts are included in the Acute Team 7 day rota. There are no GIM on-call commitments although they can be added on an ad-hoc or rota basis if desired

You will work alongside an experienced team of Consultants, other Middle Grades, Junior medical staff, ACPs, and Physician Associates as well as a n experienced multi-disciplinary team.

• Clinical responsibility for assisting in the investigation, diagnosis and treatment, under consultant supervision, of patients in ED, AMU, AFU, CDU etc.
• Expected to attend consultant ward rounds; present cases, and discuss the differential diagnosis and management; carry out appropriate practical skills with patients.
• Responsible for maintaining a full clinical record of patients admitted to the ward; required to produce a written summary of the admission at the time of discharge; will participate in audit data collection, and attend clinical governance / audit meetings.
• Provide middle grade support to the junior medical team.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

• Clinical responsibility for assisting in the investigation, diagnosis and treatment, under consultant supervision, of patients within Acute Medicine.
• Expected to attend consultant ward rounds; present cases, and discuss the differential diagnosis and management; carry out appropriate practical skills with patients.
• Responsible for maintaining a full clinical record of patients admitted to the ward; required to produce a written summary of the admission at the time of discharge; will participate in audit data collection, and attend clinical governance / audit meetings.
• Provide middle grade support to the junior medical team.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

• MBBS/MBCHB
• MRCP Part 1
• GMC Registration
• PLAB
• MRCP Part 2
• PACES

• 5 years medical experience
  - Essential
• Any medicinal speciality 12 months minimum
• UK experience

• ALS
• Advanced Procedural skills - Lumbar puncture, ascitic tap, ascitic drain, pleural aspiration chest drain

• Providing/organising teaching/medical student teaching/lectures
• evidence of Audit/ Quality Improvement

• Leading any groups/teaching/organising rotas

• Reporting errors, learning from errors

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.

£65,048 a year

Will receive a schedule that will detail additional payments