Senior Clinical Fellow - General Internal Medicine

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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Gastroenterology department at Salisbury. The Gastroenterology department is part of the Gastrointestinal (GI) Unit in Salisbury, which is within the Surgical Directorate.

Patients on the gastroenterology ward are cared for by a Gastroenterology Consultant or by a General Medical Consultant, depending on their presenting complaint. The successful candidate will join the General Medical team to provide senior support with the care of general medical patients on the main gastroenterology ward, as well as medical patients on linked outlying wards. Junior doctors in training rotating to gastroenterology work with both the Gastroenterology and General Medical teams. We are looking for a doctor who can work at Registrar level to provide support to the consultant with senior decision making and support junior doctors on the team to develop their clinical and non-clinical skills.

As a department, we fully embrace multidisciplinary team working, believing that this best serves the needs of our patients. The successful candidate will work within a supportive medical team and liaise closely with nursing staff on the ward, Clinical Nurse Specialists and members of the wider healthcare team. We are a friendly and cohesive department with weekly teaching, regular M+M meetings and opportunities to take part in audit and other clinical governance activity.

Main duties of the job

The Trust works in collaboration with other acute Trusts to provide clinical networks of care ensuring services to the population are both easily accessible and provide high quality care. In this regard it sees fast access to emergency care and to comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services as fundamental to its future.

Each day starts with a board round and discussion of all patients with the nurse in charge, discharge team and therapy team to confirm estimated date of discharge and highlight any acute issues. Full Consultant ward rounds usually occur thrice weekly, although daily contact with the team is maintained. Outpatient experience through clinics will be strongly encouraged and tailored to the candidate's training needs. Although this post is linked to the gastroenterology service, clinic experience in other medical specialties would be encouraged, depending on the interests of the appointee.

The post holder will be expected to participate in clinical governance activities on the ward including infection control and antibiotic audits and multidisciplinary ward forums. He/she will also be expected to help deliver teaching and training to more junior colleagues. The post holder will have a designated clinical supervisor whom they will meet on a regular basis.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

More information on this role can be found in the candidate information pack

Candidates are encouraged to visit the Department and should contact Dr Hazel Woodland for further details through sft.surgicaldivision@nhs.net

Person specification

Qualifications and Specialist Training

Essential criteria

• The candidate must have full MRCP i.e. PACES
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Experience/Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of wide experience and competence in general internal medicine
• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach
• Experience in managing risk and knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
• Knowledge and application of up-to-date evidence-based practice
• Evidence of UK experience

Communication Skills

Essential criteria

• Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication
• To be empathetic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspective and treat others with understanding
• Always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options

Experience / Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team and to motivate and develop staff
• Ability to contribute to the development of the service
• Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively: capacity to organise own workload
• Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets
• Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/division
• Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors
• Ability to gain the trust and confidence of colleagues and patients
• Good interpersonal skills

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching
• Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Audit & Research

Essential criteria

• Experience in, and commitment to clinical audit
• Ability to appraise research critically and apply research outcomes to clinical problems

We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:-

• Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff
• Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years
• An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months)
• Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme
• Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme
• An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges
• Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home
• Cycle to work scheme
• Uniform provided (where required)
• On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme
• On site health and fitness club
• On site car parking
• Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

SEASONAL RESPIRATORY VACCINATIONS

We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.

GETTING TO WORK

We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.

OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY

We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.

The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, martial status and age.

OTHER INFORMATION

If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Candidate Information Pack (PDF, 383.1KB)
• Facts about Salisbury (PDF, 214.5KB)