Senior Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the 'Supporting Documents' heading. So that you're even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you'll need to take time to read the 'Candidate Essentials Guide' that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how 'we care for you as you care for others'. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you'll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Medical Degree
• Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of training
• Evidence of experience in a range of acute medical specialties, with experience of managing patients on unselected medical take during core training or equivalent or, for non-physician applicants, corresponding experience from core/early years training in the relevant specialty
• Royal College Membership either obtained or in prospect (e.g. MRCP/MRCPCH)
• Full registration (or eligible for full registration) with the General Medical Council Active registration and licence to practice with the GMC at the time of appointment (via Manchester International Fellowship Scheme)

Desirable criteria

• Higher degrees including MSc/MRes. Applicants with a PhD or research MD are welcomed, though the post may be particularly attractive to applicants planning a higher research degree

Skills

Essential criteria

• Interest in rheumatology
• Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety and clinical quality improvement initiatives
• Demonstrates an understanding of clinical governance

Desirable criteria

• Distinctions or Prizes during undergraduate training
• Research & Publications
• Evidence of involvement in a quality improvement project, formal research project

Interpersonal Skills

Essential criteria

• Management and Leadership Skills (appropriate to level of career attainment):

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team working, supported by multi-source feedback or other workplace based assessments
• Organisation Skills: Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
• Communication Skills: Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate
• Team working Skills: Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

• JD Clinical Fellow (PDF, 576.3KB)
• PS Clinical Fellow (PDF, 576.3KB)
• Functional Requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Medical and Dental (PDF, 761.9KB)