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Job summary

Main area
Emergency Medicine
Grade
Clinical Fellow
Contract
Fixed term: 2 years (2 Years)
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (40 Clinical hours per week working on an annualised rota)
Job ref
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Employer
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
JRH Oxford, HH Banbury
Town
Oxford
Salary
55,329.00 - 63,152.00
Closing
07/05/2024 23:59

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Emergency Department Clinical Fellow

Clinical Fellow

The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families.

For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit  http://www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values/default.aspx

 


 

Job overview

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is now recruiting middle grade clinical fellows to work at the John Radcliffe hospital, Oxford and Horton General Hospital, Banbury Emergency departments. This offers a unique opportunity to work cross-site in a major trauma centre and a localised DGH. The department also has close links with a world-class university that could help to develop you as teacher, mentor or educationalist.

We cover all specialties within our trust and can offer secondments, as they are required for further development in areas such as: anaesthetics, ITU, medicine and paediatrics. We have significant experience with Article 14 and can offer FRCEM exam support.

We also support a work life balance. We have an annualised rota, with no shift swaps; 1:3 weekends maximum, Weekly SPA for governance activity (no need to use free time!); a competitive salary; you have both the city centre with oxford spires and the historic university and also the glorious countryside within a close radius of the hospital and there is also easy access and public transport to London, the Cotswolds and the midlands.

Main duties of the job

Emergency Medicine Clinical Fellow equvilent to ST3 plus.

We want to help you do the job you love, whilst offering a work life balance for you and your family, develop your EM skills and support your development as a future Emergency medicine consultant.

OUH NHS foundation Trust are now recruiting for middle grade clinical fellow to work at the John Radcliffe hospital, Oxford and Horton General Hospital, Banbury Emergency departments. This offers a unique opportunity to work cross site in a major trauma centre and a localised DGH. The department also has close links with a world class university that could help to develop you as teacher, mentor or educationalist.

We cover all specialties within our trust and can offer secondments as they are required for further development in areas such as: Anaesthetics, ITU, Medicine and Paediatrics. We have significant experience with Article 14 and can offer FRCEM exam support. We also offer a range of support to develop: Quality improvement, Leadership and ultrasound.

This post is available for 24 months subject to a performance review/appraisal after 12 months. This could then be extended further subject to mutual agreement. 
If this sounds like an opportunity that you would like to explore, then please get in touch. We will be happy to talk in further detail about what OUH can do for you. Come and join our great team!

 

 

 

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here  www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  1. Principal Responsibilities:

In the Emergency Department, the Clinical Fellow will be responsible for the initial assessment and management of unselected acutely ill and injured patients.  He/she/they will help to train and supervise more junior doctors (GP trainees and FY2 doctors).  He/she/they will assist with clinical administration, for example, checking X-ray reports, corresponding with patients and their general practitioners. He/she/they will have opportunities to participate in the department’s Clinical Governance activities, including departmental audit, and national audits required by the Healthcare Commission.  He/she/they will also be expected to attend departmental teaching sessions.  He/she will be responsible for keeping his/her/their resuscitation training up to date.

The division of responsibilities between sites will be discussed at interview and arrangements made clear in writing prior to appointment. Factors to be considered will be the preferences of the applicant, their training needs and skill sets, and the needs of the service in so far as they can be foreseen.

          Daily Commitment:

As per rota.

  • 1:3 Weekends
  • Annalised rota – no shift swaps
  1. Description of Working Pattern:
  • MTC and local ED working in a single tier.
  • The rota allows for the department to be covered 24 hours a day by middle grade doctors, and specialty doctors.
  • All specialities are available in one Trust.

Person specification

GMC Registration

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC Registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Pre-registration/foundation training, and at least one year in emergency medicine in an NHS hospital (or with equivalent experience from overseas) That of a mature, motivated and competent middle grade doctor
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant experience from other acute specialties e.g. general medicine, paediatrics, anaesthetics

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Prioritisation and time management skills.
  • Ability to communicate professionally at all times with patients and staff at all levels.
  • Punctual, courteous, well informed. Motivated, diligent, receptive.
Desirable criteria
  • Computing skills

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or Equivalent
  • ALS, ATLS, PALS or APLS
  • Post-graduate diplomas e.g MRCP, MRCEM or Equivalent

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Charlotte Ridewood
Job title
ED Medical Staffing Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01865 225637
Additional information

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