Job summary
- Main area
- Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT3-5)
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (+)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (Plus on call extras)
- Job ref
- 179-7377379-MSJ
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St. Edmunds
- Salary
- £65,048 Pro Rata Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Fixed Term Clinical Fellow ST3+ Level - General Medicine - 6 months
NHS Medical & Dental: Core Trainee (CT3-5)
Job overview
This post will be based on an acute care of the elderly ward at the West Suffolk Hospital. The ward is staffed by 3 consultants in geriatric medicine, and, Foundation trainees, 3 SHO level trainees and one IMT3/ST3+ level doctor.
This is a 27 bed ward admitting patients with a wide variety of renal disorders (including but not limited to Acute Kidney injury, Chronic kidney disease, patients with a renal transplant, patients requiring dialysis, patients with glomerulonephritis/ vasculitis). There are also patients admitted with a variety of acute medical conditions, providing opportunity to manage and experience a wide spectrum of clinical conditions. The ward is staffed by 3 Consultant Nephrologists, alongside Foundation trainees, 2 SHO level trainees and additionally two IMT3/ST3+ level trainees.
This role is scheduled to start in August and will run until February. Therefore, only candidates who are available to commence employment from August should apply for this position.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.
We will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.
Main duties of the job
- Work as part of team to provide best medical management to patients under your care.
- Supervise and teach more junior staff on the ward.
- Liaise with relatives and carers.
- Liaise with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
- Lead Medical Team during on calls and out of hours, including management of cardiac arrest calls.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The department of Geriatric Medicine provides acute in-patient services, post-acute rehabilitation, stroke and ortho-geriatric services and out-patient clinics at the West Suffolk Hospital site. In addition we provide out-patient clinics, and falls clinics in conjunction with Suffolk PCT at community hospitals in Newmarket and Sudbury and medical services to a 16 bedded rehabilitation ward in the community hospital at Newmarket.
We have a 24 bedded stroke unit and operate a 24 hour a day stroke thrombolysis service and daily TIA assessment service supported by stroke specialist nurses. There is also an early supported discharge scheme for stroke.
We have a well-developed ortho-geriatric service supported by a consultant geriatrician and 2 trauma nurse specialists. Almost 95% of our hip fracture patients meet the criteria for the best practice tariff and we are the best hospital in the country providing hip fracture care.
We have two 33 bedded wards for older people with acute medical problems. The department takes the lead across the trust for developing pathways and strategies for patients with dementia and with falls and fracture.
The Geriatric Medicine Department currently comprises 7.8 WTE Consultants. We also have 2 SpRs from the Eastern Deanery Rotation, a clinical nurse specialist for older people and specialist stroke outreach nurses.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- MRCP (UK)
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD or higher degree
Career progression
Essential criteria
- Evidence that career progression is consistent with personal circumstances
- Evidence that present achievement and performance is commensurate with totality of period of training
- At least 24 months’ experience in medicine or an IMT, ACCS or equivalent programme (not including Foundation modules) by the time of commencement of ST3 training
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Hold full registration and licence to practise with the GMC • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competences from a UKFPO affiliated Foundation Programme or equivalent by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/ Good Medical Practice including: • good clinical care • maintaining good medical practice • good relationships and communication with patients • good working relationships with colleagues • good teaching and training • professional behaviour and probity • delivery of good acute clinical care
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of completion of CT/ST1 or equivalent competences in medicine at time of application, and CT/ST2 competences in medicine by time of appointment, supported by evidence from work-based assessments of clinical performance and Multisource Feedback (DOPS, Mini-CEX, CBD, ACAT) or equivalent.
- Previous clinical experience in Nephrology
Language skills
Essential criteria
- All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following: that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or have the following: - PLAB2 If applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills, but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.
Clinical Skills
Essential criteria
- Valid ALS (Resus Council UK)
- Competence in the immediate management of medical emergencies
- Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Proficiency in a range of medical procedures
- Able to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Able to maximise safety and minimise risk
Desirable criteria
- Personal attributes: shows aptitude for practical skills, e.g. manual dexterity.
Academic/ Research skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates understanding of research, including awareness of ethical issues
- Demonstrates understanding of the basic principles of audit, clinical risk management, evidence-based practice, patient safety, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-informed practice
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements, e.g. degrees, prizes, awards, distinctions, publications, presentations, other achievements.
- Evidence of active participation in audit.
- Evidence of involvement in teaching students, postgraduates and other professionals Evidence of participation in a teaching course
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mr Dominic Arbon
- Job title
- Assistant Service Manager - Acute Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284712899
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