Junior Clinical Fellow - Prescot, United Kingdom - Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Prescot, United Kingdom

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The MWL Theatre departments are expanding, opening an additional 2 Theatres at Whiston Hospital and we are looking for 3 x 12 Months Fixed Term Junior Clinical Fellows in Burns & Plastics Surgery to join our friendly and professional team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual looking to progress their career in burns, plastics, and reconstructive surgery to join a dynamic, rapidly expanding team delivering multidisciplinary acute care in Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Interview Date: 1st May 2024

To assist Consultants and Specialty Doctors with patient management.

The successful post holder will be expected to assist and manage the ward patients as well as taking referrals from ED and other departments.

Duties will include supporting theatre lists, outpatient/trauma clinics and, attendance at other departmental activities e.g., Audit M&M meetings and training sessions.

The successful applicant will participate in the on-call rota.

Audit and Education

The hospital has a clearly defined programme of medical audit to which the appointee will be expected to contribute. All specialities spend one half day per month on audit and clinical governance.

This occurs at the same time for all specialties, allowing an exchange of views between specialties and encourages multi-disciplinary audit.

The audit NHD occurs on a different half day each month, rotating from Tuesday morning to Thursday afternoon.

The hospital has a weekly grand round held in the Postgraduate Centre on Tuesday lunchtime. All disciplines take part on a rotational basis. The Centre has a purpose-built lecture theatre, 3 seminar rooms and a library, including electronic databases and internet access. There is a varied programme of lectures and seminars and sub-specialty educational meetings.

The Trust has for decades been one of the three major providers of clinical training for undergraduate medical students from the University of Liverpool.

The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.

From 1 st July we have come together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.

The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.

Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
CARE that is evidence based, high quality and compassionate

SAFETY that is of the highest standards

COMMUNICATION that is open, inclusive and respectful

SYSTEMS that are efficient, patient centred and reliable

PATHWAYS that are best practice and embedded, but also respect the individual needs of patients

Our achievements include:

Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.

Burns, Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Directorate

The Work of the Directorate

The Mersey Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery Unit comprises of a 28 bedded ward (including 12 en-suite cubicles), a plastic surgery trauma unit, prosthetics department and medical photography department.

The separate burn ward has 12 beds and is near critical care and the burn theatre.

The unit has 3 theatres for plastic surgery, 1 for burns and 1 for day case skin work on the Whiston site.

There are 6 day case theatre sessions per week in the main theatre suite on the St Helens site and a Plastic Surgery Day Case Unit (PSDU) on the St Helens site.

The Mohs Suite is also situated within PSDU. The Whiston hospital site houses most other surgical and medical specialities occasionally needed by plastic surgical patients. We have excellent pathological and radiological departments on site with recently enhanced MRI facilities.

Burns & Plastic Surgery Activity 2021/22

Elective 1,247

Day case 9,839

Non-Elective 3,315

OP 1 st & F/Up seen 45,188 (exc. satellite activity)

Burns & Plastic Surgery Activity 2022/23

Elective 1,197

Day case 11,801

Non-Elective 3,314

OP 1 st & F/Up seen 48,485 (exc. satellite activity)

Additional Clinical Departments

The department at Whiston is supported by a medical photography service, on-site radiology, and the provision of a mobile x-ray facility appropriate for hand surgery.

The LRS at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the Plastic Surgery Department have