Senior Clinical Fellow St3 + in Obstetrics and - Wigan, United Kingdom - Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Wigan, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

The Clinical Fellow posts will work on the middle grade rota providing labour ward and emergency gynaecology cover at the RAEI site to include resident night and weekend shifts.

They will work in gynaecology outpatients and antenatal clinics on both Leigh and Thomas Linacre Centre sites.

They will have specific interest sessions that they will undertake on a regular basis which may include Colposcopy and Menopause clinics & benign gynaecological surgery with the ability to develop their expertise in these areas.

Planning and Organisational Duties

The appointees will be based at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, but will be required to support the Trust's Obs & Gynae workload wherever it is located.

The appointee will work under supervision of their clinical and educational supervisor. The appointee will work independently but would be supported by consultant surgeon. Appointees shall be provided for support career progression and would be allocated a clinical supervisor

The general workload includes dealing with emergency admission while on-call and elective cases.

The appointees will be responsible for:
Providing specialist advice to patients regarding their illness

Participate in on-call rota

Undertake regular ward rounds

Other duties as deemed appropriate by the Clinical Director / Clinical/Educational Supervisor

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas.

At WWL, we value our staff believing that 'happy staff, makes for happy patients'. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values 'the WWL Way'.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity.

With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions.

This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Responsibility for Teaching

All staff are encouraged to take part in clinical audit process; and to also make appropriate use of the 10 days per year study leave.

The Trust supports study leave for continuing professional development and provides assistance with funding up to an agreed limit.

An educational supervisor will be allocated to this post and regular clinical and educational appraisals are undertaken.

There is a post-graduate centre and medical reference library on the Wigan site.

Educational opportunities are offered for this post, at both a formal and informal level.

Work Circumstances & on-call

To actively take part in the departments on-call rota

Standard Duties & Responsibilities

The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.

All Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust staff employed within Clinical Environments and have contact with children, vulnerable adults; service users and their families must familiarise themselves, be aware of their responsibilities and adhere to Local Safeguarding Children's Board, Local Safeguarding Adult Board and WWL Procedures for Safeguarding and Protecting Children which are available on the Trust Policy Library.

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, employees who are required to interact regularly with the public, both face to face, and by telephone, are required to be able to speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e.

with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.

Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulators 2016, Data Protection Act 2018 and Information Governance Principles - the postholder is not entitled to use for their own benefit or gain, or to divulge to any persons, firm or other organisation whatsoever, any confidential information belonging to the Trust or relating to the Trust's affairs or dealings which may come to their knowledge during employment.

Compliance with the Health & Social Care Act Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infections and related guidance - the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the reduction and management of healthcare related infection in all of their actions.

This entails compliance with Trust Infection Prevention and Control policy and related Standard Operating Procedure (SOP's); along with risk assessment of all situations; as staff have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts