Senior Clinical Fellow in Acute Medicine and Teaching - London, United Kingdom - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The post is designed to deliver clinical care to in-patients (IP) under the responsibility of the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Consultants at St George's Hospital.

The appointee will join four Gastroenterology registrars, three IMTs and three FY doctors and work with 15 consultants, in a highly supportive environment with consultant presence on the unit between 09.00, which offers the ideal setting for a trainee to develop further the required skills of a Gastroenterology registrar.

The majority of the time will be spent on normal working days (8.As well as the Gastroenterology department offering the full range of inpatient, outpatient and endoscopy Services to the local community, St George's Hospital is also a national endoscopy training centre and the SW London Bowel Cancer Screening Centre, the SW London regional centre for intestinal failure and HPN, and the regional hub for viral hepatitis.
To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulation

~ To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments

~ To work in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery

~ To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role

~ George's Healthcare No Smoking Policies

~ With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.

Develop leadership skills, through managing a team of junior doctors on thegastroenterology and hepatology ward
Gain a basic introduction to endoscopy
Undertake an audit project in gastroenterology or hepatology
Qualifications and Training
12 months experience working in Emergency or Acute General Medicine
Postgraduate diploma (MRCP, MCEM, MRCS)
Able to work independently, but aware of own limitations and knows when to ask for help from consultant or colleague in other specialties
Understands principles of patient confidentiality and data protection
Computer literate
Experience of ultrasound
An awareness of how to sustain career development

Experience of managing junior medical staff
Interest in and ability to contribute to teaching and learning of more junior doctors and medical students

Ability to communicate clearly in written and spoken English
Evidence of leadership qualities (within and outside medicine)

Other work experience / outside interests