Clinical Fellow St3+ in Acute Medicine - Swindon, United Kingdom - Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Swindon, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Applications are invited for Clinical Fellow ST3+ level posts in Acute Medicine.

This post will enable the postholder to gain registrar level clinical experience in acute medicine and offers learning opportunities through our dedicated Medical Education Team.

If you have an interest in Leadership and Management and would like to do a formal qualification there may be an opportunity to do this whilst undertaking this role.

The Trust supports the Health, Economics, Leadership Management Programme (HELM) and is committed to supporting those Doctors who are keen to learn more about NHS Management.

The post holder under the direction of senior colleagues will undertake the below duties, these are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

Multidisciplinary team work is envisaged as a key component of the working of this Trust and will involve Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) discussion with other colleagues.

Continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge, including all administrative duties associated with patient care under the direction of senior clinical staff.

To support and supervise junior colleagues as appropriate

Take a history and examine a patient

Identify and synthesize problems

Prescribe safely

Keep an accurate and relevant medical record

Complete discharge summaries in a timely fashion, and be responsible for the describing of discharge medication.

Manage time and clinical priorities effectively

Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues

Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are.

We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:

Service We will put our patients first

Teamwork We will work together

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service

Respect We will act with integrity

Swindon is a thriving town set between the Cotswolds to the North and West, the Upper Thames valley to the East and the Marlborough Downs to the South.

Other cultural opportunities abound in London, Bristol and Oxford all of which are within one hour by car with easy links by public transport.

The rail journey to London Paddington from Swindon is approximately 55 minutes and Heathrow Airport is only an hour away from Swindon by car.

There are beautiful villages with affordable housing in the surrounding rural areas of Wiltshire, the Cotswolds and Marlborough.

Marlborough is a bustling market town located in the Savernake Forest only 10 miles away from Swindon and offers excellent housing with renowned educational institutions and Cirencester, capital of the Cotswolds, is only twenty miles away with picturesque lakes and excellent housing.

Further details can be found on the attached job description.