177153 Clinical Fellow Clinical Fellow in Medicine - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - NHS Scotland

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NHS Lothian

Clinical Fellow in Medicine/Respiratory

Fixed Term - 6 Months
**Western General Hospital
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

Applications are welcome for the above Fixed Term, full time (40 hours per week) post based in Western General Hospital

**Post Summary: Acute and General Medicine and Respiratory cover ward 72

The post is for a period of 6 months from ASAP/TBC

Working within ward 72 and directly with the clinical team, Clinical Directors, Clinical service leads and the Directorate Management team, these posts will give successful applicants the opportunity to experience respiratory and acute medicine.

The medical specialties at the Western General Hospital work closely together nurturing strong professional ties providing an opportunity for excellent clinical experience within highly supportive environments.

Some aspects of out of hours cover are shared between specialties further enhancing the opportunity for varied clinical exposure.

All Clinical Fellow posts include 10% development time which will be combined with supervised and directed activities linked to an area of mutual professional interest including clinical teaching, quality improvement and patient safety, management and leadership development or informatics.

**Western General Hospital - Medicine
ACUTE AND GENERAL MEDICINE/RESPIRATORY

**Post summary: The job involves care of 10 patients under the supervision of the acute medicine and respiratory teams based on ward 72. This ward is one step beyond the site of arrival for the acute unselected medical take at the Western General Hospital. It is a primarily primary care referral base but also takes some emergency ambulance referrals. It is a busy environment where the focus is on assessment, stabilisation and management of acute patients pending ongoing decisions regarding placement of care within the four hour emergency standard. There is specialty registrar support and dedicated Consultant presence allowing for the development of close working relationships and meaningful informal and formal direct clinical performance feedback

Eligibility to Apply

Be Registered with a full licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC)

Will have completed Foundation Year Two training or equivalent by August 2023 but no more than 2 years ago.

For an informal discussion please contact:

Dr Jenni Crane Consultant - Acute Medicine