Junior Clinical Fellow - London, United Kingdom - Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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University Hospital Lewisham is a busy Acute General Hospital of approx 500 beds situated in South East London, which serves a local population of about 300,000.

It is a teaching hospital of the Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine with a first class reputation for undergraduate and postgraduate training.

Applications are invited for a Trust Clinical Fellow CT1/2 post in the ENT department at University Hospital Lewisham which is to commence on 2nd August until 5th December 2023.

Full participation in all of the educational activities taking place in the Trust is strongly encouraged and the post holder will be supervised and given study leave as other trainees in the Trust.

The appointee will be responsible for the provision of elective and emergency services at University Hospital, Lewisham, and outpatient services at University Hospital Lewisham in conjunction with colleagues.

You will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share Consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.

Subject to the provisions of the Terms and Conditions of Service, you are expected to observe University Hospital Lewisham's agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the profession on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of University Hospital Lewisham.

You will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of your patients to be able to contact you when necessary.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.

With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham.

We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

Our people are our greatest asset.

When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients.

Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement.

We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream

The department is responsible for providing an elective and emergency service from the inpatient base at University Hospital Lewisham. The directorate has one adult ward and children are nursed within the Children's Surgical ward. Operating time is split between main and children's theatres and the Day Surgical Unit.

University Hospital Lewisham has a separate Children's A& E department, and dedicated children's clinics are currently held in the Children's Out-patients.

The Clinical Director for Children's Health and her team are responsible for the staffing and management of the children's facilities.

Close liaison between the Directorate and the Paediatricians is essential to handle these shared services to plan future developments and the educational needs of staff.