Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Due to our previous Fellows advancing into consultant positions within the NHS, applications are invited for Senior Clinical Fellows in Gastroenterology.
The posts are suitable for those wish to acquire a general and specialist gastroenterology experience and candidates are expected to have GI experience and preferably a postgraduate GI qualification.
Each Fellow will have an educational and clinical supervisor who will oversee their training.
Main duties of the job
There will be expectation to participate on an in-patient rota, which includes GI ward cover and seeing GI referrals from other departments/acute medical unit. The successful candidates will also form part of weekend working on pro rota basis, which will mainly include in-patient GI cover, but may expand to endoscopy/clinic working in future.There is no general medical rota commitment as a part of this job, but opportunities can be discussed with interested candidates where the individuals portfolio would require this.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow.We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The gastroenterology department regularly has MTI fellows and CFs (SCF, ACF) who wish to acquire a general and specialist gastroenterology experience. This opportunity has risen due to our recent fellows advancing in their career as consultants now.
The candidates for SCF post are expected to have GI experience, and preferably a postgraduate GI qualification. This post is at a specialist registrar equivalent level. SCF fellows, new to NHS, will beaccommodated initially at senior IMT (internal medical trainee level) to acclimatise to new health care system. Their responsibilities have been outlined later.
After a period of observation (approximately 3 months), a personalised, specialist job plan will be created for each fellow depending on their level of experience and their areas of particular interest. This plan will seek to balance the needs of the fellow against the requirements of the department but the anticipation is that each fellow will have access to at least one gastroenterology out-patient clinic (increasing to 2-3 clinics with time) and at least one endoscopy session per week (with opportunities
to attend more sessions depending on availability).
SCF will be allocated independent endoscopy lists (with indirect supervision) in due course, depending upon their training and progression. These sessions will be flexible and depending on the ability and progress of each trainee, additional sessions will be negotiated and agreed upon.Their will be expectation to participate in in-patient rota, which includes GI ward cover and seeing GI referrals from other departments/acute medical unit.
Fellows will also make part of weekend working on pro rota basis, which will mainly include in-patient GI cover, but may expand to endoscopy/clinic working in future. There is no general medical rota commitmentas a part of this job, but opportunities can be discussed with interested candidates.
Each fellow will have an educational and clinical supervisor who will oversee their training. Such supervision will be in line with the ST programme.
Person specification
Essential criteria
Essential criteria- MBBS
- 5 years post graduation
- Experience, including 3 years GI experience
- GMC Registration
- MRCP
- GI PGQ
We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process.By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.
Furthermore, a sample of all applicants’ qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.
Sponsorship - Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. As of 1 January 2021, free movement ended and the UK introduced a points-based immigration system.Further information is available regarding two types of visa; Health Care Visa https://www.gov.uk/health-care-worker-visa/your-job and Skilled worker visa https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.