Job summary
This vacancy is open to internal candidates only.

The Countywide T&O Directorate has inpatient sites at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Alexandra Hospital in Redditch, and Kidderminster Treatment Centre. Our units at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital (WRH) and the Alexandra Hospital are recognised to receive trauma, and have facilities that allow them to offer treatment across a wide range of specialties - in addition to this WRH has Trauma Unit Accreditation. Outpatient clinics are held at all main sites as well as Bromsgrove, Malvern and Evesham community Hospitals.

All elective inpatient surgery occurs in laminar flow theatres and in MRSA free wards used exclusively by the orthopaedic department for elective surgery. Modern MRI and CT scanning facilities are available on site.

The successful applicant will join a County wide team of 20 Consultants, 4 Associate Specialists, 8 Speciality doctors, 8 Speciality trainees and 16 junior doctors, with ambitious and exciting plans to increase and expand the Trauma & Orthopaedic Service. The team also consists of support from Allied Health Professionals, Compassionate and Caring Nurses both on the dedicated Wards and Outpatients, there hasnt been more of an exciting time to join us here at Worcestershire Acute NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job
The appointed Clinical Fellow will be joining a team of 18 other juniors, comprising of 19 SHO level doctors and 3 FY1 level doctors. Although the T&O department is countywide, most of the duties the post holder will undertake will be at the Worcester site, with the chance to work across sites if the opportunity arises.

The post currently includes on call duties on the WRH site.

The post holder will be a part of a 1:19 resident on-call rota and will provide essential daily care and treatment to our patients.

About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job responsibilities
This job description, together with the Capabilities Framework and job plan, will be reviewed annually and agreed with the Clinical Director and Divisional Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, to ensure that it continually reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.

A suitably experienced post-holder will be expected to:

• provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners.
• provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi-disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi-disciplinary team in providing high quality clinical care. It is anticipated work will be undertaken on three sites and closer to the patient's home. The Trust is seeking to extend services to GP surgeries/health centres etc and rotas may be revised in due course.
• be responsible for the continuing care and treatment of patients in their charge and personal performance of clinical duties as agreed in your rota, allowing for all proper delegation to and training of their staff.
• provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.
• clerk admissions and prepare patients for planned treatment and procedures, including post-operative care as required.
• provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care, including discharge summaries.
• attend multi-disciplinary meetings, which may be cross county and cross site.
• collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trust's and departmental objectives.
• provide professional supervision, training and management of junior medical staff, carrying out teaching, assessment and accreditation duties as required and contributing to postgraduate and CPD activity locally and nationally as appropriate.
• participate in the junior grade on call rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with colleagues in post.
• if undertaking non-resident on-call duties, attend the hospital site to review patients when clinically necessary. You must be prepared to attend willingly whenever requested to do so by a member of their medical and nursing team.
• participate in clinical audit as part of quality improvement activity under local arrangements.
• commit to taking part in annual appraisal process which will be undertaken by a trust approved appraiser.
• be responsible for compliance with personal continuing professional development requirements with the support of the Trust. It is mandatory for all Specialists to keep up to date with evidence based practice.
• be responsible for maintaining awareness of & acting in accordance with professional guidelines such as Duties of a Doctor, Good Medical Practice, & the GMC Performance Procedures.

Person Specification
Teaching Experience
Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates.

Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.

Experience
Essential

• Completed at least 2 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained on part time basis) or have equivalent experience and competencies, at least 12 months of which will be in Trauma and Orthopaedics
• Clinical training and 12 months experience equivalent to that required at CT/ST1 level in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Equivalent years experience in a relevant specialty from other medical grades including from overseas will also be accepted.
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range of problems, both emergency and elective, within specialty and sufficient experience.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients within the scope of level of training and experience.

Desirable

• Previous experience working in the NHS within the specialty.
• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making.

Management and Administrative Experience
Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Qualifications
Essential

• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a Licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Satisfactory completion of F2 training, or equivalent.

Desirable

• Higher degree.
• ALS Certification.
• ATLS Certification.
• Membership examination with the relevant UK Royal College.

Emotional Effort & Other Requirements
Essential

• Ability to deal with emotional, frightened or hostile patients, relatives and students, both face to face and via telephone calls.
• Ability to support patients and relatives in breaking bad news whilst working in the clinical setting.
• Deal with patient requests and complaints.
• An understanding of the current NHS environment, particularly in relation to reforms, initiatives and issues.
• Able to meet the travel requirements of the job and return to the hospital within 30 minutes when undertaking non-resident on call duties.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: Worcester Royal Hospital, Charles Hastings Way, Worcester, Worcestershire, WR5 1DD, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant
Mr Akshay Mehra
akshaymehra@nhs.net