Clinical Fellow General Internal Medicine

This is a Senior Clinical Fellow post in General (Internal) Medicine; this is a fixed term post for 12 months with a view to extension to maximum 24 months by mutual agreement., · Attending/carrying out ward rounds · Attending MDT meetings · Supervision of junior doctors · Undertaking routine clinical procedures on wards · Seeing ward referrals and outliers · Opportunity to gain experience in specialty procedures · Follow up management of acute inpatients · Prescribing · Discharge summaries · Contributing to quality improvement across the pathway · Working as equivalent to junior registrar level on call.Working for our organisation This is an exciting opportunity to join the team in the newly founded Directorate of General Internal Medicine providing inpatient care for acute general medical admissions on the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital site. Successful candidates will be encouraged to take specific SPA roles within the department in such aspects as patient safety, clinical effectiveness and education amongst others, which will form part of our service redesignDetailed job description and main responsibilities The successful candidate will be placed in the GIM directorate with clinical duties covering the inpatient wards and outpatient clinics with commitments to participate in the day, weekend, twilight and night medical registrar on call rota. The post-holders will be expected to support the continuing care of medical in-patients and participate on the medical registrar on call rota with appropriate banding. A Clinical Supervisor will be provided and attendance at the directorate and divisional teaching is expected. The post-holder will be expected to participate in the Division of Medicine and Emergency Care Grand Rounds and audit meetings and will be welcome to participate in any available further training and study opportunities.

• Appropriate experience in medical practice post-qualification
• Full registration with the General Medical Council
Desirable criteria
• Higher Degree, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 9,500 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work., The Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to improving the working lives of our staff and operates a 'Zero Tolerance' policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. In addition, our aim is to help protect children and vulnerable adults by providing a first-class service to the recruitment of people into positions of trust.
We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, disability or social background. We especially welcome applications from members of our black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities, as we have identified that ELHT has an under-representation of BAME employees. Appointments will be made on merit.

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• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS) If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained. The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed. The cost of an Enhanced Disclosure will be £42.90 and for a Standard Disclosure £22.90 which includes a small handling fee.