Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Emergency Care / Acute Assessment Unit

Each post rotates between the ambulatory care unit and the main Acute Medicine unit (which includes the Acute Medicine wards, GIM take and post take shifts) every 3 months. The AMU rota is a full shift rota with nights and on calls and the ambulatory care rota is day shifts only with 1 in 5 weekends (day shifts only).
Your clinical and educational supervisor will remain the same throughout the year (the consultants and MDT work across the departments) and this rotational pattern enables you to focus on different skills and personal development during the various posts.
You will work with a dynamic multidisciplinary team. Your training will be integrated with that given to doctors in training programs within the department and you will be entitled to study leave and an eportfolio (HORUS). You will be encouraged to grow as a clinician and participate in governance including mortality reviews, QIPs, departmental and trust-wide educational activities., Please see the full Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the main duties of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section., + During your 'AEC' post :you will work only in Ambulatory Care (day shifts/1 in 5 weekend day shifts). For the duration of your AEC post, you will have the option to take up a 10% (averaging half day per week) Teaching Fellow role for the Undergraduate Medical Students allocated to the unit.
Acute Assessment Unit (AAU)
This is a 34-bed unit based across two adjacent wards (Mary Seacole North and Mary Seacole South). This is staffed on a daily basis by 2 Consultants, a registrar, 2-4 SHOs and 2-3 FY1s with daily Consultant led ward rounds.
Wider AMU staffing includes a dedicated and highly trained nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and MDT team, a frailty team, pharmacy and a full complement of support staff.
There are full cardiac monitoring facilities and isolation facilities, with a varied patient mix including a wide range of infectious diseases, patients requiring NIV or HFNO, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, complex diagnostic conundrums and acute oncology patients. As a London based DGH, we admit all patients under the Acute Medicine team and have a close working relationship with the ITU/ CCOT, local medical specialities and tertiary centres to provide excellent patient centred care.
Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC)
The award-winning Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit is staffed by a dedicated team of senior and junior doctors and Advanced Clinical Practitioners who see acutely unwell patients, in an outpatient same day emergency care (SDEC) setting, providing an alternative to admission for many patients.
The ambulatory care unit has a dedicated Consultant of the day who supervises the diagnosis, management and treatment of patients on the unit and provide teaching and support for the many procedures (chest drains, ascitic drains, lumbar punctures, infusions and diagnostic imaging) which take place there.
Option for Teaching Fellow element
For 2 of the 4 posts (to be determined at interview), you will have the option to take up a 10% Teaching Fellowship which will make up a half day/week (approximately, dependent on the Academic Timetable) during your AEC post (6 out of the 12 months). This will be supervised by the Acute Medicine Undergraduate Lead and the role will primarily be in delivering the teaching timetable for the medical students rotating within the department, including their procedural and case based training.
Acute Medical Take
This is staffed by 1 SpR, 2 SHOs and 1 FY1. There is an average intake of 30 patients over 24 hours. During the day, there is a 'hot' post-take consultant ward round providing the opportunity for immediate feedback and learning on a 1:1 basis. Overnight, you will be supervised by a medical registrar on site and GIM consultant by phone. There is a strong and supportive CCOT (critical care outreach team) who are available alongside the ITU team. As a DGH, most tertiary services are via liaison with other London centres such as UCH and Barts and RLH, with whom we have strong links.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
1. Provide only business email address for your referees - we are unable to request references from yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail accounts.
2. Make sure you to include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description as this forms the base of our shortlisting criteria.
Our processes -
1. Closing dates are given as a guide; we are within our right to close adverts early so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid delay.
2. If you do not hear from us up to 3 weeks after the closing date of the job unfortunately this means you have not been successfully shortlisted for interview. If your require feedback on your application please contact the appointing manager detailed in the body of the advert.
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4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation