Junior Clinical Fellow - General Medicine | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust are looking to recruit JCFs in the General Medicine team. This position is cross site, working at both Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals. There will be a requirement for you to participate in on call duties

The post would suit someone who requires experience in Acute/General Medicine as part of their own VTS programme, or someone who is looking for a first post in Acute/General Medicine with the aim of following a General Medicine career.

Assessment and management of patients

Performing procedures (under appropriate supervision)

Takes referral from primary care, with support of senior doctor and nurse-in-charge

Attendance at out-patient clinics as appropriate

Discharge notifications and follow up clinic letters as directed.

The Trust was formed in April 2000 by the merger of the Mid Kent Healthcare Trust and the Kent & Sussex Weald NHS Trust. It provides general hospital services to a population of approximately 460,000 in West Kent and North East Sussex, and some specialist services to a considerably larger population. Its major hospitals are the Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury and Maidstone Hospital. The Trust's Headquarters are at Maidstone Hospital. The Trust's Chair is Mr David Highton, the Chief Executive is Mr Miles Scott and the Medical Director is Dr Peter Maskell. Clinical services are organised into nine clinical directorates.

1. To provide a high standard of care to any patient for whom you have clinical responsibility.
2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust.
3. To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the Trust's patients, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trust's strategic direction.
4. To participate fully in clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance half-days as detailed in the Trust's Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or while attending emergencies.
5. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change.
6. To engage with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
7. To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Council's published guide "Good Medical Practice" including the Duties of a Doctor.
8. To take personal responsibility for risk management in your work and undertake to review practices and learn from mistakes.