Clinical Fellow (ST1/2) in General Medicine

Employer Location Weston-super-Mare Salary £39,467 a year pa pro rata Closing date 23 Jun 2022

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University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) seeks applicants for Clinical Fellow posts in Medicine at SHO/F3, ST 1 – 2 Level, to commence August 2022 based at the Weston campus. The posts are ideally for a period of twelve months however applicants wishing to take a 6-month post will also be considered. Successful applicants will have the option to take a full time, or less than full time, 100% Medicine post or a hybrid post as described below (subject to availability).

As well as full time Medicine clinical posts, there is an exciting option of combining clinical work with developing an area of specialist interest.

This would be on the basis of 80:20 Clinical Medicine: Specialist interest and is paid on the same basis as the full time rota.

Main duties of the job

Currently active areas of specialist interest include Simulation, Quality Improvement, Wellbeing, Research and working with our award winning geriatric emergency medicine team. We would, however, be happy to consider any other suggestions from suitable candidates as long as they are justifiable from the perspective of contributing to the wider field of medicine. The number of 80:20 posts is strictly limited and will be offered based on performance at interview. All candidates offered whether a full time or 80:20 post will be able to indicate their specialty area of preference. All doctors will have an educational supervisor and study budget and be supported to develop their portfolio.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Successful applicants will have the option to take a full time, or less than full time, 100% Medicine post or a hybrid post as described below (subject to availability).

Please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential

  • Arterial and venipuncture
  • Insertion of venous cannulae
  • Tapping of pleural and ascetic fluid and occasionally placing a chest or ascetic drain
  • IV fluid management
  • Administration of IV drugs
  • Blood transfusion
  • Assessing the INR and warfarin prescribing
  • Assessing the INR and warfarin prescribing
  • Desirable

  • Ability to perform a variety of practical procedures (temporary pacemaker, central line insertion)
  • Additional and Aptitudes
    Essential

  • IT skills on all Microsoft packages
  • Fluent English speaker
  • Desirable

  • Previous leadership experience
  • Qualifications and training
    Essential

  • Full GMC Registration
  • Completion of Foundation Training (or equivalent)
  • Desirable

  • MRCP Part 1
  • Knowledge and Experience
    Essential

  • Previous knowledge and experience of General Medicine and the interpretation of common blood tests and ECG
  • 1 year at F2/SHO level in General Medicine
  • Desirable

  • 6 months experience in Acute Medicine or ED as F2/CT1
  • BMJRef: BMJ-79702/387-WD-3177-LP-D

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