Job Description

An exciting opportunity have arisen for a Junior Clinical Fellow in Vascular Surgery at St George's Vascular Institute, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.The post holders will have nominated roles as part of the weekly rota mainly covering wards duties and pre op assessment clinics.The successful applicants will be a team player, but also able to work individually. They will be a confident and clear communicators possessing excellent IT data management and verbal reasoning skills. We are seeking enthusiastic individuals who can demonstrate excellent attention to detail, accuracy, experience in prioritising workloads and support the present provision of vascular surgical services to the populations of South-West London and surrounding areas as key members of our dynamic clinical team. The post holders will contribute to the Vascular/ Urology/ General Surgery on call rota.For an informal discussion regarding these appointments, applicants are encouraged to contact:Mr Iain Roy, Consultant Vascular SurgeonIain.Roy@stgeorges.nhs.ukInterview date: TBCMain duties of the jobThe Vascular Surgery team at St George's Hospital wishes to appoint 2 Junior Clinical Fellow level trust doctors to join the surgical team. The posts would provide an ideal professional development platform from which the appointee may develop a portfolio of experience, although the post is not part of a formal training programme. The main responsibilities of the post are to care for the patients admitted to the wards for elective or emergency surgery. On-call category 1B 40%, post holders to participate in the Urology/ General Surgery and Vascular Surgery on call rotaAbout usSt George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the regional specialist care provider for South-West London, Surrey and beyond. The trust is a major acute hospital that provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary care including trauma, neurology, cardiac care, renal transplantation, cancer care and stroke to community services. The hospital also provides all the usual care expected from a local NHS district general hospital.Job description
Job responsibilitiesThe appointee will have a continuing responsibility for the care of patients under the care of the Vascular Surgery team, including all administrative duties associated with patient care. The appointee will be expected to competent at the senior house officer level in all aspects of general, urology and vascular surgery.The following responsibilities are common to all posts in the Trust and should be included at some point in the job description.To have responsibility for the Health, Safety and Welfare of self and others and to comply at all times with the requirement of the Health and Safety Regulations.To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act and its amendments.To work in accordance with the Trusts Equal Opportunities policy to eliminate unlawful discrimination in relation to employment and service delivery.To ensure skills are up-to-date and relevant to the role, to follow relevant Trust policies and professional codes and to maintain registration where this is a requirement of the role.To comply with St. Georges Healthcare No Smoking Policies.To undertake such duties as may be required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibilities of the grade and the needs of the service.Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Full GMC registration
• Completion of BST programme or equivalent

Desirable

• MRCS or equivalent

Experience
Essential

• Clinical skills, experience and interest in vascular surgery
• Broad based general surgical knowledge
• Minimum 1 year experience of working in the NHS

Desirable

• Particular interest in vascular disease

Skills
Essential

• Good history & examination skills
• Able to formulate a working diagnosis
• Able to order appropriate investigations
• Image interpretation relevant to practice
• Acknowledge own limitations knowing when to appropriately seek assistance from senior colleagues

Desirable

• Experience of doing on-call shifts at SHO level

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of teaching undergraduate medical students + Foundation Doctors

Management/ Audit
Essential

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance
• Understanding and experience of audit Projects

Desirable

• Experience of junior team rota & annual leave coordination

Personal Skills
Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity in written and spoken English
• Ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate
• Ability to take responsibility, make decisions and exert appropriate authority
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
• Flexible approach to service delivery and committed approach to development
• IT Literate
• Honesty, Integrity, awareness of ethical dilemmas, respect for confidentiality

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership skills

Research & Publications
Essential

• Ability to conduct audits and present findings

Desirable

• Evidence of academic activity
• Training in research methodology

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