Clinical Fellow in SDEC with SI in Ultrasound

Job overview

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound

Homerton Healthcare are looking to appoint a Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound. This post is at Homerton Healthcare, based in Hackney, East London; an exciting and challenging place with a diverse and richly multicultural population.

Ambulatory Care is the delivery of emergency hospital care without admission to an acute inpatient bed. SDEC (Same Day Emergency Care) manages patients requiring ongoing treatment or investigation that would otherwise have required admission is delivered either by scheduling return visits to the ambulatory service or by management on the same day. This includes seeing all stable GP and ED referrals to the medical take where further input is required but admission is not indicated.

The Same Day Emergency Care Unit (SDEC) is led by General Medicine and Emergency Medicine consultants. The unit is for adult patients of all ages with dedicated nursing, consultant, and junior doctors.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound job description for a detailed overview of the department and duties of the role.

Working for our organisation

Please refer to the Clinical Fellow in Ambulatory Medicine with a Special Interest in Ultrasound job description for a detailed overview of the organisation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The postholder will have dedicated time to pursue other activities. This may include quality improvement, clinical informatics, education and simulation, specialty clinics/theatre, critical care experience for professional development. The nature of this specialty work is flexible, depending on the needs of the postholder and capacity of the service. This time will be incorporated into your pattern.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to work closely with highly skilled and knowledgeable consultants with opportunities to work in a service where quality improvement and iterative change are happening in a real-time but supported way. A wide range of pathology will be seen in the day to day working in the unit, providing experiences both challenging and varied.

Homerton Healthcare is proud of the training opportunities on offer and we have an excellent record of getting doctors in non-training posts into training. We will support and arrange training opportunities for the post holder's specific interests.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MMBS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Relevant higher degree MRCP part 1 or equivalent

6 months experience in General or Acute Medicine at F2/ST(CT)

Essential criteria

• 6 months experience in General or Acute Medicine at F2/ST(CT)1

Desirable criteria

• Experience of emergency medicine or ambulatory care
• Experience of Surgery at F1/2/ST(CT)1

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential criteria

• Experience of and enthusiasm for clinical teaching of junior doctors and non-medical staff.
• Knowledge of quality improvement principles and evidence of participation in quality improvement projects
• Good understanding of clinical governance

Desirable criteria

• Presentations/Posters/ Publications
• Completed quality improvement projects
• Demonstrable experience in clinical governance

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Good organisational skills
• Good communication and empathy skills
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment to provide an integrated service
• Ability to work as a member of a team, both through communication and sharing workload
• Ability to develop good working relationships
• Ability to manage high pressure situations e.g. clinical crisis
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload and co-ordinate staff
• Commitment to continuing personal development

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of innovation

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We are committed to achieving equality and inclusion at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and we respect and value the diversity and differences of our patients and our people, ensuring everyone is enabled to thrive, feels a sense of belonging, and is able to be their authentic self. We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD 2025 SDEC Ultrasound (PDF, 436.1KB)
• Guidance for Applicants (PDF, 124.4KB)
• Trust Values (PDF, 652.3KB)