Job Advert
NHS LOTHIAN
LOCUM APPOINTMENT FOR SERVICE
JUNIOR CLINICAL FELLOW
ST JOHN’S HOSPITAL
Reference: TG1639
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are welcome for the above fixed term, full time (40 hours per week) posts based in St John’s Hospital.
We are advertising our well established Junior Clinical Fellow posts with specialist interests at St John’s Hospital, Livingston. We are a medium sized, modern, well furbished District General Hospital and have a busy Emergency Department seeing between 150 and 200 patients a day. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team with a large engaged and supportive consultant body and will be expected to assess and manage the full range of Emergency Department presentations. Eighty percent of your time will be spent on the shop floor with twenty percent allowed for engaging in a specialist interest. We have worked hard with various specialties to create these posts and they have developed a positive reputation providing invaluable extra experience for a budding Acute Specialties or General Practice trainee. Each post will be available for one trainee only based on ranking at interview. As part of the programme we will also offer training towards CV preparation and interview technique.
Positions available are as follows:
GP – Spend 4 weeks in a local GP practice or with the Out Of Hours LUCS team
Paediatrics – Spend a day a week at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children with the opportunity for extra qualifications in Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PGCert) and a free place on an APLS course
Toxicology – Spend two days a month with a Toxicology consultant working on the Toxicology ward at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Attend TOXBASE meetings and Toxicology training days and consider a Certificate or a Diploma in Toxicology
Head and Neck – Attend head and neck theatre and out-patient clinics in ENT and Max Fax on average one day a week
MSK – Spend on average a day a week based at either the fracture clinic/Plastics hand and burns clinics and in the physiotherapy department gaining valuable soft tissue injury assessment and management experience
Quality Improvement – take on a QI project with an experienced consultant mentor at either the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh or St John’s Hospital. Attend QI training days
Research – engage in an ongoing research project with the EMERGE research team based at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh or work with the new research team here at St Johns Hospital. We are currently engaged in all aspects of the COVID Recovery trial.
Well Being – Look at this growing area of Emergency Medicine. Consider resilience within the ED and engage the staff in well-being projects. Work alongside a consultant with a specialist interest in this area. Attend training and workshop days.
ICU – Spend a month on the Intensive Care Unit, experience some Anaesthetics and engage in the intensivists SIM training.
Palliative care – Spend 3-4 weeks split between the palliative care team here at St Johns Hospital and the hospice. Gain invaluable experience at managing the dying patient.
Stroke – Spend 4 weeks in total with the stroke team at St Johns Hospital. Assess patients for thrombolysis and be a member of the Multi Disciplinary Team based on the stroke ward. The thrombectomy service is due to commence at SJH late January, patients will be transferred to RIE for the procedure. Be a part of this exciting new intervention.
Psychiatry - Spend 4 weeks in total with the Psychiatry team in the hospital. Spend time on the Psychiatry ward and with the acute assessment team in the ED.
Medical Education – Gain experience in developing and delivering medical education in emergency and critical care with the opportunity of working closely with the St Johns clinical skills and simulation centre.
Frailty – Spend a day a week or week blocks with the frailty team. This is a fairly new service and we are hoping to embed it more within the ED. We need to improve the recognition of frailty and referral to the frailty team to give patients the best care possible.
Trauma – Whilst St Johns is not a trauma centre we still see trauma particularly alcohol related and silver trauma. We have links with RIE and a consultant has been assigned to improve trauma care locally. Work alongside this consultant setting up local policies and procedures related to trauma.
The post does not have educational approval from the Postgraduate Dean and will not be recognised for training.
For an informal discussion or further information please contact: Dr Rachel Anderson, Specialist interest posts lead Consultant/Clinical Director, St John’s Hospital, Tel: 01506 523000 jcfpostssjh@outlook.com
For a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk
We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Please note that details of all current medical vacancies for NHS Lothian can be found at www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk
Closing Date: 03/12/2021
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***