Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation wishes to appoint one Clinical Research Fellow in Diabetes and General Medicine (Fixed Term for 12 months post). This post will include (50%) general and specialist diabetes clinics, along with a rotational commitment to general medicine & 50% dedicated time for clinical research in diabetes and endocrinology.
Clinical role: This is an exciting opportunity for a post Core Training Doctor interested in a career in Endocrinology & Diabetes to develop clinical research and leadership skills. The Clinical parts of the post involve the care of inpatients under Endocrinology and Diabetes, working in clinic and outpatients, and performing the regular functions of an SpR. You will be part of a Consultant led team of junior doctors. The post holder will participate in the General Medical on calls at SpR level.
Academic role: With regard the Research components of the post, t he postholder will be expected to work under the supervision of the academic lead for Medicine at Chelsea and Westminster Campus, Professor Jonathan Valabhji, and will work closely with the Trust and the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London to increase academic activity on campus.
The main duties of the post involve Registrar level care of inpatients under the relevant medical specialty, working in clinic and outpatients, and performing the regular functions of a Medical Registrar.
You will be part of a consultant led team of other registrars and junior doctors and participate in daily Board rounds. There will be consultant ward rounds of new patients, with SpR led ward rounds of existing patients. There may be opportunity for interested individuals to carry out supervised outpatient clinics and MDTs. The post holder will participate in the General Medical on calls or Acute Medical on calls at SpR level.
The Registrar will liaise with the consultant, nurses and other staff to allocate the day’s activity appropriately.
The Registrar will be expected to assess and manage patients with the support of the consultant and using appropriate clinical guidelines.
There are multiple multi-disciplinary meetings between doctors, nursing staff, and specialist teams for the care of patients.
We provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East. We have over 6,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the best preforming Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff say they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing around £10 million a year in our estate. We are currently spending £25 million on expanding our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and redevelopment of our children’s unit at West Middlesex – in partnership with our charity, CW+ and generous donors.
Provide High Quality Care to Patients
The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration.
To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
To provide the highest quality of care to patients.
To ensure prompt attendance at all clinical and non-clinical duties.
To liaise with clinical colleagues and across the multidisciplinary team and participate in relevant MDTs.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
