Applications are invited for the posts of Senior Clinical Fellow for Vascular Service and Hot Clinic Support . This is an opportunity to join a busy, dynamic multidisciplinary team to help us improve the service that we provide to our population .
This posts to provide support to ED to improve the flow through ED and reduce the number of surgical admissions. The post is to cover the vascular ward, hot clinic and patient flow on a daily basis. You will be in a key role as you support patients through their diagnosis, initiate investigations and provide management plans for patients presenting with vascular issues .
The post also support the award winning Surgical Hot Clinic and the aim is to run these clinics 7 days per which reduces hospital admission by providing acute ambulatory care for patients referred to the on-call surgical service.
The post offers an excellent opportunity to consolidate and build on existing operative and clinical skills in General and emergency surgery and the ideal candidate will be able to undertake research and develop their leadership skills with support of the surgical team.
They will have opportunity to get involved in quality improvement projects. We will support the appointee in their career progression.
The Senior Clinical Fellow in General and Vascular Surgery will;
You will need to have GMC registration and MRCS or equivalent. The ideal candidate would
possess good written and verbal communications skills and be a good team player which is an essential requirement for this post.
- Participate in outpatients Clinics
- Attend theatres and be part of the CEPOD rota
- The candidate will undertake research and service improvement projects within the
division of General and Vascular Surgery and enhance their clinical portfolio.
- Work in collaboration with the Team of Consultant Surgeons ensuring patients are effectively triaged and reduced unnecessary delays to treatment
- Participate in clinical governance programme including appraisal and research projects leading to publications
- Will have responsibility for providing emergency support to patients at Queens Hospital as appropriate
We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.
They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.
We’re proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.
We run a Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with a disability) can be made to Rachna Srivastava, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5904. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
