Higher Clinical Fellow in Diabetes & Endocrinology

Job overview

Please read the advert and job description carefully and only apply if you meet the minimum criteria or you will not be shortlisted.

Senior Clinical Fellow

Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology

University Hospitals of Leicester

Minimum Criteria: MRCP Part 1 (Passed), UK Experience > 1 Month, Special Interest in Metabolic Medicine.

Primary Base: Leicester Royal Infirmary & Leicester General Hospital, Leicester Diabetes Centre

Department: Diabetes & Endocrinology

Rota: Full time with oncalls (Nights, Long Days, Weekends etc.)

You will be allocated a Clinical Supervisor, Educational Supervisor and be supported with your continued professional development.

You will receive the standard study leave and annual leave entitlement for NHS Doctors as per the contractual Terms and Conditions of Service.

You will be expected to work at the level of a middle grade registrar.

A supernumerary shadowing period of 4 weeks will be offered to overseas candidates, upon negotiation of appointment.

Main duties of the job

The responsibilities of the post are identical to that of an ST3 in Medicine.

This post will appeal to those who have completed SHO level training and wish to gain specialist Endocrinology and Diabetes experience before joining a specialty programme or those wanting to take time out of training to gain dedicated, specialist Diabetes and/or Endocrinology experience.

The main duties and responsibilities of this post are to

• Ensure a safe and high standard of care of all patients
• Participate in the running of the department/ward
• Provide clinical supervision of Junior doctors on medical wards &/or in the on-call team
• Provide senior medical input for the on-call Medical Team (especially Out of Hours) and potentially lead the cardiac arrest team
• Assist with achieving the DOH Clinical Quality Indicators

The ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team is essential to this post.  You will participate in operational and research projects and the teaching of the Senior House Officers, Medical Students, Nursing staff and other Ancillary staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

GENERAL DUTIES

In addition to the key job responsibilities detailed in this job description all employees at UHL NHS Trust are expected to comply with the general duties detailed below:

All employees are subject to the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act. The post holder is required to ensure that as an employee, his or her work methods do not endanger other people or themselves.

All employees are subject to the requirements of the Data Protection Act and must maintain strict confidentiality in respect of patient’s and staff’s records.

All employees must comply with the Trust’s equality and diversity policies and must not discriminate, against individuals or groups on the basis of their age, disability, gender, marital status, membership or non membership of a trade union, race, religion, domestic circumstances, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, social and employment status, HIV status, or people who are undergoing or have undergone gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, Pregnancy and Maternity or any other grounds which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

This job description is not to be taken as an exhaustive list of duties and it may be reviewed in the light of changed service needs and development. Any changes will be fully discussed with the post holder.  The post holder will be required to carry out the duties appropriate to the grade and scope of the post.

In order to ensure the Trust’s ability to respond to changes in the needs of the service, after appropriate consultation and discussion with you (including consideration of personal circumstances current skills, abilities and career development) the Trust may make a change to your location, duties and responsibilities that are deemed reasonable in the circumstances.

Undertake general, specialist and sub-specialist Endocrinology and Diabetes clinics under consultant supervision.

Work with the Endocrine and Diabetes Specialist Nurses and Ancillary staff to ensure the effective running of the Kieffer-Howlett Investigations Unit and Diabetes In-Reach services.

Become involved with Audit, Quality Improvement and Research taking place in the Departments.

Contribute towards the Thyroid Shared Care Scheme.

Endocrinology in-reach for in-patients across the 3 main UHL sites, mainly at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Virtual advice and guidance support for General Practice.

Co-ordinate specialist MDT meetings across Endocrinology and Diabetes.

Teaching and training for post-graduate doctors, allied health care professionals and students.

Attend weekly educational and multidisciplinary meetings.

Participate in out-of-hours General Internal Medical on-calls covering the admissions wards, Emergency Department in-reach and the medical wards at the Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital on a rotational on-call basis.

Co-operate with members of the personnel department when monitoring hours of work and other personnel issues.

Attend induction in each hospital or new department.