Junior Clinical Fellow Private Patients

Job overview

Job title: Junior Clinical Fellow Private Patients

Location: Royal Brompton Hospital

The private patient unit has 28 single rooms. In general, RMOs are assigned to cover all clinical services, providing medical care under Consultants’ supervision for private patients within the private patient unit.

This post may close early if a sufficient number of applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• To acquaint him/herself with details of patient management in discussion with the Consultants and carry this out following Consultant direction.
• To ensure that good communications are maintained with all medical colleagues, e.g. anaesthetists, surgeons, nursing staff and paramedical departments such as physiotherapists, radiographers and ancillary staff, to the benefit of the patient.
• To ensure that Specialist Registrars and Consultants are kept informed regarding alteration in the condition of any of their patients.
• To ensure that all in-patient notes are kept up to date and tidy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties - Professional

• To take history, examine and record all findings of all patients admitted under the Consultant’s care.
• Carry out and arrange all relevant investigations.
• To see and examine all patients under the care of the Consultant concerned, including those in the High Dependency Unit.
• To arrange for the transfer of patients to other hospitals or discharge home, including completion of a discharge summary.
• To keep the Specialist Registrar and Consultant informed of any changes in their patients’ condition.
• To communicate to a patient relative the progress of that patient.
• To be available for emergency calls to ITU and other parts of the hospital, if required i.e. for cardiac arrest.
• To participate in research projects which may already be in progress.
• To participate in lecturing to other staff if required, e.g. nurses and physiotherapists.
• To accept that occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances may occur, and to respond to the needs of the service when they arise.

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.