Junior Fellow in Ambulatory + Acute General Medicine

Job overview

Applications are invited for a Clinical Fellowship programme embedded within a well-established, innovative Departments of Ambulatory Care and Acute General Medicine. The applicant would be one of a team of twelve ambulatory and general medicine fellows working in a well-resourced unit lead by a team of 22 consultants and a large experienced multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, forward-thinking trainee who wishes to develop core clinical skills in a university teaching hospital and take full advantage of the links held with other Oxford institutions. The role would involve a mixture of banded clinical practise but also has two non-clinical days per week set aside where the candidate would be expected to gain experience in leadership, quality improvement, research, teaching and point of care ultrasound.

Main duties of the job

Alongside their own project portfolio successful applicants will be expected to complement the other Fellowship programmes in research, education, innovation, digital health and informatics. Dedicated opportunities to participate in other departmental, divisional and executive processes will be available and encouraged. Support will be given from the consultant body as well as from key leaders within the Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

60% (0.6WTE) Clinical Work: to include Acute Medicine and Ambulatory experience across the John Radcliffe (mainly)/ Horton sites and subject to discussion with supervisor may involve activity in other acute and ambulatory medicine settings in the Trust. This will include short days, long days on call, some out of hours weekend work (which may include rarely nights on occasion). The clinical role allows flexibility in planning, an opportunity to work with a wide range of excellent consultants and gives clinical exposure at different levels in Acute Medicine. (The research fellowship – this would be 50%)

• 40% (0.4WTE) This can include a combination of the below activities with a specific role in the following areas: Quality improvement, Education and training, Research and Leadership. Training in point of care ultrasound will be available and participation in this training is encouraged.