Postgraduate Clinical Fellowship Programme – Programme Clinical Lead

Job overview

The post holder will lead the Postgraduate Clinical Fellowship Programme for our LED grade doctors at UHL, building on the positive work led by the previous post holder.

Since September 2022, UHL has agreed to adopt the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (BAPIO) LED Charter, to improve the career pathways and cultural experiences of all LED working at our Trust. The CFP supports LED from a variety of backgrounds, both IMG and UK trained doctors, with the aim to provide a have a high quality experience working in UHL and support them in delivering quality clinical care.

Main duties of the job

Through the programme UHL aims:

• To design an attractive offering for locally employed doctors and ensure a quality consistent employee experience, to ensure UHL becomes an employer of choice for doctors (UK & International).
• To reduce avoidable reliance on temporary staffing i.e., agency/locum.
• To create a workforce pipeline to hard to fill posts and service expansions.
• Consolidate and expand our FY3 program
• To work with the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire to align our CFPs

Through the fellowship, all our fellows will receive an:

• Enhanced pre-arrival, induction and pastoral support
• Education and Clinical Supervision
• Personal Development Plan and Enhanced Study Leave allowance on top of 10 Standard Study Leave days
• Well-designed and supported career pathways
• Standardised CESR programme for Advanced Fellows

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To ensure the overall quality of the programme in collaboration with the Expert Clinical Leads and Department of Clinical Education

• Provide expertise and guidance to the programme
• Develop a working knowledge of Clinical Fellow/LED distribution across UHL
• To work closely with colleagues (Director and Deputy Director of Clinical Education, LED Tutor, CMG Education Leads, Clinical Tutors, Heads of Specialty Schools, Training Programme Directors) to develop and support educational change in UHL
• To develop educational programmes that support Clinical Fellows/LEDs
• Ensuring that all Clinical Fellows have Clinical and Educational Supervisors
• Develop CESR Programme
• Promote collaborative working across all UHL sites and partners
• Responsible for the content, delivery and development of the pre-arrival and on-arrival programmes
• Develop and manage rotations
• Be a lead interview panel member in addition to the CMG leads/hiring managers.
• Ensure the quality of doctors recruited to the Programme
• Liaise with the relevant stakeholders with regards to placements across the organisation
• Approve key project deliverables
• Be a core member of the Programme Operational Group
• Support recruitment and retention of Clinical Fellows/LEDs
• Embed processes to ensure supervision meetings are carried out in a timely manner
• Provide support for doctors in difficulty