Job description

Job responsibilities

Workload in clinical duties Outpatients: profiles of between 2-3 new patients, and 3-5 follow-up patients Inpatients: approximately 14 inpatients per ward round General Internal Medicine on-call 1:15 General Medicine 1:15 cover The post holder will be expected to participate in the general medicine rota initially 1:15. Existing consultants undertaking General medicine duty contribute 2 PAs / week. Acute medicine is provided by 15 General physicians. On the take day, the consultant of the day provides leadership on the acute care unit from 8am-8pm, with all other commitments cancelled There is a ward-based admission system, with longer-stay admissions being transferred from the Acute Care Unit to the appropriate speciality ward. Day 2 review is required, with Consultants arranging appropriate restructure of activities e.g Clinic/Endoscopy sessions until 10:30am on Day 2. Teaching and training The post holder will be expected to participate in teaching and training of postgraduate doctors, which is likely to include acting as an Educational and/or Clinical Supervisor to between one and two individuals, providing them with regular appraisal and support. If the postholder is educational supervisor for more than 1 trainee, SPA time will be allocated as above. It is in the mutual interest of the Trust and Barts and The London, Queen Marys School of Medicine and Dentistry to support quality medical education funded via the SIFT contract. The Trust requires consultant staff to support undergraduate teaching activities. Research and Development The Trust is keen to support high quality R&D and innovation. Current R&D funding arrangements in the NHS require that all R&D is recorded and coordinated by the Trusts R&D office. Before starting projects, appropriate steps should be taken to ensure that projects meet prevailing standards of research governance. The R&D office will also advise staff about intellectual property. Audit and Administration The post holder will be expected to contribute and participate in the departments on-going clinical audit programme and will carry out all administrative duties associated with the care of their patients. Study leave / Continuing Professional Development Continuing Professional Development is an integral part of the consultant post. The appointee will be expected to undertake continuing professional development in line with guidelines and requirement produced by the Royal College and to develop specialist skills as required for this post. Study leave may be requested in accordance with the Trusts policy for continuing medical education. The postholder will be encouraged to ensure that their full entitlement to CPD/study leave is taken. There is financial support available from the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications& Higher qualifications

Essential

• Fully registered with GMC
• MRCP (or equivalent)
• On specialist register or within 6 months of Geriatric/General Medicine CCT at the time of interview
• Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR)

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g. MD, PhD)

Clinical Skills and Relevant Experience

Essential

• Ability topractice independentlyin Geriatric and General Medicine.
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on a range geriatric medicine related problems.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent clinical skills

Leadership and professionalism

Essential

• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need
• Evidence of cross craft working and interdisciplinary working which goes beyond usual team working

Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management skills

Essential

• Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates
• Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding
• Knowledge ofrelevantregulatory frameworks e.g. EWTD
• Understanding the principles of quality improvement.

Desirable

• Managementof team or programme or project.
• Experience of using quality improvement methodology and managing change.

Teaching & training

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post- graduate teaching

Desirable

• Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Clinical Governance

Essential

• Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management

Desirable

• Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Research

Essential

• Understanding of principles and application of clinical research

Desirable

• Relevant research experience. Publication of peer reviewed papers

Personal attributes

Essential

• An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively. Professional attitude towards work, good record of attendance

Personal attributes

Essential

• An awareness of own strengths and weaknesses coupled with an ability to deploy them effectively
• Professional attitude towards work, good record of attendance

Patient focused skills

Essential

• Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience, social skills appropriate to different types of client

Interpersonal skills

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills coupled with an ability to co- operate, persuade and negotiate within a senior clinical and management team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

It is anticipated the job plan will consist of: 2 sessions Ultrasound, 1 session MR, 2 sessions CT (1 acute CT and 1 session cold reporting), 1 session NICU X-ray reporting, 1 session meetings (interesting cases, neonatal and paediatric x-ray meetings), 1 session On Call and 2 SPAs. Part time applications would be considered.

The post holder will be expected to be flexible and co-operative in accordance with the requirements of the department.

Morning lists commence at 8.30 or 9am. Afternoon lists end at 5pm.

The on call commitment varies depending upon staffing levels within the department but will not exceed 1 in 10 weekends.

Please refer to the attached JD for more details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• On GMC's specialist register relevant to the post or a Specialist Registrar who is within 6 months of being admitted to the GMC's specialist register by date of interview
• FRCR (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g. MD, PhD) MRCP or equivalent

Relevant experience in speciality/sub speciality

Essential

• Extensive experience in Paediatric imaging.
• Participation in paediatric multidisciplinary team meetings

Desirable

• Fellowship in paediatric imaging

Clinical skills

Essential

• Able to report a range of CT imaging independently.
• Proficient in performing general adult and paediatric ultrasound
• Competent reporting plain x-ray, including NICU X-rays.
• Neuro and spine MR reporting experience

Desirable

• Paediatric and Neo-natal Neuro and MSK MR

Teaching & training

Essential

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching

Desirable

• Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Hospital

Homerton

E9 6SR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

The post will be based in the Department of General Surgery. The post involves supporting the supervising consultant in the full spectrum of clinical activity including main theatres, day surgery theatres, out-patient one-stop and follow-up clinics, paper clinics and ward work.

Homerton Breast Unit provides a full spectrum of Oncoplastic and Reconstructive services. This will provide an excellent opportunity to learn from experienced surgeons, particularly as they look to provide high-quality clinical care. The appointee will be expected to perform a full-time surgical practice with an interest in breast surgery. They will be a member of the breast multidisciplinary team and is expected to contribute to and practice according to the local, network and national clinical practice guidelines. There is no on-call commitment in the post.

Research Responsibilities

Homerton University Hospital has an active research environment. The breast unit is actively involved in multicentre trials. The appointee will be encouraged start new research projects or audits in addition to participating in any ongoing trials and national audits.

Management and Clinical Audit

The appointee will be expected to take part in the routine management and administrative duties associated with the care of their patients and the supervision of junior medical staff. The appointee will also be expected to take an active part in multi-disciplinary audit, to be involved in attempting to improve the quality of care to patients and the timeliness of communications with general practitioners, and to achieve improvements in clinical risk management.

There is a monthly half day session set aside within the clinical directorate at the Homerton for Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance during which all elective clinical duties are suspended to ensure attendance. A yearly timetable is available.

There is also an open-ended audit programme for all breast cancer patients, continuously auditing and evaluating several parameters as proposed by the recent NICE guidelines on breast cancer audit.

Homerton University Hospital is committed to implementing the New Deal for junior doctors, particularly on junior doctors hours. All the Trusts consultants are responsible for ensuring that the hours targets are met and the junior doctors timetabled educational programmes are maintained.

Continuing Medical Education

Continuing Medical Education is an integral part of the fellow post. The appointee will be encouraged to ensure that his/her full entitlement to CME/Study Leave is taken. Financial assistance with Course fees and travel is available.

Teaching

Homerton Hospital considers the teaching of medical students and surgical trainees of high priority. Homerton University Hospital has both undergraduate and postgraduate students, for which there are active teaching programmes. There trainees attend monthly half-day regional teaching sessions set aside for postgraduate teaching.

There are also two PRHO teaching sessions each week (in line with the University guidelines) and the successful candidate will be expected to help in giving lectures.

Please see job description and person specification for full details of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC registration and a minimum of 5 years' experience in General Surgery/Breast Surgery
• MRCS or equivalent post-graduate qualification

Desirable

• FRCS (general surgery) or FEBS (Breast Surgery) qualification

Experience

Essential

• Clinical training in breast surgery and minimum 1 year work experience in a breast unit

Skills

Essential

• Clinical and operative skill levels consistent with a senior registrar would be appropriate.
• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and respond appropriately to service need
• Awareness of the overall business environment in which the hospital operates Understanding of the importance of good clinical coding
• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching
• Evidence of contribution to effective audit and clinical risk management
• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English IT skills and computer literacy

Desirable

• Familiar with current structure of the health service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
• Management of team or programme or project
• Experience of educational supervision, teaching skills course/ qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Hospital

Homerton Row

London, England, United Kingdom

E9 6SR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Physiotherapy
• HCPC

Desirable

• Relevant post graduate courses/training/CPD
• Member of relevant special interest group

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Knowledge of physiotherapy best practise for a range of Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy conditions
• Awareness of clinical audit and evidence-based practice.
• Knowledge of appropriate red flags for these specialist patient groups
• Knowledge of principles of Risk Management
• Awareness of NHS and Trust systems, policies, procedures and current changes

Desirable

• Knowledge of current professional and NHS issues
• Awareness of impact of socioeconomic factors on health
• Knowledge of appraisal cycle

Experience

Essential

• Broad general clinical experience
• Experience managing a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions
• Maintaining relevant range of CPD activities

Desirable

• Experience of working within a diverse socioeconomic/multicultural society.
• Experience of working in different health care environments

Skills/ Abilities

Essential

• Able to manage caseload and to prioritise under pressure.
• Able to demonstrate effective written & verbal communication skills
• Able to work within an MDT.
• Able to assess and implement appropriate treatment for a range of patients.
• Good IT skills

Desirable

• Supervision/appraisal (PTA,St,Physio)
• Presentation skills

Trust Values/ Other

Essential

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values.
• Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• NMC or HCPC registration
• Nursing qualification or Physiotherapy degree

Desirable

• Evidence of relevant post graduate training
• Physical assessment course

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Effective verbal and non verbal communication skills
• IT literate

Experience

Essential

• Post Graduate NHS experience
• Experience working with patients who have respiratory diseases

Desirable

• Experience supervising students or staff

Other

Essential

• Motivated to further personal and professional development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Homerton Row

London

E9 6SR

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Expertise in assessing and treating the high risk foot
• Significant post-registration experience in high-risk foot and diabetic foot management.
• Specialist knowledge and skills in wound care, diabetic foot management and high-risk foot care.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
• Ability to lead, teach and mentor colleagues effectively.

Education/Qualfications

Essential

• Degree / Diploma in Podiatry
• HCPC Registration

Skills/Abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information in a manner that patients, carers and other staff can understand, including imparting often difficult clinical and non-clinical news.
• Demonstrable team leadership skills: ability to supervise and motivate staff

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of current objectives within the field of Podiatry (including surgical management), focusing on national and local strategy, policies and guidelines.
• Knowledge and understanding of the issues affecting clients living with complex physical and emotional disabilities and of operating and delivering care in the context of an ethnically diverse population

Desirable

• Understanding of budgetary and financial considerations within the service.

Other

Essential

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Ability to work within a range of clinical settings / environments and provide consistently high standards of care.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Leonards

Nuttall Street

London

N1 5LZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.homerton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)