Junior Clinical Fellow in ENT
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2025 10:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2025 10:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
- Address
- Guys Hospital
- Town
- Great Maze Pond
- Postcode
- SE1 9RT
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Can extend for a further 6 months with mutual agreement)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £49,909 - £61,825 per annum excl. London Zone
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Junior Clinical Fellow)
Specialty
- Main area
- Fellow in ENT
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
This post is for tenure of 6 months (with view to extend if suitable). The appointment is primarily based at Guy’s Hospital. The position is full-time
and will include on-call commitments at SHO level including nights and weekends. It offers an excellent opportunity to gain clinical, surgical, and
research experience across ENT and Head & Neck surgery at a prestigious tertiary centre.
The ENT Department at Guy’s & St Thomas’ provides tertiary referral Head Neck cancer, skull base, rhinology/facial plastics and otology
(including implantation) and paediatric services. It also provides general secondary level ENT services to Lambeth and Southwark.
Please note that post will be closed early if we receive a high volume of applications.
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The post holder will, together with colleagues, be responsible for the provision of services at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to
include:
• To assist in the provision of high quality ENT and Head & Neck services to Trust patients.
• Diagnosis and treatment of patients of the Trust in such hospitals, health centres or clinics or other premises as required.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high quality of patient care and to contribute to service
needs and developments.
• To take part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training.
• To participate in research activities with the Department.
• To help maintain the data collection of patients.
• Continuing clinical responsibility for the patients in your charge, allowing for all proper delegation to, and training of, your staff.
• To work actively and professionally alongside all team members clinical and non-clinical.
• To participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with a staff of over 13,650, a turnover of over £1.3B and 2 million patient
contacts a year. The Trust comprises two of London’s oldest and best known teaching hospitals. The hospitals have a long history, dating back
almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. Both hospitals have built on these
traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The department has two designated wards: Blundell mainly for Head and Neck and complex ENT patients, and Esther which is a short stay
surgical ward. The post holder will join a dedicated team of 11 Junior Residents clinical level FY2 - ST2-1 JCF's and a wider clinical team of 15 SpR‘s & SCF's (across ENT adult&Paeds and Head & Neck), 7
Head & Neck Consultants and 16 ENT Consultants. This post will provide the post-holder with unrivalled clinical experience and many opportunities for portfolio development including audit and
research. The role occupies a central position in the Trust’s delivery of high quality clinical care and carries significant responsibility.
Main place of employment:
The post will be predominantly based at the Guy’s site. It is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.
Annual Leave:
All leave must be requested at least six weeks in advance to the Resident Rota Co-ordinator. Some leave requests may need prior agreement with the Clinical Lead and or your supervising consultant. Appropriate arrangements for cover of service provision must be made if needed.
Study Leave:
Study Leave must be requested with at least 6 weeks’ notice. Requests need to be made to the Junior Doctor Co-ordinator and are granted at the discretion of the Education team and service provision. In extenuating circumstances short notice requests will be considered.
Study leave requested must be appropriate to your grade and training programme. Funding for CPD will be equivalent to that of the appropriate Training post.
Training of multi-disciplinary staff:
The post holder will take responsibility for the training and direction of multi-disciplinary staff allocated to him/her under aegis of the training plan that that postholder has agreed with their supervising consultant.
Teaching:
The post holder will be expected to contribute as appropriate in the teaching of multi-disciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Clinical Governance:
All medical and dental staff are expected to take part in clinical governance activity, including clinical audit, clinical guideline and protocol development and clinical risk management. They will be expected to produce evidence of their contribution in these areas and their audit of their own clinical work as part of their appraisal.
Mutual Obligation to Monitor Hours:
There is a contractual obligation on employers to monitor working hours through robust local monitoring arrangements supported by national guidance, and on individual doctors to co-operate with those monitoring arrangements.
European Working Time Directive (EWTD):
All posts and working patterns are under constant review in line with EWTD guidelines
Educational Programme:
Neither the London Deanery nor the Royal College accredits this post for postgraduate training. However the postholder will be expected to attend and contribute to educational activities e.g. departmental meetings, x-ray meetings, pathology meetings, multidisciplinary meetings, journal clubs etc.
Appraisal:
All medical and dental staff are required to undertake annual appraisal as per GMC guidelines.
Other:
The list of duties and responsibilities given above is not an exhaustive list and you may be asked to undertake other duties in line with the overall purpose and nature of the post as may be required from time to time.
This job description reflects core activities of a post at a particular time.
The trust
expects that all staff will recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work. All staff are expected to contribute to the smooth running of their clinical service as required; in particular, to comply with the policies and procedures, Standing Orders and Financial Regulations of the trust
This vacancy may be closed early if sufficient applications for the role are received. Please be sure to register your interest and submit you application as soon as you possibly can to avoid any disappointment.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment • Eligible to work in the UK (3)
- Completion of Foundation Years (2)
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research Experience of clinical audit (2)
Desirable criteria
- MRCS Part A (2)
- Some previous clinical experience of ENT and evidence of intent to pursue a career in ENT (2)
- Evidence of original research Presentation / Publication in at least one specialist field Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management (2)
Previous Experiance
Essential criteria
- Completion of foundation years
Desirable criteria
- Some previous clinical experience in ENT and evidence of intent to pursue a career in ENT
Research
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research Experience of clinical audit (2)
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of original research Presentation / Publication in at least one specialist field Evidence of contribution to effective clinical audit and clinical risk management (2)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Krystina Williams
- Job title
- Resident rota coordinator for ENT / Head & Neck
- Email address
- [email protected]
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