Clinical Fellow in Transplantation

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General Aspects
This post is attached to the HPB and Transplant department. The individual will work on the F2/CST tier and as such be expected to perform duties and take clinical responsibility to this level, as well as provide supervision as appropriate to foundation doctors.

Specific components of this post
The individual will contribute to the on-call rota for specialist tertiary departments (HPB/Transplant/Vascular/Specialist Colorectal surgery). Electively, they will contribute to providing high level care to complex inpatients including supervision of foundation doctors. The individual will also have opportunities to participate in theatre – as assistant in major resectional/transplantation surgery and also in daycase general surgery lists.

Teaching
There is no formal teaching component to this post, but the successful candidate will be expected to deliver informal support to medical students and other junior doctors on the ward

Personal Education
All staff are encouraged to question and learn from the extensive clinical activities that take place on the unit. There are a number of weekly meetings that provide excellent educational opportunities. These include; Directorate Audit/M and M meeting, MDT and departmental meetings including research and audit updates. There is a regional SpR teaching programme at which attendance is encouraged.

Research/Audit
This directorate has a strong research pedigree and many ongoing clinical and scientific research projects. The high volume of specialist activity performed in the unit ensures there is a vast opportunity to instigate and perform research/audit projects. Such activity is encouraged and results presented at regional, national and international meetings.

Clinical
Each doctor is expected to assist in the care of all patients to which he/she is allocated under the direct supervision of the Consultant. In addition he/she is expected to provide ‘cross-cover’ for all patients in the Unit when required to do so. Duties include business, post-take and teaching ward rounds, OP clinics, Operating Theatre sessions, administrative (dictation of summaries, letters, coding etc.) and presentations (M + M, transplant assessment meetings etc.)

Administration
Each Junior Doctor is expected to carry out all administrative tasks allocated to him/her by the Consultants.

Out-of-Hours Commitment/Pay
The post holder’s out-of-hours contribution commitment will be to the Surgical SHO rota, approximately at 1:7 frequency including day and night shifts. The Pay Band will be confirmed on offer of employment. The post is New deal and EWTD compliant.

Emergency and On-Call responsibilities
The doctor accepts that he will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate consultant in consultation where practicable with his colleagues both senior and junior. It has been agreed between the professions and the Department that while juniors accept that they will perform such duties, the Secretary of State stresses that additional commitments arising under the sub-section are exceptional and in particular that juniors should not be required to undertake work of this kind for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.