Junior Clinical Fellow Manchester, England
Job description
Do you love EM and also want to develop the crucial non-clinical skills associated with succeeding as a modern clinician?
Come and join us and on our new Clinical Fellow Development Programme at North Manchester General Hospital, part of Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust. This is to start in August for 1 year (negotiable) and is suitable for doctors who have completed foundation training as a minimum.
We are looking for motivated individuals who want to broaden their skills and develop specialist interests allied to healthcare. Each post will have a unique focus on a specialist area and access to educational funding, the specifics of which can be negotiated by successful applicants.
Each post will feature 20% non-clinical time to focus on your specific area of specialty. During this element of your work, you will have a mentor specific to the subject-area who can support the development of your skills.
Candidates that are non-GMC registered at the point of application will be considered for this position, under the Trusts International Fellowship Scheme (please note, there is a £500 admin charge for this scheme). More information re this scheme can be found on our website – link in job description
Examples of potential posts are as follows:
Paediatric ED Fellow – Working within our paediatric ED area and engage in paediatric research & improvement
Research Fellow – Work within our research teams including recruitment to trials and other academic activity
Transformation Fellow – Work with our hospital transformation team to improve services both within the ED and wider organisation
Digital Health Fellow – Work with our Chief Clinical Information Officer to support implementation of digital solutions within the organisation
Wellbeing Fellow – Work with the Trust wellbeing leads to develop solutions to improve wellbeing and morale across the organisation
Communication Fellow – Work with our communications team to develop novel solutions to improve communications across the organisation
Teaching Fellow – Work with our educational leads to develop our teaching programme
Simulation Fellow – Work with our educational team to develop our simulation programme
The clinical component of these roles will give successful candidates the opportunity to work in a busy Type 1 ED setting, where you will see adults and children from a diverse population in Greater Manchester.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
