Major Trauma Junior Fellow
confidential Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | Not mentioned |
|---|---|
| Location | Nottingham |
| Type | Full-time |
Job Description
NHS Medical & Dental: Junior or Senior Clinical Fellow
Job overview
Interested in working in a Major Trauma Centre? Experience at the country »s busiest Major Trauma Centre is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills. The position is available from February 2023 for 12 months.
Applicants need to be motivated and with a keen interest in the management of Major Trauma patients. Good communication skills are essential as is the ability to work within a multi-professional team across
a number of different specialties.
As a centre of excellence in the treatment of Major Trauma, the Queen »s Medical Centre is a single site multi-specialty hospital, optimised for the provision of trauma care. It is the primary receiving hospital of the East Midlands Trauma Network and manages all types of injuries, providing a 24 hour consultant led service.
The Major Trauma (MT) Consultant and multi-professional team coordinate the pathway of care for people with severe trauma injuries. Rehabilitation is commenced as early in the pathway as possible to maximise functional outcomes for the patient.
Main duties of the job
Key Job Objectives
- To enhance your knowledge and understanding of:
Immediate lifesaving interventions by attending and participating in trauma calls in resus. - Interpreting initial investigations quickly including blood gas, X ray and CT results in resus.
- Liaising with other members of the trauma team, from all different specialties and documenting findings and plans in the Major Trauma admissions documentation
- The main elements of a trauma call including how these should be coordinated and documented.
- The management of multi system trauma
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is the country’s fourth largest acute teaching trust. It was established on 1 April 2006 following the merger of Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen »s Medical Centre. We established the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre (MTC) at NUH on April 1st 2012.
We provide acute and specialist services to 2.5 million people within Nottingham and surrounding communities from the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) and the City Hospital campuses. We have an annual budget in excess of £682m of public sector funding and employ over 13,000 staff. As an MTC, NUH is a multi-specialty hospital, on a single site, optimised for the provision of trauma care. It is the focus of the Trauma Network and manages all types of injuries, providing consultant-level care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Objectives
To enhance your knowledge and understanding of:
- Immediate life saving interventions by attending and participating in trauma calls in resus.
- Interpreting initial investigations quickly including blood gas, X ray and CT results in resus.
- Being part of the liaising with other members of the trauma team, from all different specialties and documenting findings and plans in the Major Trauma admissions documentation
- The main elements of a trauma call including how these should be coordinated and documented.
- The management of multi system trauma
To become more skilled in:
- Primary and secondary surveys of Major Trauma patients in resus.
- Tertiary surveys on day 2 of admission.
- Participating in the daily ward round
- The pre-operative assessment of patients with multiple injuries.
- The appropriate use of monitoring in level 1 beds and interpretation of data obtained
- Liaising with the multi professional team in interpreting data for different team members and planning ongoing care.
- The provision of safe and effective care including pain relief to patients undergoing all required surgical procedures.
- The safe and effective use of postoperative pain management to ensure that rehabilitation can be carried out effectively.
- Leading planning of ongoing care and reconstruction phase of the Major Trauma patients’ in patient pathway.
- Surgery lists as required for Major trauma damage limitation and ongoing care surgery.
Research and Academic Requirements
Participation in audit and research is expected. As part of the clinical fellowship you will be required to attend morbidity / mortality meetings.
Teaching
You will be expected to take an active part in the departmental rolling teaching programme, both of the Junior Fellow post holders and medical students.
CPD
The post-holder will be expected to be committed to Continuing Professional Development. The Trust will provide study leave and funding in accordance with the current Trust study leave policy.
Person specification
Qualification and Experience
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration, FRCA or equivalent,
- Completion of Foundation (FY1 and FY2) training or equivalent
- Previous experience in any of the following specialties – major trauma, general surgery, anaesthetics, emergency department, orthopaedics, any other specialty related to MT
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate examinations
- Previous work in a Major Trauma Centre
Teaching and Research
Essential criteria
- Willingness to contribute to departmental teaching sessions, Ability to work harmoniously with colleagues in medical and non- medical disciplines., , Active audit interest demonstrated by at least one completed audit project
Desirable criteria
- Publication in peer review journals on topics related to general surgery or trauma
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are currently under-represented at NUH.
Covid-19 vaccination: remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated. For helpful advice and information about the Covid-19 vaccination and how to access visit: https://nottsccg.nhs.uk/covid-19/covid-19-vaccinations/
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
Easy read application: if you have a disability and find it difficult to complete our online application form, you can apply via our easy read application which you can find on the intranet https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/easy-read-job-application
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
Skilled Workers Visa: We welcome applications from individuals who require a skilled worker visa in line with the Home Office regulations. NON-UK/NON SETTLED candidates may not be appointed, if a suitably qualified and skilled UK/SETTLED candidate is successful at interview stage as it is unlikely that the Trust is able to satisfy the Home Office Visa requirements
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.
Consent:
- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
- Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41.90 for enhanced and £21.90 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.
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