Description
We are happy to discuss 12-month or 6-month contracts with successful applicants.
This post offers specialist experience in acute medicine combined with substantial training opportunities. The clinical work includes both day and night shifts working on the acute medical take alongside the acute medicine team, as well as experience in the Acute Medicine Unit (AMU), ambulatory care and on cardiology ward rounds. There is also substantial self-development time (SDT) built into the rota (roughly 1 week in every 8).
This post is not formally recognised for training but applicants may wish to keep a portfolio during their fellowship that can be used as evidence of 12 (or 6) months experience in acute/general medicine.
Successful applicants will be invited to the IMT teaching programme (one halfway per month), the acute medicine departmental teaching programme (four sessions per week), and to simulation training days that cover both clinical skills and scenario-based training.
The post holder will be encouraged to contribute to the Acute Medicine Teaching programme.
The successful appointee will have an accredited consultant educational/clinical supervisor. Our department consistently receives excellent feedback from our trainees in the yearly GMC survey. We are committed to providing the best possible training and clinical experience to all our doctors, whether in training posts, or locally employed doctors on fixed-term contracts.
The appointed fellow will work with a large cohort of doctors, including Foundation Year 1 and 2, Internal Medicine Trainees years 1-3, ACCS ST1, GP ST1, Clinical Research Fellows, and consultants.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Indicative timetable (8-week cycle)
The clinical rota operates over an 8-week cycle. The weekend frequency is 1:4.
Week
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
Sun
1
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
Zero day
Zero day
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
2
Zero day
Zero day
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
Day DMR
08.30-21.30
Zero day
3
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
4
Cardiology/SDEC
08.30-17.00
Cardiology/SDEC
08.30-17.00
Cardiology/SDEC
08.30-17.00
Cardiology/SDEC
08.30-17.00
Cardiology/SDEC
08.30-17.00
5
Amb Care
10.00-19.00
Amb Care
10.00-19.00
Amb Care
10.00-19.00
Amb Care
10.00-19.00
Amb Care
10.00-19.00
6
AMU
08.00-17.00
AMU
08.00-17.00
AMU
08.00-17.00
AMU
08.00-17.00
AMU
08.00-17.00
7
SDT
SDT
SDT
Zero day
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
Night DMR
21.00-09.00
8
Zero day
SDT
SDT
SDT
DMR = Duty Medical Registrar; one of the two medical registrars on call
SDT = Self-directed time
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the second year in a row.
UCLH top trust to work at in England - for the second year running ! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us