Junior Clinical Fellow in NeurosurgeryinNewcastle upon TyneinNewcastle upon TynePUBLISHED MON 2 DEC 2024
The position requires the candidate to manage ward duties, oversee acute admissions, and contribute to operating theatres while partaking in morning meetings and ward rounds. Candidates are expected to maintain accurate patient records, ensure timely discharge documentation, and engage in teaching medical students and junior doctors. Each fellow will have a Clinical and Educational Supervisor to guide their professional development and support their portfolio management aligned with their career goals.
We are delighted to be able to offer opportunities for highly motivated, ambitious individuals to join our well-integrated team.
This post offers the successful candidate the opportunity to gain skills in all aspects of the management of patients with acute and elective adult neurosurgical conditions. Successful candidates will be expected to assess and manage, with support of their senior colleagues, patients receiving treatment in the neurosurgical department at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. Candidates must be able to work as committed multidisciplinary team members and be able to prioritise their workload.
The successful candidate will be expected to attend regular teaching sessions, including journal club, as well as outpatient clinics and theatre sessions. Opportunities also exist for audit and research projects. Candidates will be allocated a Clinical and Educational Supervisor and encouraged to maintain a portfolio appropriate to their career ambitions (e.g. Horus, ISCP).
The post is to provide resident doctor support to the Neurosurgery department. This includes supporting ward duties, managing acute admissions to the wards and through the emergency department and assisting in operating theatres. Attending out-patient clinics is encouraged.
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Managerial:
Attend morning meetings
Attend ward rounds and manage ward patients
Admit patients to wards and through emergency department
Assist in operating theatre
Attend out-patient clinics
Participate on an on-call rota
Administrative:
Completion of patient records
Prompt discharge documentation
On-call rota management
Research:
Involvement in department-based audit and research projects
Teaching:
Involvement in medical student and junior doctor in-house training
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