Clinical Teaching Fellow in ENT

at  Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The Clinical Teaching Fellow will participate in the ENT Day time rota. Based at RAEI, Wigan but will undertake duties at other Hospitals in the Trust when required.
Additionally, to cover for the occasional brief absence of colleagues as far as is practicable in cases of occasional emergency or in unforeseen circumstances without additional remuneration. Sick colleagues will normally be covered for short periods of absence and then only during the standard working day.
Responsibility for the administration of the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinical Directorate rests with the Clinical Service Lead (Mr VB Pothula). The Consultants deal with junior medical staff appointments, locums, annual leave, study leave and post-graduate education. The service lead is responsible for duty rotas and must be informed of any absence from duty and must be consulted before changes in the duty roster and requests for annual leave, study leave, or day release are submitted.

The Clinical Fellow will seek guidance as required from the appropriate Consultant.

• Generally responsible for in-patient treatment under the supervision of the Consultants. The fellow will undertake out-patient clinics and theatre lists as directed and deal with emergencies as required.
• To answer without undue delay any request for assistance from the A&E medical officer if he wishes to refer a patient for opinion.
• Checking Radiology and Pathology reports and ensuring that appropriate action is taken.
• To personally contact laboratory technicians and radiographers on-call when they are required in cases of emergency.
• Interviewing relatives of patients as required and when necessary request permission for an autopsy.
• Liaison with family practitioners.
• Notify General Practitioners, by telephone, of any death.
• Notification of deaths to H.M. Coroner as determined by prior discussion with Consultant.
• Notification to “Proper Officer” of Notifiable or Infectious Diseases.
• 5 clinical sessions (0.5WTE) to include Ward, Rapid access & outpatient clinics, theatre work.
• 5 teaching sessions (0.5 WTE) determined by Edge Hill University – secondment

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
The Trust operates a No Smoking Policy.
All Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust staff employed within Clinical Environments and have contact with children, vulnerable adults; service users and their families must familiarise themselves, be aware of their responsibilities and adhere to Local Safeguarding Children’s Board, Local Safeguarding Adult Board and WWL Procedures for Safeguarding and Protecting Children which are available on the Trust Policy Library.
In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, employees who are required to interact regularly with the public, both face to face, and by telephone, are required to be able to speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation.
Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations 2016, Data Protection Act 2018 and Information Governance Principles – the postholder is not entitled to use for their own benefit or gain, or to divulge to any persons, firm or other organisation whatsoever, any confidential information belonging to the Trust or relating to the Trust’s affairs or dealings which may come to their knowledge during employment.
Compliance with the Health & Social Care Act 2008 – Code of Practice on the Prevention and Control of Infections and related guidance – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the reduction and management of healthcare related infection in all of their actions. This entails compliance with Trust Infection Prevention and Control policy and related Standard Operating Procedure (SOP’s); along with risk assessment of all situations; as staff have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Staff must be fully compliant with Trust Infection prevention and Control eLearning policy.
All applicants to any post within the Trust are required to declare any involvement either directly or indirectly with any firm, company, relevant person or organisation which has any interest with the Trust, the services provided by the Trust or any element of patient care. Failure to do so may result in an employment application being rejected, or if it is discovered after appointment the omission of such information could lead to dismissal. This includes any form of private practice relating to medical care.
Compliance with Trust Policies and Procedures including the Code of Conduct.
Compliance with Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs) – The SFI’s identify the financial responsibilities which apply to everyone working for the Foundation Trust and its constituent organisations including trading units. Failure to comply with Standing Financial Instructions can in certain circumstances be regarded as a disciplinary matter that could result in dismissal. Compliance with the SFIs is monitored by the Finance Department and post holders are therefore required to understand their responsibilities outlined within this document and ensure compliance with its instructions.
Responsibility for all records (including patient health, financial, personal and administrative) that they gather or use as part of their work within the trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio or videotapes, x-ray images

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