Job summary
- Main area
- Virtual Hospital
- Grade
- MN37
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 360-A-5643
- Employer
- West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Watford General Hospital
- Town
- Watford
- Salary
- £44,171 - £57,570 pa plus £149 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Trust Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3) Level, Virtual Hospital
MN37
Job overview
Clinical Fellow (ST3+ level) post in Digital Medicine, remote monitoring and Virtual Hospital Medicine. This is a full time, fixed term 12-month role with possibility of extension.
Full or part time applicants are invited to apply for this exciting clinical fellowship post in virtual hospital, digital technology and remote monitoring. This post is designed with either senior trainees (ST3+ level seeking to take an OOPE to develop advanced skills) or post CMT trainees (ST3+ level seeking to gain a firm foundation before applying for speciality training) in mind. Applications from colleagues across the full range of specialties are welcomed.
West Herts Virtual Hospital has attracted national attention with Amanda Pritchard, Chief Executive of NHSE, who recently visited our set up. There’s a short YouTube video to give a flavour of what’s involved (https://youtu.be/HZZfprv8ZVc).
The post will offer enhanced training with dedicated time in West Herts’ nationally renowned virtual hospital, which currently has 4 distinct ‘wards’ for heart function (HF), ABC, ARI and Frailty as well as in some of our smaller pathway such as post-surgery.
Main duties of the job
To deliver and maintain the various pathways running within the acute VH Hub.
To clearly and concisely communicate complex and highly sensitive information
To overcome barriers to providing hospital at home services with key stakeholders
To support the follow up clinic for patients discharged from the VH.
To support the identification, reviewing (in-patient), on-boarding and monitoring of patients.
To attend, and participate in, board rounds, MDTs and other key VH meetings
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver the best patient care
To take part in VH governance arrangements and morbidity and mortality meetings as required.
Working for our organisation
There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust! Major redevelopment works are planned as part of the New Hospital Programme. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.
The trust has recently gained ‘teaching hospital’ status which reflects the dedicated work of many teams and individuals who have set the standard for delivering high quality training, learning and education at all levels of the workforce.
We are a flexible working employer
At West Herts we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. We are delighted to offer a variety of flexible working options for all staff. Please check out our web page for more information.
https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/
We encourage and welcome people with disabilities. If you need help, please ask.
We reserve the right to close this advert early due to the volume of applicants. Please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The VH clinical fellows provide day-day support to the virtual hub supporting the growing team of specialist nurses in the identification, review (in-patient), on-boarding and then monitoring of patients.
The post holder for the VH Fellow role is expected to deliver and maintain the various pathways running within the acute VH Hub. As such, they must receive and communicate highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information (written and verbal) and will be expected to work to overcome barriers to understanding with senior colleagues, executives, and external stakeholders.
In addition, there’s an expectation that the fellows will link with industry partners to review our current technology and RPM solutions (remote patient monitoring) and look to the future to see how we can evolve. There are significant research opportunities for IT/data literate trainees as we’ve curated >1000 discharged patients data feeds. Within this there’s continuous monitoring streams patient for several key physiological parameters. Questions around identifying patterns to stratify at risk patients remain to be answered. You will also be encouraged to pursue an affiliated post graduate qualification and to engage with the Faculty of Clinical Informatics (FCI welcome - Faculty of Clinical Informatics).
Dr Keenan was until recently AMD for Innovation and Strategy. Dr Richard Burridge is the newly appointed CCIO.
You will be expected to participate in the daily board rounds, review patients remotely, and occasionally bring patients up to the hospital for in person reviews. Take and active role in Cardiology and Respiratory MDTs furthermore, you are expected to enhance the vital link between patients on outlier wards with the VH team and the specialist service.
On-call element to be confirmed.
Person specification
Your application will be shortlisting against the person specification
Essential criteria
- Score 0 – does not meet the person specification, 1- reserved meets some person specification requirements 2 – Meets all person specification requirements.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jess Scott
- Job title
- Assistant Divisional Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07977791558
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Watford Hospital
Vicarage Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD18 0HB
- Telephone
- 01442365230
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