Junior Clinical Fellow Simulation

The post holder will conduct duties with regard to the Trusts Vision and Values

i) CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The appointee is expected to undertake CPD, including CME, in accordance with the relevant Colleges and Trusts requirements

ii) APPRAISAL AND JOB PLANNING

The post holder, in common with all posts in the Trust, will participate in the Trusts appraisal and Job Planning process.

iii) SAFE AND EFFECTIVE CARE FOR PATIENTSThe Trust is committed to providing safe and effective care for patients. To ensure this there is an agreed procedure for medical staff that enables them to report quickly and confidentially, concerns about the conduct, performance or health of medical colleagues (Chief Medical Officer 1996).

All medical staff practising in the Trust should ensure that they are familiar with the procedure and should apply it.

iv) RISK MANAGEMENT

It is a standard element of the role and responsibility of all staff of the Trust that they fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards.

v) TRUST POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

All staff should ensure that personal action and conduct comply with Trust Policies and Procedures, e.g. Infection control, health and safety, fire procedures, no smoking policy, equal opportunities, confidentiality, etc.

As an employee of the Trust, you have a legal responsibility for all records, including patient health, financial, personal and administrative, that you gather or use as part of your work within the Trust. The records may be paper, electronic, microfiche, audio, video tapes, x-ray images etc. You must consult your manager if you have any doubt as to the correct management of the records with which you work.

All employees of the Trust have a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions. Employees are required to co-operate with management to enable the Trust to meet its own legal duties and to report any circumstances that may compromise the health, safety and welfare of those affected by the Trust undertakings.

All employees have a personal responsibility for adhering to the Infection Prevention & Control policies.

All employees will be expected to adhere to the dress code policy.

As a Trust employee you are required to uphold the confidentiality of all records held by the Trust, whether patient records or Trust information. This duty lasts indefinitely and will continue if you are no longer employed by the Trust.

All the information which identified individuals in whatever form, paper, picture, electronic data, images or voice, is covered by the Data Protection Act 1988 and should be managed in accordance with this legislation.

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.

The Simulation Team are dedicated to educating, training, and developing our current and future workforce to support the vision of providing safe, personal, and effective care. They have a reputation for high quality, innovative, education provided by a skilled and motivated. muti-disciplinary Team utilising the cutting edge of simulation technology.

To support this vision, we work across the Education and Simulation Centres of the Royal Blackburn and Burnley General Teaching Hospitals as well as providing support in clinical practice delivering in situ simulation.

Essential

Essential: - GMC Registration; - access to a vehicle

Desirable: - Experience of simulation

Desirable

Essential: - Evidence of publications in medical education journals