Teaching Fellow in Acute Medicine

We are appointing new colleagues for our medical team within the Acute Medicine Business Unit. This is a full-time, fixed-term service appointment for 12 months. Based at Royal Derby Hospital, the appointees will undertake duties for the Medical Services Division. Provision of Acute and General Internal Medical Care in the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) and Medical Same Day Emergency Care (MSDEC) at middle grade (medical registrar) levelSupervision and teaching of medical students based in Acute MedicineManagement, Audit and Patient safety opportunities. Job Holders will be expected to engage with departmental work in the above categories such as presenting a case for mortality review.Main duties of the job The post holder will support the Acute & Specialist Medicine Business Units, specifically within acute/ general internal medicine. Whilst on duty the post holder will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients. It will also be their duty to:

• communicate with patients (&/or their carers if appropriate) about their condition;
• involve patients (&/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment;
• maintain professional standards & obligations as set out from time to time by the General
• Medical Council (GMC) & comply in particular with the GMC's guidance on 'Good Medical Practice' as amended or substituted from time to time;
• carry out any work related to, & reasonably incidental to, the duties set out in their schedule of duties, e.g. keeping of records & provision of reports, proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills & knowledge.
  
  As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer: o Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership developmento On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.o A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes Key Facts about our Trust: o We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.o We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.o An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.o Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.o Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.o We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.o We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.