Chief Medical Officer’s Fellow – August 2024

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30Job Description:Job summary
Applications are invited for the posts of Chief Medical Officer’s Fellow, under the Trust’s Terms & Conditions of Service for Junior Specialist Doctor (Standard). This is a fixed term 12 month post which will form part of the team delivering the Corporate Quality Improvement Programme across UHB Trust. This post will be responsible for giving the clinical steer required to ensure that the Corporate QI projects are developed with specialties with the necessary clinical background and detail. It will suit an individual wishing to develop skills in quality improvement, management, team working and leadership to potentially pursue a career in hospital management.
We are looking for an individual with:
*Considerable knowledge and experience of quality improvement work streams
*Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills that cut through complexity and provide insight
*Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including being personally credible and influential with senior stakeholders
Main duties, tasks & skills required
*The post-holder will need to work with a range of individuals from different professional backgrounds and different specialties, as well as other senior members of the project team, to further the Corporate QI Programme and selected clinical governance work within the Trust.
*To ensure the development of a range of clinically designed QI project interventions that meet both the requirements of the Trust, national standards and operational and clinical requirements.
*To support the development of audit and training processes around QI project standards as required.
*To assist with clinical investigations associated with QI projects under the supervision of a senior clinician and investigations officer as part of scoping and development of the relevant QI project.
*To apply QI project standards to clinical guidelines and policies in collaboration with specialty teams and controlled documents
*To support the broader quality and clinical governance agenda as directed by the CMO and Deputy CMO.
*The postholder will be given the opportunity to participate in clinical duties (including on-call) as appropriate for their background and potential career based specialties.
*The post holder may be required to undertake other duties and/or responsibilities not specified within the job description but within the general scope of the post, as determined by the Chief Medical Officer or Chief Executive.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their ‘whole self’ to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Despite extensive efforts within the Trust, certain categories of incident recur and continue to cause harm to our patients. The mechanisms the Trust uses to improve safety are not always capable of delivering what is required, for example when it involves multiple divisions, sites and professions.
Based on themes from actions arising from RCAs and SIs, new groups have been established to ensure that the quality improvement work undertaken for patient safety is adequately standardised and prioritised. This corporate Quality Improvement Programme requires clinical support to ensure the safe and effective implementation of the QI projects.
This post represents an opportunity to gain further experience of quality improvement, clinical governance and healthcare management within a large and complex NHS Trust which would be well suited for a candidate with aspirations to develop a career in any of these areas.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Full GMC
Medical Degree from a recognised University
Experience
Essential
A minimum of 2 years full time post graduate training (its equivalent gained on a part time basis) or equivalent experience and competencies.
Able to demonstrate basic clinical knowledge appropriate to level of responsibility.
Desirable
Awareness of Clinical Governance principles
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.Location: Birmingham