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Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) - Trauma & Orthopaedics

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Reading

Salary

£52,656 – £52,656

Posted

Yesterday

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Junior Clinical Fellow (FY3) to join the Trauma and Orthopaedics Department at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. This post is fixed term period of six months, with possible extension to one year. This is for an August 2026 start.

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The role of the Junior Clinical Fellow is varied, including ward cover (trauma & elective), fracture clinics, SHO on-calls, elective clinics (if allocated to work with a Consultant), assisting in elective theatres and trauma theatres. This role will have exposure to all areas of the department.

The Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) post plays an important support role within the department, including helping with FY1/FY2/GPTVS/CT1 inductions.

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The role of the Junior Clinical Fellow is varied, including ward cover (trauma & elective), fracture clinics, SHO on-calls, elective clinics (if allocated to work with a Consultant), assisting in elective theatres and trauma theatres. This role will have exposure to all areas of the department.

Junior Clinical Fellow (F3) - Trauma & Orthopaedics

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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There are plenty of educational opportunities including planned teaching, simulation sessions and departmental teaching sessions are arranged by the Consultants and Registrars. JCF posts are also provided with study leave allowance.

We are in the initial process of establishing an Education qualification (PG Cert Edu) with the University of Reading and hope to secure funding to assist with this.

We are determined to support successful applicants with career progression and actively encourage and support involvement in Quality Improvement, learning and exam/interview preparation. Applicants will be assigned an educational supervisor for the year and will be encouraged to attend appropriate teaching sessions within the trust.

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The Royal Berkshire Hospital achieved Foundation Trust status on 1st June 2006. It was the first Foundation Trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority. The Trust has a successful track record of delivering high quality acute medical and surgical services for 500,000 patients across West Berkshire, an area extending from Newbury in the west to Henley-on-Thames in the east, and including Wokingham and parts of Hampshire to the south and parts of Oxfordshire to the north. The Trust is one of the largest general hospital Trusts in the country and is Reading’s biggest employer.

The hospital provides all those services normally associated with a very large District General Hospital. The hospital provides services on a single site for all the major specialities including Accident and Emergency, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Intensive Care, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Genitourinary Medicine, Ophthalmology, ENT, Maxillo-Facial surgery, paediatrics (including a NICU), general medicine (including all major medical specialities including CCU, Renal Unit, ITU and gastroenterology), radiotherapy and oncology, and all the general surgical specialities.

The trust provides several services Berkshire-wide (e.g. Ophthalmology, renal). Following the principle of care closer to home, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust offers services from many locations, including, West Berkshire Community Hospital, Royal Berkshire Bracknell Healthspace, Townlands Hospital Henley

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Person specification

Essential

Full registration with the GMC and a licence to practice
MBBS or equivalent
Advanced Life Support certification
Applicant’s knowledge is up to date and is safe to practice
Aware of own limitations
Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job
Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need
Shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job
Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job
Demonstrable experience of the “Top 20” acute medical presentations and their management or surgical presentation (depending upon post applied for)
Capacity to take responsibility for own actions and demonstrate a non-judgmental approach towards others.
Demonstrates a willingness to fully engage in appraisal.
Self-awareness and ability to accept and learn from feedback
Completion of Foundation Year 2.
Previous experience of working in the NHS as a doctor for a minimum of 6 months

Desirable

Ability to teach and enthuse junior medical staff
Ability to undertake audit/research
Evidence of completed QIP
Familiarity with clinical governance systems
Excellence evidenced by WPAs and e- portfolio
Displays honesty, integrity, awareness of confidentiality and ethical issues
Previous experience in one of the following specialties: Respiratory Medicine or other medical specialties at FY2 or higher level Intensive Care medicine Emergency medicine Surgical specialties
Post registration experience working in other specialties relevant to the role

Provider status in one of the following: ALS, ATLS