JOB,ADVERT & DESCRIPTION & PERSON SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE: Trust Clinical Fellows (ST1) in ED

SITE / LOCATION: RSCH and PRH and must be prepared to travel to all sites within the
Trust

GRADE: SHO

SPECIALTY: Emergency Department

DIVISION: Medicine Division

RESPONSIBLE TO: Malcolm McKenzie, Clinical Lead for Emergency Medicine

RESPONSIBLE OFFICER: Dr Robert Haigh

ACCOUNTABLE TO: The Chief of Service – Andrew Leonard or The Medical Director

POST VACANT: From: Dec 21 (or start Feb or April 22)

Until: August 22

JOB SUMMARY: Day to day care of patients on the medical wards and acutely
when covering acute floor and out of hours

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 Full-time / Part-time including participation in an annualised
rota system

INTRODUCTION

Applications are invited for a number of Clinical Fellow posts in ED starting from Dec 2021
for 4-8 months. Or start in Feb for 6 months or April for 8 months

These posts can be part time or Full time and worked in an annualised way with flexible
rostering using healthrota software, where Drs pre-state the days they want off and rotas
are built around their needs as well as those of our patients.

In addition, the rotas create efficient use of staffing so that there are not the fluctuations in
numbers that happens with traditional templating systems. The three actually go hand in
hand as if you improve staff welfare and job satisfaction you improve patient care, all whilst
improving efficiency.

The rota works via a fundamentally different way of staffing doctors – via an annualisation
system. Full allowance of annual leave, study leave and bank holidays (whether worked on
bank holidays or not) are allowed for in the annualisation calculations. This calculates a set
number of clinical shifts, which have to be worked over the year. This allows for greater
flexibility than standard rosters. Weekend frequency is no more than 4 in 9 weekends but
with compensatory time off during the week.

The full time jobs are 48 hours but you get 3 hours non rostered time for things like audits
and quality improvement projects as well as traditional teaching.

These jobs are designed to support post F2 doctors to do clinical work but with non-clinical
paid time whilst enabling job sustainability and satisfaction. It is great for those wishing to
take some time out after F2 and want flexibility, stability, training, supervision, a study
budget as well as GMC revalidation but do not yet want to commit to a training
programme. They are also great for people who want to take some time out of a formal
training programme where they have dedicated non clinical time.

The rota and the clinical fellow jobs in ED have won recent RCEM quality improvement prize
and HSJ highly commended prize in the workforce category and were shortlisted for the
BMJ innovation prize. They are used by exemplars by NHS Improvement, HEE (Health
Education England) and Deloitte for solving the NHS staffing crisis.

The BMA made a video about these jobs as an exemplar of good practice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om3shRfMnLw

Successful candidates will be expected to work at both the Royal Sussex County Hospital,
RSCH (Brighton) and/or the Princess Royal Hospital, PRH (Haywards Heath).
RSCH is a trauma centre and teaching hospital and PRH our smaller DGH.

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In the Emergency Department at RSCH, all Medicine and ED SHOs perform single clerking –
where their clerking is used as the main ward admission paperwork. They present their
patients to speciality seniors aiding learning from them as well as from ED seniors.

The Health Service Journal (HSJ) awarded BSUH this initiative the ‘Acute Services Redesign’
winner for 2018. Registrars do not do single clerking but reviews, and traditional clerking.

WORKLOAD

Details of workload are given in the introductory section. However the post holder accepts that he /
she will also perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request
of the appropriate consultant, in consultation, where practicable, with his / her colleagues, both
senior and junior. While it has been agreed between the professions that they will perform such
duties, the Secretary of State stresses that additional commitments arising under this sub-section
are exceptions and in particular that juniors should not be required to undertake work of this kind
for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.

DUTIES OF THE POST

The clinical duties of the post include the following are described in the introduction section.

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

The rota will be a bespoke rota as explained in the introduction section.

THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND MEDICAL WARDS

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is committed to involving doctors in management,
and has a Divisional Clinical Structure. Each Division comprises a Chief of Service, who works alongside
a Divisional Head of Nursing and Divisional Director of Operations.

Royal Sussex County Hospital.

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The department is a major unit that opened in 1969 and underwent total refurbishment in the late
1990s. A refurbishment of the Emergency Department is shortly to take place to reflect new working
patterns and an increase in sick patients. The ED at the RSCH sees approximately 100,000 new
patients per annum, including the Urgent Care Centre patients, taking the full range of adult
emergencies. Except for major paediatric trauma cases, paediatric cases are looked after at the ED in
the Alex building on the same site. This site of the Trust is the Major Trauma Centre for the area and
has well-established trauma team provision.

At present there is a 5-bay resuscitation area, one of which is dedicated to paediatrics; the new
development will increase this to 8-bays. There are separate areas for majors and minors with a
dedicated urgent care centre providing unscheduled minor injury services on site. There are short-
stay facilities attached to the department for 15 patients, with daily consultant ward rounds and 7
day a week discharge team support. There are good links with mental health and substance misuse
services which are based in the department during office hours. Our Ambulatory care unit has
recently been rebuilt.

Princess Royal Hospital

The Princess Royal Hospital opened in the early 1990s, serving the people of Mid Sussex. The
population served is generally rural and well-educated with less-than-average social deprivation.

The Emergency Department sees around 30,000 patients per year, of which about 15% are under 16
years old. The department has a happy, supportive atmosphere and there is a good working
environment enjoyed by the doctors, paediatric and adult nurses and emergency nurse
practitioners. There is a new 3-bay resuscitation area and a separate paediatric area. The 6-bedded
short stay (24 hr) ward is well-used, supported by HRDT, the Hospital Rapid Discharge Team 6 days a
week.

This part of the Trust takes all ambulant patients, and ambulance patients with a wide range of adult
medical emergencies and those trauma patients unlikely to need emergency surgical intervention. A
minority of ambulance patients with other presentations (e.g. those likely to require emergency
surgery and medical paediatrics) are directed to the larger department at Brighton. PRH takes all
fractured neck of femurs and urology cases in the area.

The Emergency Department Consultants are shared between the 2 EDs and all medical staff are
shared between the two sites. Approximately ¼ to 1/3 of shifts are done at PRH. .

There is 24 hour support from on-site acute physicians, anaesthetics, obstetrics and gynaecology and
urology. All other acute specialities with the exception of plastics are available at the South site of
the acute trust. Plastics are located at the Queen Victoria Hospital nearby. Imaging and pathology
are on site 24/7 and IT systems enable sharing of both support services across the 2 sites. The joint
departments use a common computer patient management system. There is 24/7 provision of
cardiac arrest and medical emergency teams.

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The Medicine division consists of an Emergency Ambulatory Care unit which is staffed by Medical
Drs as well as an acute assessment unit and wards across the hospital. These wards now have
dedicated ward based doctors 7 days a week 8-20.30. There is a great Critical care outreach team
24/7 and a supportive medicine, ED and ITU consultant body and a large number of trainee
registrars.

General Departmental Information

Across the two departments there is a supportive working relationship between junior doctors,
consultants and nursing staff.

There is a regular SHO and middle grade-teaching programme, which the clinical fellows are offered
the opportunity to attend depending on their stage of career. This teaching can be attended in their
paid, off the shop floor work time 3 hours a week.

This post will be supported by a mentor-mentee system to review and inform clinical performance
and development. Annual appraisal is organised and the non-clinical parts of the job are reviewed
and mentored closely.

There is an active and well-attended Clinical Governance and audit programme across the 2
departments. The Trust is keen to support appropriate study leave to develop staff skills with a view
to enhancing job satisfaction and staff retention. There is a modern, well-equipped and active Post-
Graduate centre and library on site. The Trust has a well-established Intranet, and ‘microguide’ app
which includes all the clinical guidelines and prompt cards.

Medical Staff

All staff work on both sites.

Consultants and Associate Specialists 30

Middle grades 20 (clinical fellow 11, purely clinical 9)
HST SpRs - 6
ST3 - 2
ACCS -2
GPVTS – 6
Clinical fellows at SHO level 20
F2s -9
F1s – 4

There are separate GPs in urgent care across both sites.

NURSING:

Nursing Staff in excess of 100 WTE.

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The departments also host an Advanced Emergency Nurse Practitioner service.

Desirable attributes for the postholder

Ideally you have decided on EM as your preferred career or be in an allied specialty with an interest
in Emergency Medicine & education. Alternatively, you will have done F2 and looking for a new
experience before deciding what you would like to do. You will have an active interest in improving
the quality of care within the Trust. You will be capable of managing projects both independently
and under supervision and be skilled at team working. Regular supervision meetings with a training
Consultant will help you shape your future career.

The UHSussex (East) Emergency Department is keen to promote subspecialty interests and the
Consultant body has expertise in education, simulation, trauma, pre-hospital medicine, ultrasound
and toxicology. The consultants also run courses for FRCEM primary and FRCEM within the
department and externally. We will be happy to mentor successful applicants in these subspecialty
topics

The post

During clinical time, the post holder will act as an SHO. They must be flexible in working across both
sites as this is to ensure exposure to a wider case-mix.

Audit

All doctors are expected to participate actively in departmental audits and educational audits will be
supported.

Residency

Rented accommodation is sometimes available at the Hospital, details of which can be obtained from
the Residences Manager on 01273 696955 ext 4551.

Annual and Study Leave

Staff are expected to discuss plans for leave with members of their Department and use the study
leave appropriately. You will receive 10 days study leave a year and standard annual leave.

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Medical School Information

The hospital is affiliated to Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) and you will have an
opportunity to teach in your day to day job.

The school's first 128 students started their five-year course in October 2003 and has proved an
outstanding success, typically receiving more than 15 applications per place. Students spend the first
two years based mainly at the University campuses at Falmer, but with significant clinical exposure
throughout the period, particularly in primary care.

BSMS is one of the newest medical schools in the UK and also one of the smallest –with just 200
students per year. But this allows a great working relationship between students and staff with
BSMS coming top of the student satisfaction survey in 2015 with 98% of students pleased with their
education.

PERSON SPECIFICATION CRITERIA

Assessment
Method
Essential

Application

Interview

References
or
Criteria
Desirable
criteria

Education and Qualifications

Basic medical degree E 
Postgraduate qualification or appropriate specialist qualification D 
Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice E 
Higher Degree D 

Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or D 

equivalent
Clinical Experience
Completion of F2 training E 

Clinical Skills
Understanding of clinical risk management E 
An ability to communicate well with patients and staff E  
Appropriate level of clinical knowledge / up to date E  
Knowledge and use of evidence based practice E 
IT skills D 
Breadth of experience in and outside specialty D 
Organisation and Planning
Able to organise oneself and prioritise clinical need E  
Experience and ability to work in multi-professional teams E  
Understanding of: NHS / Clinical governance / Resource constraints. E 
Evidence of managerial skills: Achievements / Course attended D 

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Teaching Skills
Evidence of an interest and commitment to teaching D 
Recognised teaching qualification D 
Academic and Research
Understanding of the principles of research D 
Evidence of participation in audit D 
Research experience D 
Publications D 
Prizes and honours D 
Career progression
Appropriate progression of career to date D 
Have evidence that their present level of achievement and performance D

is commensurate with the totality of their period of training
Not have previously relinquished or been released/removed from a D

training programme, except under exceptional circumstances
Personal attributes
Evidence of:- Good communication skills both oral and written D  
Decisiveness/accountability D  
Excellent and effective interpersonal skills D  
Non-judgemental approach to patients D  
Flexibility D  
Resilience D  
Thoroughness D  
Initiative / drive / enthusiasm D  
Probity D  
Leadership skills D 
Evidence of: Logical thinking / Problem solving / Decision making D 
Behaviours and Attitudes
D
Demonstrates behaviours and attitudes that support the Trust’s Vision 
Presentation skills
Effective, confident presentation ability D 
Additionally
Good references from relevant sources E 

MAIN CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

There are local policies for grievance / disciplinary procedures, travel expenses and subsistence.
Removal and associated expenses are not reimbursed to the post holder. Your terms and
conditions of employment will be determined by the Trust and initially be based on the Terms and
Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff (England) 2002 and any reference in those
Terms and Conditions to an employing Authority shall be construed as if it were to include a
reference to an employing Trust.

The basic salary is £31,841.00 - £50,068.00 per annum and no peripheral allowance is payable. A
supplement payment may be payable in recognition of any out-of-hours work and the level of
supplement will depend on the frequency of your participation on the rota. The Trust is compliant
with the European Working Time Directive. The current salary increase is 50% as these jobs are band
1a.

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The appointment will be subject to passing a medical examination satisfactorily prior to commencing
duties.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust operates a No Smoking Policy, to which all staff
must adhere.

In the event of a major incident or civil unrest all University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
employees will be expected to report for duty on notification. All Trust employees are also expected
to play an active part in training for and in preparation of a major incident or civil unrest.

It is mandatory to attend hospital induction programmes and sessions specific to each clinical area at
the start of the post.

The post holder should ensure confidentiality at all times. Employees of the Trust must not without
prior permission disclose any information regarding patients or staff obtained during the course of
employment, except to authorised bodies or individuals acting in an official capacity. Failure to
adhere to this instruction will be regarded as serious misconduct and may lead to disciplinary action.
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may render an individual liable for prosecution in
the event of unauthorised disclosure of information.

The Trust is responsible for ensuring that the service provided for patients in its care meets the
highest standards. Equally it is responsible for ensuring that staff do not abuse their official position
for personal gain or to benefit their family and friends. Staff members are not allowed to further
their private interests in the course of their NHS duties.

The appointee is expected to compile an annual portfolio with evidence of continuing professional
development in accordance with the Trust’s appraisal process. He / she will be expected to
participate in annual appraisal by the designated consultant and to produce a personal development
plan that is aligned to priorities within their clinical service which will be shared with the Medical
Director and Chief Executive. The appraisal process will also be part of the information used to
revalidate Consultants by the GMC.

At no time should the post holder work outside their defined level of competence. If the post holder
has concerns regarding this they should immediately discuss this with their Manager / Supervisor /
Consultant. The post holder has the responsibility to inform those supervising their duties if they are
not competent to perform a duty.

The Trust is responsible for ensuring that everyone involved in the delivery of NHS care has the
required level of English language competence to enable them to effectively carry out their role,
deliver safe care and enhance patient experience. Effective communication is a two way process
which develops and cements relationships, keeps people informed and reduces the likelihood of
errors and mistakes.

The Trust expects you to be able to develop and maintain communication with people on complex
matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations, this is in accordance with Level 4 of the
Knowledge & Skills Framework and in compliance with Article 53 of the European Directive
2005/36/EC.

CONDITIONS OF APPOINTMENT

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The post will be offered subject to the following:

 Satisfactory references (3 years) of which one must be from the most recent employer
 One satisfactory reference from most recent Designated Body
 Current GMC / GDC registration with licence to practice
 Evidence of the right to take up paid employment in the UK
 Occupational Health clearance, including medical examination if required
 Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance
 The Trust expects all Medical and Dental staff to work within the guidelines of the GMC
‘Guide to Good Medical Practice’ which can be viewed on the GMC website
 If you are a national of a country outside the UK, European Economic Area (EEA) or
Switzerland who graduated from a medical school outside the UK OR you are a UK national
who has graduated from a medical school outside the UK, EEA or Switzerland. we would
require you to submit evidence of an English language test in the form of ILETS or PLAB 1
and 2 with an overall score of 7.5

RECOGNITION, TRAINING AND MEDICAL EDUCATION

This post is not recognised for training.

All posts will be subject to stringent recording of educational content, clinical activity and
experience. The maintenance of good logbooks and learning portfolios is a requirement of each
post. Study leave will be provided in accordance with current guidelines.

PGME hold a wide variety of courses, tutorials and seminars with local and visiting speakers which
are organised by the specialty departments for clinical staff of all disciplines.

The successful applicant will be expected to take an active role in both postgraduate and
undergraduate teaching, and in the training of clinical staff as appropriate.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to utilise the full quota of study leave to pursue their
Continued Medical Education.

The department and unit are involved in a number of audits, and the post holder is encouraged to
either participate in these audits or start new ones.

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 OUR TRUST

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (East) is an acute teaching hospital working across
two main sites:

 Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton

 Princess Royal Hospital, in Haywards Heath

The Brighton campus includes the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and the Sussex Eye Hospital.

We provide district general hospital services to our local populations in and around the Brighton and
Hove, Mid Sussex and the western part of East Sussex, and more specialised and tertiary services for
patients across Sussex and the south east of England.

Both hospitals provide many of the same acute services for their local populations. In addition, the
Princess Royal is our centre for elective surgery and the Royal Sussex County Hospital is our centre
for emergency and tertiary care. Our specialised and tertiary services include neurosciences, arterial
vascular surgery, neonatal, paediatrics, cardiac, cancer, renal, infectious diseases and HIV medicine.
We are also the major trauma centre for Sussex and the South East.

We treat over three quarters of a million patients each year. Working as one hospital across two
sites, and playing to the strengths of both, gives us the flexibility to develop services which meet the
needs of our patients at different stages of their treatment and care.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to be locally and nationally renowned for delivering safe, high quality and
compassionate care as well as being the regional centre of clinical and academic excellence.

We aim to be:

 A provider of safe, high-quality secondary and local acute services to Brighton and mid-
Sussex that are integrated with services in partner agencies, financially sustainable, and
responsive to the needs of the local population.
 A provider of safe, high quality, financially sustainable, tertiary services to Sussex, south-east
Surrey and south-West Kent, where a Sussex-based service is in the best interests of
patients.
 A hub for expertise and skill in specialist provision, innovation, training and research, that
supports development of clinical academic expertise and high quality networks of care
across Sussex, delivered by both BSUH and partner providers.

To support this vision, we will strive to achieve clinical, operational and financial sustainability.

We will be:

 An organisation which achieves operational excellence to ensure it can provide safe, high
quality, financially viable services.
 A learning and innovative organisation whose relationship with commissioners is based on
transparency and mutual respect, where priorities are aligned and the challenge of clinical
and financial sustainability is shared.

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  An organisation which truly treats patients as both partners and co-producers and involves
them closely in decisions ranging all the way from individual care choices to the future
direction of the trust.

OUR SERVICES

The services provided at the Royal Sussex County Hospital include:

 Medicine (includes elderly, dermatology, respiratory)

 Clinical infection services
 Haematology / Oncology
 Trauma
 Surgery - vascular, upper GI, complex urology, Gynae, oncology, head and neck cancer
 Renal services including dialysis
 Cardiac services including cardiac surgery
 Breast care services
 Accident and emergency
 Elective ophthalmology services
 Maternity
 Paediatrics and neonates including day case
 HIV
 Intensive care
 Orthopaedics
 Neuology
 Neurosciences including neurosurgery and neuro- intensive care

The services provided at the Princess Royal Hospital include:

 Medicine (includes elderly, dermatology, respiratory)

 General elective surgery
 Accident and emergency
 Intensive care
 Orthopaedics
 Maternity
 Rehabilitation
 Urology
 Neurology

The services provided at Brighton General Hospital include:

 Physiotherapy
 Dermatology
 Outpatients

We are registered with the CQC to provide services from:

 Royal Sussex County Hospital (RSCH)

 Princess Royal Hospital (PRH)
 Lewes Victoria Hospital (LVH)
 The Park Centre for Breast Care
 Hove Polyclinic (HPC)

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  Bexhill Haemodialysis Satellite Unit
 Brighton General Hospital (BGH)
 Worthing Dialysis Satellite Unit (WDU)
 Newhaven Ward (NHW)

NB. The Royal Sussex County Hospital campus includes the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital and
the Sussex Eye Hospital.

The former Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) was rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care
Quality Commission (CQC) and ‘Outstanding’ for caring following inspection in September 2018.

Along with the trust’s overall rating, both the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the
Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath were also rated as ‘Good’.

Read the full report on the CQC website at www.cqc.org.uk/location/RXH01

PATIENT FIRST

Patient First is our long term approach to transforming hospital services for the better.

Whether it’s small steps or complex change, it’s a continuous process of improvement within
existing processes and pathways that leads to measurable improvements for our patients and staff.

And it’s all about empowering front-line staff to make improvements themselves – by providing the
training, the tools and the freedom to work out where the opportunities are, and the skills and
support to make change happen and to make it sustainable.

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To find out more about Patient First and our Quality Improvement Programme visit the links below:

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/about/patient-first/

OUR VALUES AND BEHAVIOURS

UH Sussex Values and Behaviours:

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/about/

All our efforts to do this put the interests of our patients first and foremost, and are underpinned by
our values:

 Compassion
 Communication
 Teamwork
 Respect
 Professionalism
 Inclusion

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These values were selected by our staff, patients and public when we were talking about the merger
and the sort of organisation we want University Hospitals Sussex to be.

3T’s HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT – TEACHING, TRAUMA & TERTIARY CARE

We want to make our hospitals and our services the best that they can be for patients from across
Sussex and the South East of England. To realise this goal we are redeveloping the Royal Sussex
County Hospital (RSCH) through our 3Ts Programme. It will take nine years to complete and is split
into three stages. When finished there will be two new, state of the art, buildings on the front half of
the hospital site. All the hospital's clinical services will continue to run, on site, throughout the 3Ts
Redevelopment.

http://www.bsuh.nhs.uk/about-us/hospital-redevelopment/

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL CENTRE

The Euan Keats Education Centre, based at the Princess Royal Hospital and The Sussex Medical
Education Centre based within the Audrey Emerton Building, Brighton provide professional expertise
and support for medical and dental trainees working within the Trust and the wider community.
The centres ensure competence and performance of trainees is assessed effectively and Tutors are
available for careers information, advice and counselling.
The Audrey Emerton Building is located opposite the main entrance to the Royal Sussex County
Hospital and is a combined education facility for the Trust and Brighton & Sussex Medical School.
It provides state of the art facilities with 16 teaching rooms, 2 lecture theatres and a clinical skills lab.
It also enjoys a restaurant facility on the top floor with views across to the sea.
The Education Centre at the Princess Royal Hospital is located on the second floor opposite the
Library. The centre has two lecture theatres, one which seats 150 (and is divisible into two separate
seminar rooms each fully equipped with state of the art audio visual facilities) and an 80 seat lecture
theatre. Each Lecture theatre has a live link to the operating theatres. In addition there are two
further seminar rooms, and a Simulation Suite.

LIBRARY AND KNOWLEDGE SERVICE

The Library and Knowledge Service (LKS) provides support, services and resources to all staff of the
Trust. There is a library located at each hospital site: in the Audrey Emerton Building at Royal Sussex
County Hospital, at the Princess Royal Hospital, Haywards Heath and in the Sussex Education Centre,
Mill View Hospital, Hove.

Our services are designed to bring the clinical evidence to you and to support you in locating and
using information. You can request literature searches from us and we will help you stay up-to-date
with developments in your field through our personalized current awareness service,
KnowledgeShare.

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Our comprehensive training programme can provide you with a refresher in, for example, literature
searching or critical appraisal. We are always available to answer any health information related
enquiry and we can provide you with free access to the majority of texts and journal articles you will
need for your role through our document supply and lending service.

We provide a wide range of print and electronic resources. Our printed collection includes texts and
journals covering all clinical specialties, plus health management and policy. Access to the print
collection is available 24-hours a day at RSCH and PRH for registered members. Each library also
provides access to the usual ‘office’ environment of PCs, printing, copying and scanning facilities.

Online resources are available to those with an NHS OpenAthens account. We provide access to
eight databases, including Medline and Embase; thousands of online journals, such as NEJM, BMJ
and Lancet; and a number of other clinical tools, including UpToDate and BMJ Best Practice.

For more information about the Library and Knowledge Service see www.bsuh.nhs.uk/library

BRIGHTON & SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL

The School is an equal partnership between the Universities of Sussex and Brighton together with
NHS organisations throughout the South East Region. The arrangements for the School’s governance
reflect this approach and students are awarded joint degrees of both Universities.
The school is fully committed to the principles of Tomorrow's Doctors; we endorse the value of
medical education in a multi-professional context, and promote the highest possible standards in
our teaching, clinical practice, and research (both fundamental and applied).Undergraduate
BSMS admit approximately 135 students annually to their BM BS degree course. BSMS has proved
exceptionally popular and in recent admissions rounds have continued to achieve one of the highest
application rates of any UK medical school. Students spend their first two years primarily on the
universities' campuses at Falmer; thereafter the focus shifts to the associated teaching hospitals and
community settings in Brighton and the surrounding area. We have purpose-built teaching facilities
in all areas.
The curriculum emphasises early clinical involvement, a broad range of experience and a firm
foundation in basic science. A wide range of teaching and learning approaches are employed tailored
to the particular circumstances; we are not committed to a single method of delivery. Feedback
from the National Student Survey has demonstrated an exceptionally high level of student
satisfaction, with BSMS being consistently among the top 10 performing medical schools in the
country with scores of over 90%.
The research undertaken at BSMS aims to make a genuine contribution to the evidence and science
underpinning clinical practice, and to benefit people and patients in their health and wellbeing. We
expect our key domains of research strength to be recognised on the international stage and these
are represented by the new departments of Global Health and Infection (including HIV and sexual
health) and of Neuroscience (including mental health and neurology). We have made significant
investments in research infrastructure, including a world-class Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre (CISC)
housing a 3T and 1.5T MRI and a PET- CT scanner and a Clinical Investigation & Research Unit (CIRU)
dedicated to patient-orientated research and early clinical trials.

RESEARCH & TEACHING

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Sussex is a progressive university delivering innovative thought and action, with a worldwide
reputation for excellence in research and discovery. Its distinctive approach leads to the
development of high quality new research which crosses traditional boundaries, benefits and
enriches society, and influences policy at international, regional and national levels. Sussex research
has a positive impact on people’s lives. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2016 Sussex was ranked 23rd in the UK and 140th in the world for research influence.

The results of the government-commissioned Research Excellence Framework (REF) in 2014 show
that over 75% of research activity at Sussex is categorised as ‘world leading’ (4*, 28%) or
‘internationally excellent’ (3*, 48%) in terms of originality, significance and rigour, whilst 98% of
research activity at Sussex is categorised as either ‘world-leading’, ‘internationally excellent’ or
‘internationally recognised’.

The University of Brighton has a long and distinguished history of applied research. This serves to
sustain and nourish its mission to help form professional and vocational careers. Ultimately, the
university aims to transform the lives and experiences of people and their environments with
research that matters. In the REF2014, 92% of its research was judged to be world-leading or
internationally excellent in terms of the impact it makes, putting it in the top 25% for the sector.
BSMS made a major contribution to its host universities’ submissions in the most recent Research
Excellence Framework (REF2014). The majority of BSMS staff who were submitted contributed to
Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, and Biological Sciences at the University of Sussex, both
ranked 10th, or the joint submission with the University of Brighton (Allied Health Professionals,
Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy – ranked 27th). A smaller number of academics were submitted
with Sociology and English at Sussex.

RISK MANAGEMENT / HEALTH & SAFETY

The jobholder has a responsibility to themselves and others in relation to managing risk, health and
safety and will be required to work within the policies and procedures laid down by the Trust. All
staff have a responsibility to access occupational health, other staff support services and/or any
relevant others in times of need and advice.

INFECTION CONTROL
Infection prevention and control is an essential aspect of patient care. All post holders have a
personal obligation to act to reduce Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs). They must attend
mandatory training in infection prevention and control and be compliant with all measures required
by the Trust to reduce HCAIs. Post holders must be familiar with the Trust’s Infection Control
Policies, including those that apply to their duties, such as Hand Decontamination Policy, The Dress
Code and Personal Protective Equipment Policy. Post holders who have clinical responsibilities must
incorporate into their clinical activities up-to-date evidence that supports safe infection control
practices and procedures, for example the use of aseptic techniques and the safe disposal of sharps.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS

As an NHS employee you have a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of adults at
risk of harm or abuse under Section 42 – 48 of The Care Act 2014 In addition “all doctors will,
whatever their role, take appropriate action to raise and act on concerns about patient care, dignity
and safety” (Raising and Acting on Concerns About Patient Safety 2012 GMC)

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All staff and volunteers working within BSUH are required to undertake the appropriate level of
statutory safeguarding adults training:

 Level 1: All Non-clinical staff (3 yearly update)

 Level 2: All clinical staff working with adults (3 yearly update)
 Level 3: All clinical staff working with adults who are in a permanent senior post e.g.
Consultants (3yearly update)

The specific level of safeguarding training is addressed in the Safeguarding Adults: Intercollegiate
Document 2016

As a NHS employee you have a statutory duty and responsibility to safeguard and promote the
welfare of children under section 11 of the Children Act 2004. In addition “All doctors, including
doctors who treat adult patients, must consider the needs of children and young people, promote
their well-being and good health and where possible, prevent abuse and neglect.”
(Protecting Children and Young People: the responsibilities of all doctors, GMC 2012)
The total BSUH workforce requires some level of statutory safeguarding children training.
 Level 1 (All non clinical staff) requires 3 yearly update
 Level 2 (All clinical staff who see adults) requires 3 yearly update
 Level 3 (All clinical staff who see children) requires annual update

The specific level of safeguarding training is addressed in the Intercollegiate document 2015 & the
BSUH safeguarding training strategy.

FLEXIBILITY STATEMENT
This job description is not inflexible but is an outline and account of the main duties. Other duties
may be required to be performed from time to time in line with the jobholder’s grade, experience
and job role. The job description will be reviewed periodically and at the time of the employee’s
appraisal, to take into account changes and developments in service requirements. Any significant
changes that are proposed will be discussed fully and agreed with the post holder in advance.

CONFIDENTIALITY
As an employee of this Trust you may gain privileged knowledge of a highly confidential nature relating
to private affairs, diagnosis and treatment of patients, information affecting members of the public,
personal matters concerning staff, commercial confidences of third parties, and details of items under
consideration by this Trust. Such information should not be divulged or passed to any unauthorised
person or persons, and the requirements of the Trust’s Code of Conduct for Employees in Respect of
Confidentiality, a copy of which is available from your Head of Department, must be adhered to with
particular regard to the responsibilities of individuals and the Trust under appropriate legislation,
notably the Data Protection Act.

Failure to comply with this requirement may constitute gross misconduct under the Trust’s Disciplinary
Policy which may lead to summary dismissal.

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