Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine
Employer Location Swindon Salary £52,530 to £82,400 Per annum Closing date 14 Feb 2024 Profession, Grade Contract Type Hours You need to or to save a job. Applicants are invited to apply for a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine post,
The post will be Emergency Medicine clinical care allowing an opportunity for doctors wanting to gain experience and responsibility in not just managing patients but managing a busy department (at Registrar level).
As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.
1. The Trust's overriding vision is to provide the highest quality services to our local population and so to be the hospital of choice. This vision is linked to key goals:
2. Improve satisfaction and confidence in our services.
3. Continue to be the local healthcare provider of choice.
4. To provide clinically appropriate and safe outreach services in the community which meet commissioners and patients.
5. To maximise the value of being a Foundation Trust by ensuring our services are embedded in and valued by our community
Main duties of the job
The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
The post holder under the direction of senior colleagues will undertake the below duties, these are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
6. Take a history and examine a patient
7. Identify and synthesize problems
8. Prescribe safely
9. Keep an accurate and relevant medical record (electronic notes)
10. Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
11. Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
12. Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
About us
Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:
Service We will put our patients first
Teamwork We will work together
Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service
Respect We will act with integrity
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are a busy DGH Emergency Department that sees a wide variety of presentations (in both adult and paediatric). We deal with medical, surgical, orthopaedic, paediatric and trauma patients. These patients can present and be assessed in resus, majors, minors or paediatric ED.
40% of the time will be spent undertaking departmental innovation/quality improvement projects. The ideal candidate will be a doctor who wishes to take time to do more leadership, education and innovation. You may wish to discover your leadership, management and influencing skills. You may have a passion to enhance your medicoassociated skills such as development of new pathways, finding solutions to problems or systems design. You will be dynamic, self-driven and able to manage your time.
Further details can be found on the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
13. Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practice
14. ALS provider status
15. MRCEM or equivalent
Desirable
16. ATLS/ETC provider status
17. APLS/EPALS provider status
Clinical Experience
Essential
18. Some experience within a specialty relevant to the role
19. EM experience.
20. Expertise in full range of medical conditions
21. Ability to help lead and supervise a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
Desirable
22. Some experience at Middle Grade level in EM
Teaching and Research
Essential
23. Interest in leading multi-professional education
24. Ability to supervise post-graduate projects
Desirable
25. Publications in peer reviewed journals
Management Administration
Essential
26. Ability to manage priorities
27. Project management skills
28. Leadership skills
29. Experience of audit/QI and management
30. Flexible approach and Ability to lead project teams
31. Intermediate level IT skills
Desirable
32. Advanced level IT skills
Employer details
Employer name
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Great Western Hospital
Marlborough Road
Swindon
SN3 6BB