Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+ Level) in Care of the Elderly
This is a full time (40 hours + on call commitment) Trust Locum Registrar post in Elderly Care Medicine at Lincoln County Hospital. The successful applicant would commence as soon as possible for a fixed term of twelve months.
The Post holder is expected to work a standard 40 hour week, including base ward work and additional on-call work as part of the General Medicine Rota as a medical registrar.
Any applicant who is unable for personal reasons to work full time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the content will be discussed on a personal basis with the Trust.
Main duties of the job
(b) Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. Participation in the acute medicine on-call registrar rota is expected (with additional remuneration).
(c) The post holder is responsible for the admission, clerking and day-to-day care of patients on the HCOP and General Medicine wards, as required. They will be expected to provide senior clinical support to the resident doctors.
(b) Study leave will be granted for approved courses by agreement with the supervising consultants and at the discretion of the Clinical Lead. There is an active postgraduate programme with weekly lectures, radiology and medical meetings. Although not a formal training post, the post holder will be expected to participate in the teaching programme, and will be encouraged to attend appropriate courses to develop in their career. The appointee will be encouraged to undertake a quality improvement projects in HCOP and participate in the monthly Audit findings meeting.
About us
The United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (ULTH) is one of the largest trusts in the country and we have recently been awarded Teaching Hospital Status.
Through four main hospitals and four additional hospitals where we provide some services, we provide a comprehensive range of hospital-based medical, surgical, paediatric, obstetric and gynaecological services to the 700,000 people of Lincolnshire.
We provide a wide range of healthcare services delivered by 7,800 highly trained staff and volunteers. Our services cost over £400m each year to provide and we invest around £18m each year in improving our clinical services by replacing and upgrading our medical equipment, modernising our estate and facilities and improving our information and technology infrastructure. In an average year, we treat more than 180,000 A& E patients, nearly half a million outpatients and almost 100,000 inpatients.
For more information on what it's like to live and work in Lincolnshire please see the link below.
https://www.beinlincolnshire.com/
We offer the following unique only to Lincolnshire
Direct links to the new £21 million Lincoln Medical School via Lincoln University
The facility includes:-
* 2 x 120 capacity lecture theatres
* Caf and social learning space
* Library, Science Library and Project Library
* Anatomy Suite and Clinical Skills Suite
* The entire building is designed to meet BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details of this vacancy within Care of the Elderly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Full GMC registration with license to practice
* MRCP (UK) or equivalent.
* Current ALS provider status
Clinical experience
Essential
* Clinical training and experience equivalent to that of an ST3+ doctor.
* Interest in a career in Geriatric Medicine.
* Ability to take responsibility for clinical care of patients and lead Residents.
* Demonstrates clinical competence.
* Ability to perform medical procedures expected at completion of IMT2, e.g. pleural tap, chest drain, ascitic drain, lumbar puncture, etc
* Previous experience in Acute or General Internal Medicine at ST3 or equivalent level.
Management and administrative experience
Essential
* Ability to work in a team.
* Experience in quality improvement/audit
* Experience of leading audit/quality improvement projects
* Leadership course
Teaching experience
Essential
* Experience of teaching and training medical students, residents and other professional staff
* Any teaching qualification
Personal attributes
Essential
* Creates good working relationships with colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team and GPs
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