Overview
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.
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: improve satisfaction and confidence in our services; continue to be the local healthcare provider of choice; provide clinically appropriate and safe outreach services in the community which meet commissioners and patients; maximise the value of being a Foundation Trust by ensuring our services are embedded in and valued by our community. The duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.
Responsibilities
* Take a history and examine a patient
* Identify and synthesize problems
* Prescribe safely
* Keep an accurate and relevant medical record (electronic notes)
* Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
* Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
* Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
* 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 medico-associated 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.
Qualifications and requirements
* Current right to work in the UK, subject to verification
* Qualification of the eligibility sponsorship criteria
* Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications, subject to eligibility of the role for a skilled worker visa and salary requirements
* UK immigration policy changes have increased minimum salary levels for skilled workers (from 4 April 2024). For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website
* Current employees should be aware that this position is advertised as a Great Western Hospitals position and appointment ends any TUPE protection
* DBS check: candidates may be responsible for DBS costs (Standard £21.50; Enhanced £49.50) recoverable from salary; Apprentices are exempt
* We are committed to flexible working arrangements; applicants may request flexible working
Additional information
Upon joining the Trust, your information will be transferred to the national NHS Electronic Staff Records System. All communication regarding your application will be conducted via email; please check junk/spam folders as emails may be filtered.
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation serving the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our 5,500 staff have 1.2 million patient contacts a year, with 13,000 operations in our theatres, around 4,000 babies born, and emergency attendances over 100,000 per year. We are committed to equality, diversion, inclusion, wellbeing, and leadership, and aim to create an environment where every member can thrive.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; applicants with a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme. We are also accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
If we receive a high volume of applications, we may close adverts prior to the published closing date. Therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.
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