Bank Medical Locum Doctor FY2 - ST3+

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Our current vacancies

If you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you.

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

The Royal Free London Foundation NHS Trust, an organisation with a real sense of community we actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care. Join our team and support our vision of delivering the right care first time, every time.

We are looking to recruit caring, professional, suitably qualified Doctors to work across all grades and specialties on a bank basis.

Please note, you must have at least 6 months experience as a Doctor in an NHS setting in order to proceed with joining our Bank.

Here at the Royal Free we are keen to grow our existing team of Bank Doctors and are looking for Doctors on an ‘as and when’ basis, across, but not limited to, the following specialties:

• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
• Orthopaedics
• Paediatrics
• General Surgery

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit suitably qualified doctors to work across all grades and specialties for work ranging from a single shift to an extended post, with evening, weekend and on-call shifts available. Specialties include Anaesthetics, Accident and Emergency, General Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics and General Surgery.

As this is Bank work, it is on an ‘as and when’ basis with no guaranteed hours.

Full Registration with the GMC is required, as well as having achieving the appropriate level of competencies to carry out the role you have been employed to do.

Duties within the shifts which you are booked to fulfil are:

• to liaise between nurses, other clinicians, patients, relatives in order to support safe care
• to attend and participate in board rounds, ward rounds and other related daily unit activities
• to provide appropriate workplace supervision to other staff as and when needed as requested
• to maintain high standards of professionalism, especially in relation to documentation
• to arrive on time for the shift and be available for work from the arranged start time
• to co-operate with the workforce deployment team in relation to administration of the shift
• attend local induction as appropriate when working in new areas
• to comply with all local policies, including upholding the trust’s values and behaviours

Working for our organisation

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. The Trust is a Disability Confident employer and as such, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). In order to facilitate applications from all members of the community the Trust is able to offer services including Braille Applications and Interpreting Services.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• As applicable to grade, evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice
• Eligibility to work in the UK

Skills

• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues
• Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge & judgement & prioritise clinical need.
• Demonstrates appropriate technical competence with potential for developing strong/complex clinical/diagnostic skills e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history- taking
• Capacity to communicate effectively & sensitively with others, able to discuss treatment options with patients in a way they can understand.
• Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team & demonstrate leadership when appropriate.

Commitment to Specialty

• Realistic insight into specialty.
• Demonstrates self-awareness and commitment to personal & professional development.

Probity

• Takes responsibility for own actions, demonstrates respect for the rights of all.

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