Emergency Medicine Specialty Doctor - Out Of Programme Training (OOPT)

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Steeton; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Steeton is seeking an Emergency Medicine Specialty Doctor to join their team. This role is ideal for doctors passionate about delivering high-quality patient care in a modern environment. Responsibilities include patient management, teaching junior staff, and contributing to departmental performance. Candidates should possess GMC registration and relevant emergency medicine experience, alongside excellent communication and teamwork skills. Competitive salary ranging from £61,542 to £99,216 per annum pro rata.

Qualifications

• Currently in a recognised Emergency Medicine Training programme at ST4+ level.
• Involvement in Quality Improvement projects.

Responsibilities

• Be involved in the initial reception and management of patients attending the Department.
• Be involved in the teaching of junior doctors, medical students and nursing staff.
• Undertake some administrative responsibilities, e.g. daily auditing of x-ray and pathology results.
• Assist the consultants in running the shop floor, ensuring timely patient care.

Skills

Excellent Clinical and Non-technical skills

Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Level 1 Emergency Medicine Ultrasound skills

Excellent teaching skills

Education

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Valid ALS, APLS and ATLS certificates (or equivalent)

MRCEM examination success

Job description

Emergency Medicine Specialty Doctor - Out Of Programme Training (OOPT)

Are you passionate about delivering high quality and compassionate patient care and are looking to work in a friendly and high performing team and a modern Emergency Department as a Specialty Doctor? If so, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is the perfect place for you to work.

At Airedale, we have a great reputation for training and development are very proud of our excellent reputation amongst trainees - we have consistently received the highest combined ratings from West Yorkshire EM trainees in the GMC survey in recent years.

We are looking for both established specialty doctors looking for a new challenge or for post-ACCS EM trainees who feel a move to becoming a specialty doctor can provide a better work-life balance with the possibility for more stability. In fact, a number of our current specialty doctors are local trainees who did just that. We also have experience of successfully supporting colleagues through FRCEM and CESR.

Please see our separate Information Brochure that will tell you more about our team, who we are looking for, and what we have to offer you.

Main duties of the job

The post is based in the Emergency Department at Airedale General Hospital.

The post holder/s will be responsible to the ED consultants and will be expected to:

• Be involved in the initial reception and management of patients attending the Department.
• Be involved in the teaching of junior doctors, medical students and nursing staff.
• Undertake some administrative responsibilities, e.g. daily auditing of x-ray and pathology results.
• Assist the consultants in the running of the shop floor, ensuring patients are seen by appropriate staff in a timely fashion, that junior staff are appropriately supervised and receive adequate rest/meal breaks.

The post-holder undertakes exceptionally to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances essential to the continuity of patient care.

About us

Our department prides itself on being friendly and supportive and has an excellent reputation amongst trainees (we received the highest average ratings from West Yorkshire EM trainees in the GMC survey 2021). We also have experience of successfully supporting colleagues through CESR with one having successfully become a consultant and others working towards CESR currently.

Our award winning hospitalis positioned at the gateway to the beautiful Yorkshire Dales affording the opportunity to live and work in a stunning part of the country with good schools and easy access to Leeds in less than an hour and London in approximately 3 hours.

Job responsibilities

For further information on this vacancy, please see attached full advert, job description and person specification.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Valid ALS, APLS and ATLS certificates (or equivalent)
• MRCEM examination success

EXPERIENCE

• Currently in a recognised Emergency Medicine Training programme at ST4+ level
• Involvement in Quality Improvement projects

SKILLS

• Excellent Clinical and Non-technical skills in order to be competent as the most senior doctor on duty (Emergency Physician In Charge)
• Excellent communication and teamworking skills
• Level 1 Emergency Medicine Ultrasound skills
• Excellent teaching skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£61,542 to £99,216 a yearpro rata per annum