Locally Employed Doctor (Registrar MT04) - Acute Medicine

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust is seeking a committed junior doctor to join their dynamic team in providing excellent patient care. The position offers a fixed-term opportunity in a supportive environment with ample chances for professional development, including mentorship and access to a wide range of teaching resources.

Benefits

On-site Nursery

Free Beach Hut access

Wellness Centre with gym and swimming pool

Pastoral support from consultants

Recognition awards ceremonies

Qualifications

• Must hold full GMC registration and a primary medical qualification.
• Experience at ST3+ level preferred.
• NHS experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe clinical care alongside nursing and allied health colleagues.
• Supervise Foundation and Core level doctors, facilitating teaching.
• Engage in out-of-hours rostered work once competent.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical Skills

Education

Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC

Full GMC registration with licence to practice

ALS/BLS

MRCS or MRCP or MRCOG or MRCPH

Job description

Company Description

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Job Description

Are you looking to expand your skills? Would you thrive working in a large, supportive acute hospital with great teaching opportunities? If you are ready to expand your clinical skills, gain exposure, consolidate learning, progress your career and most importantly, directly influence the care that we provide to all our patients, we have the perfect opportunity for you.

Job Summary:

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated doctor, who is committed to excellence to join our dynamic team. This post will be for a fixed term period.

We know the importance of supported learning opportunities and are proud of the encouraging environment that our team cultivates – we promise departmental teaching, MDT meetings, grand rounds and journal clubs as well as study leave. We have an excellent record of junior doctors progressing on to formal training programmes. You will have the opportunity to be involved with our active research unit, working in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, and currently have a number of projects developed by our junior colleagues achieving presentation and publication.

Teamwork is one of our Trust core values, and we ensure that all our medics have the opportunity to work collaboratively with supportive peers and senior colleagues – this is your opportunity to cement your training, where we are here to help you bring your best skills every day, with first class patient care at the centre of all we do.

Key Responsibilities:

• To work as a junior doctor, alongside nursing and allied health professional colleagues and senior medics to provide a safe clinical environment for the patients and visitors to the Trust
• Supervise and assist Foundation and Core level doctors working with you and support teaching for medical students
• Communicate professionally and appropriately with nurses, allied health professionals, patients, relatives and all other medical staff.
• Take part in rostered out of normal hours work when orientation complete and competence assessed
• Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust
  
  

Benefits

Although this post is not approved for postgraduate training the duties are the same as the existing national approved training posts within specialty. The successful candidate will be assigned a consultant clinical supervisor and will be encouraged to maintain an educational portfolio with appropriate assessments to their level of experience. There are regular departmental lunchtime teaching sessions which are open to all medical staff to attend. There are also a wide range of opportunities to participate in clinical audit and improvement projects.

The Trust will also support you with a clinical appraisal which you can use towards your revalidation. We have a comprehensive support network with two consultants providing pastoral support to the Locally Employed Doctors within the Trust.

For Doctors who wish to remain with us, we have a newly implemented CESR programme to support doctors who are within 2 years of obtaining their Specialist Register membership.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC
• ALS/BLS
• MRCS or MRCP or MRCOG or MRCPH (Specialty dependant)
  
  

Experience

• Higher professional training at ST3+
• NHS experience would be desirable
  
  

Additional Information

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.