Specialist Registrar, ENT. Remote working opportunity!

NHS; City Of London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Specialist Registrar for remote work in ENT. The role involves clerking patients through telephone assessments, requiring detailed patient history and communication of treatment options. Ideal candidates will have GMC registration and at least 2 years in NHS. This position offers flexible hours and the chance to contribute to innovative digital health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must have a valid GMC registration and a licence to practice.
• Currently working within an NHS role.
• Have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Clerking patients within your speciality via telephone assessment.
• Take a detailed patient history during clerking calls to form management plans.
• Discuss risks and benefits of surgical procedures.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Time management and planning

Attention to detail

Interest in digital health

Education

Valid GMC registration

Minimum of 2 years experience in NHS (ENT)

Job description

Specialist Registrar, ENT. Remote working opportunity!

About the role: Specialist Registrar, Rheumatology

The role of a Medefer Registrar is to consult with patientsremotely, obtaining more detailed information about their condition, followingtheir GP referral to Medefer. This is then reviewed by our Consultants tosupport their clinical decision-making.

You can work as many hours as you would like each week, withno minimum or maximum expectation, and you can decide the days and times youwish to work, whether that be evenings, weekends, or weekdays (providingpatient cases are available).

This is a fully remote role, and due to the nature of therole you must have a private and secure space from which to work with reliableinternet access.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities

Clerking patients within your speciality viatelephone assessment following a GP referral made to our Virtual Hospital.

Take a detailed patient history during clerkingcalls to support the Consultant to form a management plan for the patient.

Discuss risks and benefits of a surgicalprocedure or invasive test which has been recommended as a possibility by aConsultant, documenting the patients agreement in principle (please note allpatients will be formally consented as per normal at a later stage).

About us

About Medefer

We work alongside the NHS to provide a virtual outpatientservice and deliver better, faster care for patients.Our vision is tocompletely reframe the way that healthcare is delivered, because every patientdeserves the best possible healthcare.

There really isnt a much better purpose, and we can and domake a difference for patients every single day. People who are sick, worried,or in pain desperately want to have a doctor review their symptoms and get themon the path to health again, or even just put their mind at rest. Medefer makesthat happen.WE make that happen.We are included in the NHSIncreasing Capacity Framework, and we are CQC regulated.

We are unique in what we do.

And we need exceptional people, like you.

Job responsibilities

Role Overview / Scope of work:

The contractor role of Registrar is responsible for virtualclerking over the telephone to obtain more detailed information on a patientscondition, following their GP referral to Medefer. This is then reviewed by our Consultants tosupport their clinical decision making.

This role is on a contractor arrangement either on an individualself-employed basis or working via your own personal services company, enablingyou to work privately to supplement your NHS income and at the same time, bepartof a team working to support transformation in the NHS.

As a Registrar with Medefer, you will have the opportunityto be part of a new model of digital patient care, and able to work flexibly,for as many hours during the week as you wish (providing patient cases areavailable).

Key responsibilities

Clerking patients within your speciality via telephoneassessments following a GP referral made to our Virtual Hospital.

Take a detailed patient history during clerking calls to support the Consultant to form a management plan for the patient.

Discuss risks and benefits of a surgical procedure orinvasive test which has been recommended as a possibility by a Consultant, documenting the patients agreement in principle (please note all patients willbe formally consented as per normal at a later stage).

Experience, skills and competencies

Must have a valid GMC registration and a licence topractice.

Currently working within an NHS role and able to provide upto date documents in accordance with clinical compliance requirements.

Interested in digital health, clinical informatics and newways of working.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbaland written.

Excellent time management, planning and prioritising skills.

Excellent attention to detail, able to process detailedinformation effectively, consistently and accurately.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• About You:
• You will be:
• A Registrar with a minimum of 2 years substantive experience working in the NHS in ENT.
• Registered with the GMC with an active licence to practice.
• Have an interest in digital health, clinical informatics and in new ways of working.
• Have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Possess excellent time management, planning, and prioritising skills.
• Be detail oriented, able to process detailed information effectively, consistently, and accurately.

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.

Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working