Specialty Doctor Accident & Emergency (Maternity Cover)

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Worcester seeks a Specialty Doctor for their Emergency Department. This role includes providing clinical services, ensuring patient flow, and engaging in teaching and training activities. Candidates should have an MBBS or equivalent, along with considerable clinical experience and a commitment to team collaboration. This is a fixed-term position to cover maternity leave.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• At least four years full-time or equivalent postgraduate training.
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to 4 years post qualification.
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services to patients and attend meetings.
• Support the Emergency department to ensure timely patient care.
• Offer consultation to clinical colleagues and participate in training.

Skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Teamwork

Clinical skills teaching

Management and organisation

Research application

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full GMC Registration with a licence to practise

Job description

Introduction

We're looking for a dedicated Specialty Doctor to join our friendly and growing Emergency Department team at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. You will be based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital but may be required to work across both sites: Worcestershire Royal Hospital and the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.

This is a fixed term post to cover maternity leave.

Candidates are invited to contact Dr Gemma Myers for more information about the role. Or the HR Medical Resourcing Team via [e-mail].

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical services to patients at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and GPs, and attend multi‑disciplinary meetings to provide high quality clinical care.
• Support the Emergency department and acute medicine to make sure patients receive timely care and flow through the hospital efficiently.
• Offer consultation and advice to clinical colleagues across the Trust and Primary Care.
• Attend cross‑county and cross‑site meetings to collaborate with other teams and contribute to high‑quality service delivery.
• Work alongside colleagues to help achieve the Trusts goals and meet the department's objectives.
• Join the middle‑grade rota to provide emergency and urgent care outside normal working hours and to ensure duties are shared equally.
• Be ready to attend the hospital when needed for patient reviews during non‑resident on‑call shifts.
• Provide care for minor injuries and emergencies, as well as general ED clinical work.
• Support the Consultant team with daily patient reviews in the Clinical Decision Unit and ED review clinics.
• Help with teaching VTS trainees, FY2s, and middle‑grade doctors. You'll also participate in training programs for Regional SAS Grade and Specialist Registrars.
• Collaborate with the clinical governance lead to help develop the ED service and ensure we meet national targets.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital‑based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex‑positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

A suitably experienced post‑holder will be expected to provide an appropriate clinical service in the relevant specialty to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and to General Practitioners.

The post‑holder will be expected to provide a service to patients of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, General Practitioners and to attend multi‑disciplinary meetings. The successful candidate will be expected to work within multi‑disciplinary teams in providing high quality clinical care.

The post‑holder will provide support to the A&E department and acute medicine to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.

The post‑holder will provide consultation and advisory service to clinical colleagues in the Trust and Primary Care.

The post‑holder will attend cross county and cross site meetings.

To collaborate with colleagues to deliver a high quality, timely service and to work towards meeting the Trusts and departmental objectives.

The post‑holder will participate in the middle‑grade rota to ensure that both emergency and urgent services are provided out of normal hours, to be shared equally with colleagues in post.

Definitive care of minor injuries and emergencies and other routine ED clinical work.

Supporting the Consultant team with daily review and care of ED patients on the Clinical Decision Unit and ED review clinics.

The post‑holder will provide support to the A&E department to ensure timely appropriate care and patient flow through the hospital.

The ED has an active teaching program for VTS trainees / FY2 and middle grades. The department also participates in the Regional SAS Grade and Specialist Registrar training programs. The post holder will be expected to attend these sessions where relevant.

Work with the clinical governance lead for the ED, ensuring the continuing development of the service, including the achievement of national targets.

Person Specification

Management and Administrative Experience

Essential

• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively
• Ability to organise and manage outpatient priorities
• Experience of audit management and conducting clinical audit

Desirable

• Ability to use the evidence based and clinical audit to support decision making

Research Experience

Essential

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• An awareness of current specialty specific developments and initiative

Desirable

• Publications in relevant peer‑reviewed journals in the last 5 years
• Evidence of having undertaken original research

Qualifications

Essential

• Eligible for full GMC Registration with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• At least ALS and commitment to complete APLS/EPALS and ATLS/ETC

Desirable

• Higher degree
• ALS, ATLS/ETC, APLS/EPLS/EPALS instructor

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Ability to teach clinical skills to medical, nursing staff and other disciplines
• Experience of teaching clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates

Desirable

• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Experience

Essential

• At least four years full‑time or equivalent postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in the relevant specialty training programme, or as a FTSTA. Or equivalent experience and competencies of this specialist training
• Clinical training and experience equivalent to 4 years post qualification with minimum 2 years EM experience
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of problems both emergency and elective within specialty
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Able to lead a resuscitation or trauma team.
• Knowledge in subspecialties eg. Trauma & Orthopaedics

Desirable

• MRCEM or equivalent

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a team member
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives, GPs, nurses and other agencies
• Commitment to Continuing Medical Education
• Flexible approach to work duties
• Ability to work without supervision
• Reliable and supportive to other colleagues
• Ability to work antisocial hours

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local regional or national levels

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