Specialty Doctor in Children's Emergency Medicine

NHS; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Gillingham seeks a Specialty Doctor in Children's Emergency Medicine to deliver high-quality medical care to children in the Emergency Department. Candidates should have an MBBS or equivalent, GMC registration, and extensive training in pediatric emergency care. This role offers a competitive salary between £61,542 and £99,216 annually, with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• At least four years of full-time postgraduate training, with two in a relevant specialty.
• Experience teaching doctors-in-training and undergraduates.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality medical care to children in the Children Emergency Department.
• Make timely decisions regarding children's care.
• Engage in personal development and appraisal processes.

Skills

Medical, Surgical & EM experience

Teaching experience

Experience of clinical audit

Communication skills

CPD participation

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Full registration with the General Medical Council

Job description

Specialty Doctor in Children's Emergency Medicine

Speciality Doctor in Children's Emergency Medicine

Division: Medicine and Emergency Care

Care Group: Emergency and Acute

Band: Speciality Doctor

We are recruiting for a Speciality Doctor in Children's Emergency Medicine who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide a high quality "shop floor" clinical presence, together with high standards of education, training, research and audit.

The post holder will work in close co-operation with nursing, managerial and medical colleagues to provide high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients. Post holders will be based in the Children Emergency Department (ChED).

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job responsibilities

Patient care: Provide high-quality medical care to children and young people presenting to the Children Emergency Department (CHED).

Assessment and Management: Assess and manage children with a wide range of acute band surgical conditions.

Decision making: Make timely and effective decisions regarding children care, including diagnosis, treatment and disposition.

Clinical leadership in the delivery of high quality emergency care.

Assessment, care and treatment of patients presenting to the CHED.

Play active role in maintaining the four hour target for emergency access.

Ensuring the appropriate referral of patients to inpatient specialties or tertiary centres.

Liaison with clinicians and managers within and outside of the ED to address issues arising that affect the service.

Teaching and training at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including assessments.

Audit, research and quality assurance processes.

Maintaining the clinical and corporate governance policies of the Trust.

Communication with local general practitioners and other stakeholders.

To develop professionally and take part in all service development.

To engage in personal development and appraisal processes - to achieve revalidation with the GMC.

Person Specification

Qualification

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full registration with the General Medical Council and a valid licence to practise with the General Medical Council

Experience

• At least four years' full-time postgraduate training, at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty, or have equivalent experience.
• Experience of teaching doctors-in training and undergraduates
• Experience of clinical audit

Knowledge

• Broadly based Medical, Surgical & EM experience
• Knowledge and experience of communicating bad news
• Knowledge and participation in CPD

Values Based Question

• How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

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 year per annum/pro rata