Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine. This role offers the chance to manage a busy department while providing clinical care. Candidates will engage in leadership, education, and quality improvement projects within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Emergency Medicine and ability to supervise a multi-professional team.
• Interest in leading multi-professional education and supervising post-graduate projects.

Responsibilities

• Take patient history and manage clinical priorities effectively.
• Engage in departmental innovation and quality improvement projects.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Communication

Education

MRCEM or equivalent

Fully registered with the GMC

Tools

Intermediate level IT skills

Job description

Job summary
Applicants are invited to apply for a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine post,

The post will be Emergency Medicine clinical care allowing an opportunity for doctors wanting to gain experience and responsibility in not just managing patients but managing a busy department (at Registrar level).

As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.

• The Trust's overriding vision is to provide the highest quality services to our local population and so to be the hospital of choice. This vision is linked to key goals:
• Improve satisfaction and confidence in our services.
• Continue to be the local healthcare provider of choice.
• To provide clinically appropriate and safe outreach services in the community which meet commissioners and patients.
• To maximise the value of being a Foundation Trust by ensuring our services are embedded in and valued by our community

Main duties of the job

The Duties outlined below are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

The post holder under the direction of senior colleagues will undertake the below duties, these are not definitive and may be changed in accordance with the needs of the service.

• Take a history and examine a patient
• Identify and synthesize problems
• Prescribe safely
• Keep an accurate and relevant medical record (electronic notes)
• Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care

About us

Our STAR values are at the heart of everything we do. You can expect to see them in the way we act and the way we treat each other. Our values make us who we are. We will expect your values and behaviours to reflect the STAR Values of the organisation:

ServiceWe will put our patients first

TeamworkWe will work together

Ambition We will aspire to provide the best service

RespectWe will act with integrity

Job description
Job responsibilities

We are a busy DGH Emergency Department that sees a wide variety of presentations (in both adult and paediatric). We deal with medical, surgical, orthopaedic, paediatric and trauma patients. These patients can present and be assessed in resus, majors, minors or paediatric ED.

40% of the time will be spent undertaking departmental innovation/quality improvement projects. The ideal candidate will be a doctor who wishes to take time to do more leadership, education and innovation. You may wish to discover your leadership, management and influencing skills. You may have a passion to enhance your medicoassociated skills such as development of new pathways, finding solutions to problems or systems design. You will be dynamic, self-driven and able to manage your time.

Further details can be found on the attached job description.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practice
• ALS provider status
• MRCEM or equivalent

Desirable

• ATLS/ETC provider status
• APLS/EPALS provider status

Clinical Experience
Essential

• Some experience within a specialty relevant to the role
• EM experience.
• Expertise in full range of medical conditions
• Ability to help lead and supervise a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Desirable

• Some experience at Middle Grade level in EM

Teaching and Research
Essential

• Interest in leading multi-professional education
• Ability to supervise post-graduate projects

Desirable

• Publications in peer reviewed journals

Management Administration
Essential

• Ability to manage priorities
• Project management skills
• Leadership skills
• Experience of audit/QI and management
• Flexible approach and Ability to lead project teams
• Intermediate level IT skills

Desirable

• Advanced level IT skills

Employer details
Employer name

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Great Western Hospital

Marlborough Road

Swindon

SN3 6BB

Employer's website

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