Trust Registrar in Medical SDEC

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks registrar grade Resident Doctors to work in the medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Medicine Department at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospital. Posts rotate between the two sites and are initially for 12 months, with a typical day from 9–5 and some days 11–7.

There is protected time monthly for other interests and weekly for QI/audit.

Responsibilities

• Rotating posts between Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospital.
• Hours are generally 9:00–17:00 with some days extending 11:00–19:00 and occasional weekend work.
• Protected time: 1 day per month for other interests (e.g., specialty clinics) and a half-day per week for non-clinical work such as QI or audit.

Job description

We require registrar grade Resident Doctors to work in the medical Same Day Emergency Care Medicine Department at Gloucestershire Royal & Cheltenham General Hospital. Post-holders will rotatebetween both sites. These posts are not recognised for training but will offer a good experience ingeneral and acute medicine. The posts are initially for 12 months.These posts offer excellent experience within the medical same day emergency department on both sites, seeing patients with a variety of presentations. A normal working day is expected to be 9-5. These posts are very suitable for resident doctors who have completed IMT training and are consideringor have already been taking a career break (e.g., to go travelling) before joining a formal specialisttraining programme.You will be given a protected 1 day a month to pursue another interest e.g. specialty clinics etc. You willalso have a half day per week for non-clinical work such as QI, audit to improve the SDEC and to furtheryour career development. Out of Hours Work & Weekend WorkThere would be an expectation to undertake out of hours and weekend work. This is likely to average outwith 1 long day a week and 1 weekend every 6 weeks. Normal days will be 9-5, with some days from11-7. There will not be any night shifts, making this an attractive option for those looking for a better work- life balance., We see a wide range of conditions offering great exposure to Cardiology, Renal Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Care of the Elderly and Stroke, with excellent in-reach from the afore mentioned specialties.

We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475

• in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.
• Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas. We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.