Specialty Doctor in Urgent Treatment Centre
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Applicants are invited to apply for a Specialty Doctor in Urgent Treatment Centre post. The post will be Urgent Treatment 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 Trust's Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.
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:
* 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:
Service: We will put our patients first.
Teamwork: We will work together.
Ambition: We will aspire to provide the best service.
Respect: We will act with integrity.
Job responsibilities
We are a busy DGH Urgent Treatment Centre that sees a wide variety of presentations (in both adult and paediatric). We deal with medical, surgical, orthopaedic, paediatric and trauma patients. 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 medico-associated 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Fully registered with the GMC with licence to practice
* ALS provider status
* MRCEM or equivalent
* ATLS/ETC provider status
* APLS/EPALS provider status
Clinical Experience
* 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
* Some experience at Middle Grade level in EM
Teaching and Research
* Interest in leading multi-professional education
* Ability to supervise post-graduate projects
* Publications in peer reviewed journals
Management Administration
* Ability to manage priorities
* Experience of audit/QI and management
* Flexible approach and Ability to lead project teams
* Advanced level IT skills
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.
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