A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Trust Grade (CT1/2 equivalent) in Emergency Medicine
12 month fixed term temporary posts:
Combined service - Emergency Department and Emergency Assessment Unit (Same Day Emergency Care)
We welcome candidates who have an interest in Emergency Medicine and and Same Day Emergency Care. The Trust Grade post offers an exciting opportunity to obtain the starting blocks of a successful career in the specialty.
NB: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applicants.
All applicants must have full registration and a licence to practice with the GMC, as well as current European Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification
We have an amazing team of ACP's, Trust grade doctors, Deanery Rotations (FY1, FY2, ST1-ST6, ACCS, GPSTR and Junior Clinical Fellows) plus Specialty Doctors, Associate Specialists & Consultants.
Candidates must have excellent communication skills and be enthusiastic about being part of an innovative multidisciplinary team
Our Emergency assessment unit combines the functions of same day emergency care unit, frailty assessment unit and Emergency department CDU and is located on an adjacent ward area. We are currently undergoing an exciting £47 million pound project to offer high quality modern facilities and designed to create the best environment to care for our patients.
The project will see the creation of a new urgent and emergency care unit which would see surgeons and the medical staff working together at the front door of the emergency unit. This means we can improve and streamline how patients are assessed, admitted and treated, which should reduce the time that people wait in the department, and ultimately improve patient safety.
York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital, community and specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people living in and around York, North Yorkshire, North East Yorkshire and Ryedale - an area covering 3,400 square miles, and which includes Scarborough and Bridlington.
Our mission is to be a valued and trusted partner within our care system, delivering safe effective care to the population we serve.
It’s our privilege to be the largest provider of healthcare in the region and we are incredibly proud of our 8,500 staff, working across 9 hospital sites, supporting safe, high quality patient-centred care on a day-to-day basis.
Whilst the posts available do not form part of the formal training programme, we endeavour to offer post holders the same training & educational opportunities as colleagues in training, including paid study leave. You will be provided with clinical/educational supervision, to enable your personal and portfolio development. There is an active Postgraduate Medical Education Centre on both sites, as part of a dynamic Education & Training directorate, which is developing multi-professional training.
The new urgent and emergency care facility is scheduled to open in Spring 2024.Visit take the virtual tour.
All posts offered will be 12 months in length, from commencement on the 2016 Terms and Conditions.
For more information please see the job description attached
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that York Teaching Hospital has provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome their application to work for us.
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The Trust is committed to meeting the needs of employees and applicants with a disability or mental health condition. Our support for these schemes includes encouraging applications from people who are disabled or have a mental health condition, offering adjustments to make our application process accessible.
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Dec 2024
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