An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialty doctor to join our established medical team within the Women’s and Children centre based at The Princess Royal Hospital. This post will be for a 12 month fixed term position, covering Maternity Leave.
The post would attract 10 PAs with a review of plan taking place 3-6 months after appointment, with the opportunity of working additional PA’s. Our vision is for the highest quality care, to provide an environment in which all staff, and in particular trainees, are supported and thrive, with greater delivery of care by Consultants in line with RCPCH recommendations.
Clinical
• To provide speciality doctor / Tier 2 support cover to acute General Paediatrics including wards, assessment unit and A&E across sites at Princess Royal hospital and Royal Shrewsbury hospital.
• To provide support to General Paediatric Outpatient Clinics, reviewing new and follow-up patients.
• General ward duties, including patient reviews and day to day assistance with management of the ward.
• Provision of opinion and support as required by the A&E department.
• To participate in tier 2 rota commitments including weekdays/weekends and nights as per rostered duties and supporting paediatric department and A&E across sites.
• To develop enhanced clinical skills, especially in the assessment, management of acutely ill patients and chronic patients. To contribute towards safeguarding children and providing timely assessments with supervision from consultants.
• To have excellent team-working skills with the abilities and professional attitude to work well in a multi-professional team.
• To deliver clinical and quality targets agreed both nationally and locally with clinical teams and commissioners.
• To follow patients throughout their clinical pathways.
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) is the main provider of acute hospital services for around half a million people in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and mid Wales.
Encompassing some of the most picturesque parts of England and Wales, the Trust’s catchment stretches from the Cambrian Mountains in the west, to Newport and the fringes of the Black Country in the east. The main towns include: Bridgnorth, Ludlow, Market Drayton, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Whitchurch (in Shropshire); Newport, Telford and Wellington (in Telford & Wrekin); and Newtown and Welshpool (in Powys) – all beautiful and unique.
Our main service locations are the Princess Royal Hospital (PRH) in Telford and the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (RSH) in Shrewsbury which are located 20 minutes’ drive apart. Together they provide 99% of our activity. Both hospitals provide a wide range of acute hospital services including accident & emergency, outpatients, diagnostics, inpatient medical care and critical care.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the successful candidate and their Clinical Director and consultant colleagues, on behalf of the Medical Director within 3 months of starting in post. A full-time job plan is based on a 10 PA working week for the role. The job plan will be reviewed annually and is a prospective agreement that sets out the specialty doctor’s duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It covers all aspects of a specialty doctor’s professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education and managerial responsibilities. It will provide a clear schedule of commitments, both internal and external and will include personal objectives, detailing links to wider service improvements and trust strategic priorities.
For a full-time contract, the job plan will be divided on average per week (pro-rata for a part time post) as:
• In a 10 PA job plan, the post holder would have about 9 PA’s of Direct Clinical Care - includes clinical activity, clinically related activity and predictable and unpredictable emergency work.
• Up to 1.0 PA’s Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) - includes CPD, audit, teaching and research.
The allocation of PAs is reviewed and may be subject to adjustment when a further diary exercise is undertaken or if the service demands a review of the team job plan.
This advert closes on Friday 22 Nov 2024