We are delighted to be able to offer opportunities for highly motivated, ambitious individuals to join our well-integrated team.
This post offers the successful candidate the opportunity to gain skills in all aspects of the management of patients with acute and elective adult neurosurgical conditions. Successful candidates will be expected to assess and manage, with support of their senior colleagues, patients receiving treatment in the neurosurgical department at the Royal Victoria Infirmary. Candidates must be able to work as committed multidisciplinary team members and be able to prioritise their workload.
The successful candidate will be expected to attend regular teaching sessions, including journal club, as well as outpatient clinics and theatre sessions. Opportunities also exist for audit and research projects. Candidates will be allocated a Clinical and Educational Supervisor and encouraged to maintain a portfolio appropriate to their career ambitions (e.g. Horus, ISCP).
The post is to provide resident doctor support to the Neurosurgery department. This includes supporting ward duties, managing acute admissions to the wards and through the emergency department and assisting in operating theatres. Attending out-patient clinics is encouraged.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
• Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Managerial:
· Attend morning meetings
· Attend ward rounds and manage ward patients
· Admit patients to wards and through emergency department
· Assist in operating theatre
· Attend out-patient clinics
· Participate on an on-call rota
Administrative:
· Completion of patient records
· Prompt discharge documentation
· On-call rota management
Research:
· Involvement in department-based audit and research projects
Teaching:
· Involvement in medical student and junior doctor in-house training
This advert closes on Thursday 5 Dec 2024
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