An opportunity has arisen for a specialty doctor just like you, seeking an alternative to the daily grind that only big cities can offer, to instead come and work in a friendly Emergency Department in Yeovil, Somerset. This can be a permanent or fixed term position, part time or full time; we are very adaptable, working on a fully flexible, self-rostered, annualised rota.
Away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, our diverse patient-mix of approximately 70,000 attendances per year (both adult and children) and responsibilities as an accredited Trauma Unit provide varied and interesting clinical challenges.
A bespoke development programme is tailored to each ED clinical team member’s needs. This allows our team members to achieve acute and emergency care competencies, in line with the RCEM higher specialty training curriculum. This allows development of emergency care skills, support progress onto our CESR programme (this is not a CESR dedicated post), or improve evidence for specialty training applications. Relevant life support courses are paid for by the trust, outside your study budget. All of these activities are supported through a purpose built education and clinical skills centre within the hospital.
Key Duties:
1. Examine, investigate, treat and refer (as appropriate) patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
2. Oversee the work of junior doctors (F1, F2 and ST VTS), allied health professionals working in the department, to ensure that an acceptable standard of practice is maintained.
3. Ensure that all medical staff have their appropriate breaks when acting as shift leader.
4. Undertake on the floor teaching of medical and nursing students, junior medical and nursing staff in the department.
5. Undertake departmental audits and Quality improvement projects.
6. Provide excellent direct clinical care for patients presenting to the ED, while working to maintain operational standards.
7. Be responsible for the initial assessment, management and discharge or referral of patients to specialist teams.
8. Provide timely and effective review of those patients initially assessed by the post-holder (or handed over by junior or Consultant colleagues).
9. Provide clinical advice and support to the junior clinicians and nursing staff on the management of individual patients and ensure appropriate prioritisation of patient care.
10. Assume the role of Trauma Team Leader when the Trauma team is activated.
11. Assume the role of Team Leader for cardiac arrests occurring in Emergency Department.
12. Respond to a major incident call out and deliver clinical care in accordance with the Trust’s Major Incident Plan.
13. Be responsible, with the Nursing Shift Leader, for efficient floor management including deployment of junior medical staff.
14. Ensure that accurate, timely and sufficiently comprehensive information is communicated to our patients, their carers and General Practitioners. This includes the clinical coding of every patient.
15. Liaise with colleagues within the Department, specialist teams providing inpatient care, the Clinical Site Practitioners, the Psychiatric Liaison Team, Rapid Response Service and the statutory, voluntary and other bodies involved in the provision of patient care within the community.
16. Review pathology and imaging reports and initiate appropriate action as required.
17. Participate in the Clinical Governance role of the Department, including quality improvement, risk management and the investigation of formal complaints and incidents.
18. Active participation in departmental teaching.
Yeovil District Hospital is now part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!
We really value the impact that you as a Specialty Doctor will have on our patients and services; we therefore offer an enhanced benefits package (subject to criteria) which includes:
1. Welcome to Yeovil payment
2. A generous relocation package
3. 4 hours of paid time for professional development every week (SPA)
4. £700 personal budget for training and development every year
Agency CV's will not be accepted for this role. Please note we are not approved to support the GMC sponsorship route.
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