Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of Frimley Park Hospital ED as Specialty Doctor – Tier 4 in Emergency Medicine. Once in post opportunity would be available to develop into a CESR post.
The post will comprise of mostly clinical duties, however, an integral part of the post will be the supervision and teaching of training grade doctors on the shop floor.
The successful applicant will work in the ED, gaining experience in working in a busy ED with exposure to a variety of Emergency Medicine presentations.
Main duties of the job
Clinical duties will include all those duties normally expected of a Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine (level 4 and above) in the UK and will account for the majority of the appointee's time.
In addition the appointee will be expected to take part in the formal teaching and on-going audit programmes within the directorate. Admin time will be allocated from the clinical component of the post.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
A full Job Description is attached to this vacancy, Please ensure you demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate a wide grounding during training in all aspects Acute / Emergency Care.
- MBBS or equivalent
- Understands the principles of patient confidentiality, consent and data protection
- Understands the need for and appreciates the role of audit in clinical practice
- Understands the importance of Child Protection and has a sound knowledge of national management guidelines.
- FRCEM Primary or equivalent
- FRCEM Intermediate or equivalent
Desirable criteria
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES FOR ROLE
Essential criteria
- ALS
- Aware of own limitations, consults senior colleagues appropriately and knows when to ask for help
- Able to discuss treatment options with patients, and their parents or guardians, in a way they can understand
- Able to contribute to teaching and learning of others in the clinical setting
Desirable criteria
- APLS
- ATLS
- Demonstrates a critical and enquiring approach to knowledge acquisition
- Evidence of leadership qualities (not necessarily in medicine)
- Other work experience/outside interests
Professional/ Specialist/ Functional Experience
Essential criteria
- Successful completion of Foundation programme and a minimum of one year’s training post Foundation training to have included Emergency Medicine
- Full GMC Registration to cover the scope of employment
Desirable criteria
- Audit and Clinical Governance- keen to contribute to departmental audit projects and awareness of clinical governance issues
- Previous Research experience
- Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting data orally and in writing
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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