Main area: Emergency Medicine
Grade: Speciality Doctor
Contract: Permanent: MC75
Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week (Working a full rota line)
Job ref: 166-MEC-6632533
Employer: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town: Chesterfield
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/11/2024 23:59
Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Speciality Doctor in Emergency Medicine, to support the Trust's strategy in developing and supporting the delivery of excellent emergency clinical care in Chesterfield.
We are looking for someone who wants to work in a dynamic, innovative and evolving team.
We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospital provides high quality, safe and compassionate care in our new state of the art emergency department which is opening this year.
Main duties of the job
The Department focuses on the provision of evidence-based emergency medicine, teaching, training and excellence, while maintaining operational standards.
A co-located GP-led Urgent Care Centre delivers care for both adults and children with minor illness and injury. There are stringent and well-defined clinical criteria for streaming individual patients either to the Urgent Care Centre or Emergency Medicine. Patients may also be referred from the Urgent Care Centre to Emergency Medicine, where appropriate.
The Emergency Department adheres to key performance indicators (KPIs) and the appointee will be expected to work toward these operational standards.
With this in mind, the post will help in achieving these operational standards while maintaining excellent care in the Emergency Department.
There are regular teaching and training opportunities, both informal (including bedside teaching from consultants, board rounds), and formal, which have contributed to the success of both trainees and Trust doctors in RCEM examinations.
Furthermore, the Emergency Department is committed to research involvement and quality improvement methodology in order to constantly improve the treatment delivered to our patient population.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information about the role including details of the personal specification.
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Clinical Director on behalf of the Medical Director. This will be reviewed annually, and changes will be mutually agreed.
Once established, the Job Plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out duties, responsibilities, and objectives for the coming year. It will cover all aspects of professional practice including clinical work, teaching, research, education, and managerial responsibilities.
Person specification
Experience
- Completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme relevant to EM
- ALS
- Fixed term specialty trainee in EM
- ATLS provider
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent
- MRCEM/ Intermediate FRCEM
- FRCEM
Skills
- Up to date knowledge of emergency medicine and evidence of an understanding of its application
- Experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
UK Points-based immigration system
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from 1 January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route.
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.
If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead, which is cheaper to apply for and you do not need to pay the annual immigration health surcharge.
Communications
Communications throughout the application process will be via e-mail therefore please check your e-mail account and Trac account regularly. References are also requested by email (where possible). Therefore to speed up the recruitment process please provide an email address for all referees when completing your application form.
If you require any support in completing the application form, please do not hesitate to contact the HR Support Services team on 01246 513177 and we will be happy to provide assistance.
This role is part of the integrated health and social care community across Derbyshire, where there are many opportunities to work across different locations and providers developing new and different skills. Whilst this role is initially based in Chesterfield there may be future opportunities to be based at different locations within the health and social care community which we may talk to you about in the future.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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