- Public Health
- Extreme Medicine
- Sports and exercise medicine
- Global Health
- Environmental and human health/sustainability
- Simulation
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- Taking a complete medical history in a holistic way, with a focus on the patients agenda
- Performing a complete systems examination while maintaining the dignity of the patient
- Requesting and interpreting appropriate investigations including radiological tests, biochemistry and haematology tests and basic microbiological tests
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team in patient management, with a focus on effective communication
- Learning to prioritise tasks to enable safe and high-quality patient care.
- Supervising, training and assisting junior clinical staff when required.
- Participating in ward rounds and multi-disciplinary rounds as timetabled
- Referring on to specialty inpatient teams by telephone or electronic referral system
- Attending weekly educational and multidisciplinary sessions
- Supervising medical students
- Complying with all local policies including dress code, annual and study leave Person Specification
- Medical Degree / Full GMC Registration with license to practice
- ALS Certification
- Completion of F1 training/equivalent
- Ability to assess, recognise and initiate management of acutely ill patient
- Demonstrates behaviours/attitudes that support the Trust's visions
- Understanding of clinical risk management
- Additional related qualifications (eg Intercalated Degree/BSc/BA/BMedSci)
- Experience in other related specialties
- Experience within the NHS
- Knowledge of UK health systems/practices, awareness of current issues in the NHS
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Locally Employed Doctor - Torquay, United Kingdom - Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
As an LED you will have appropriate clinical responsibility for the care of patients delegated by the consultant to his/her charge. Co-responsibility for the proper functioning of the department, including supervision of more junior medical staff. Working within the multidisciplinary team. Co-ordinating appropriate medical, surgical, and allied disciplines concerned with patient care and communicating appropriately with general practitioners and community agencies.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include a combination of assessment, investigation, and management of patients, from their admission to specialty ward or at the point of discharge. All team members are expected to take an active part in liaison with patients, their carers and relatives and their healthcare workers in the community. Every team member has a responsibility to provide accurate discharge information to GPs and community hospitals.
This is a unique opportunity to develop emergency medicine skills and exposure whilst being able to complete a funded PGCert which may include, but are not limited to:
You will be allocated an appropriate supervisor whilst working within the Emergency Department with regular mentoring and support.
If you would like additional information regarding these opportunities, please contact Sarah Wilson, Operations Manager
Alongside and to support the PGCert we will be offering flexible clinical/academic splits to accommodate your study.
All rotas will be discussed with you prior to commencement of post, but will include a mixture of days, evenings, nights and some weekend working which will be compliant with European Working Time Directive.
About us
Educational and Learning Opportunities
There will be opportunities to improve on practical skills, procedures, leadership and teaching. The daily board round also gives the opportunity to learn in a multidisciplinary way. There are formal educational opportunities weekly both within specialties and the medical directorate and you will be encouraged to present at these.
We will help you gain experience in practical and technical skills including suturing, procedural sedation, joint manipulation, cardioversion, management and application of ALS algorithms and help support and guide you further with applications for speciality training should this be something you wish to consider.
We run a varied teaching programme that runs 3 times a week and is consultant led. Sessions range from SIMS to x-ray interpretation to discussions around protocols. We have daily 5-minute turbo teach sessions at our 2pm handover and the topics again are taken from the ACCS and HST curriculums ensuring over a period of a year all topics are addressed.
Emergency Department
Torbay is based on the coast with Dartmoor on the doorstep offering lots of opportunities for those looking for both excitement and picturesque scenery. The location makes this available for many activities such as walking, cycling, hiking, sailing and other water sports.
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust attracts a broad range of patients with a seasonal influx and varied demographic.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
You will be expected to abide by the code set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and to continue to improve on the generic competencies outlined in the Foundation Programme.
Other responsibilities include:
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