Specialty Doctor - Emergency Department

Job overview

We have Specialty Doctor vacancies across Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals at both Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana Princess of Wales Hospital. Fixed Term and Permanent positions are available.

The Trust has recognised the need to provide extended hours of both Specialty Doctor and Consultant shop-floor cover at evening and weekends in order improve the quality and safety of unscheduled care to patients and has approved Urgent and Emergency Care expansion programme.

There are a number of posts available at both hospital sites, Scunthorpe & Grimsby on permanent and fixed term contracts.  The post could be filled on a full or part time basis.  Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post.  If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on an individual basis.  Job share applicants are also welcome.

Our existing Emergency Department has benefited from extensive capital investment and is at the forefront of developing new ways of working. With the benefit of a very supportive managerial team who are keen to develop clinical ideas, there exists a very good working relationship between our two sites and we are constantly generating and developing ideas to bring our departments into the forefront of Emergency Care in the country.

Main duties of the job

This post attracts 11.23 programmed activities per week as part of the Middle Grade rota

SPA is provided as part of the job plan

Regular job planning meetings will be undertaken with the post holder to ensure that the appointee is remunerated for any additional activities undertaken and that the job plan accurately reflects the overall workload undertaken by the post holder.

The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an illustrative guide and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidates.  Further discussion on supporting professional activities will depend on the Trust's requirements and the individual's particular expertise.

In line with the terms and conditions, the final job plan is subject to the agreement of the Trust through the Medical Director and the appointee.

The new appointee will be based on either site

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

As a senior employee of the Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust’s patients.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POST

The post would suit a good team player dedicated to high quality patient care. The opportunity exists to work in a non-hierarchical setting and offer a wide range of Emergency Medicine procedures in this busy DGH.

• Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-
• To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in the specialty
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust’s and Medicine Group’s service plans
• To maintain the confidence of business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Operations Directorate or the Trust

CLINICAL

The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high quality care to the patients presenting to the Department.

• This will include all patients presenting to the Hospital with an acute presentation whether GP referred or self-referred
• To be the first point of contact with the patient
• To examine and treat patients on the shop floor of the Emergency Care Centre
• To support the clinical decision making of junior medical and nursing staff
• To participate in observational medicine on the Acute Care Unit and to participate in decision making as appropriate with Acute Care Physicians and other General/Specialist  Medical Physicians

TEACHING/TRAINING (as agreed with the Clinical Supervisor)

• To provide conditions for improved training opportunities in line with national and local recommendations arising out of GMC and related requirements
• To supervise and manage the work of his/her junior medical staff and participate in the training and development of these staff to the standards required by the Royal Colleges
• To participate in the undergraduate teaching programme. The Department is involved in teaching medical students from both the Hull and York Medical School (HYMS) and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
• To assist and participate with the development of postgraduate training for F1s, F2s, CTs and other staff as appropriate. Weekly teaching takes place for both the middle grade staff and junior staff.
• There is an Education Centre on site where regular clinical meetings are held
• Combined teaching programmes for training grades shared with other sites or specialties
• Protected teaching sessions
• Regular clinical meetings, journal clubs etc
• Regular lectures for General Practitioners, Consultants and junior medical staff arranged by the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education

AUDIT

• To promote evidence based practice
• To respond appropriately to NICE guidance
• To change own and others clinical practice in response to new clinical developments
• To undertake relevant clinical audit topics on behalf of the Trust or Clinical Networks
• To be involved in risk management and quality assurance
• To remain up to date and engaged in SPA as per College guidelines

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE

• To undertake all work in accordance with Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust procedures and operating policies
• To respond appropriately and timely to complaints and critical incidents
• To attend accredited conferences and meetings to update personal level of clinical practice, teaching and management skills in line with CME requirements
• To participate in an annual Job Planning Review process
• To participate in the Trust’s annual Appraisal process/revalidation
• To adhere to Trust Adverse Clinical Incident Policy

MANAGEMENT (as agreed with Clinical Supervisor)

• To participate in departmental consultant and senior staff meetings
• To attend other departmental, Divisional and Trust meetings as necessary
• To attend regional and national meetings as necessary
• To undertake all work in accordance with Trust procedures and operating policies

TEAMWORK

• To work within the framework of team decisions
• To work with the wider health community in delivering unplanned care
• To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility

STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT

• Working towards electronic referral and records
• Working towards electronic MDT practice
• Emergency Medicine is highly evolving and our trust is working hard to be at the forefront of innovations and development within the specialty. The post holder will be expected to participate in activities that will improve the delivery of emergency care in the future e.g. NICE guideline implementations and research design both of which are well supported by the department
• The postholder will be expected to support the development of the Emergency Department, Urgent Treatment Centre
• The postholder will also support joint working via shared pathways with the Acute Medical Unit
• There is a dedicated budget for research and we are affiliated with the Hull and York universities for research and development

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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