Job summary
Are you a doctor with a background in emergency, critical, acute or primary care?
Across Wales our multi-disciplinary teams provide care to members of the public at large events ranging from festivals & concerts, to sporting events, marathons and many more.
Working alongside our first aid teams, ambulance crews, paramedics and nurses you will assess, treat, transfer, refer or discharge patients helping to reduce pressure on the wider NHS.
Main duties of the job
Across Wales our multi-disciplinary teams provide care to members of the public at large events ranging from festivals & concerts, to sporting events, marathons and many more.
Working alongside our first aid teams, ambulance crews, paramedics and nurses you will assess, treat, transfer, refer or discharge patients helping to reduce pressure on the wider NHS.
About us
We've supported people and communities across Wales since 1880. Since March 2020, we have worked closely with Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WAST) and NHS Wales. We continue performing a major role in strengthening community resilience and ensuring people are trained in first aid. We fulfil key front-line roles to support vulnerable people, in addition to offering the opportunity for people from all backgrounds to develop their personal skills and confidence to support our charitable and income generating services whilst assisting their own career development.
As a charity, we partner with the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust and NHS Health Boards, providing ambulance support services in addition to delivering our Falls Response Service.We maintain our reputation as being the leading organisation to deliver first aid training to both commercial businesses and local-based communities including schools throughout Wales.
We also give support to the people of Wales through: Medical duties at events, Community based divisions, Falls Response Service & Community First Responders (CFR)
Our focus is developing new, innovative services to help us achieve our mission of saving lives and enhancing the health and wellbeing of communities in Wales. We are undergoing an extensive and exciting programme of modernisation, forward thinking, encompassing a review of our existing services, financial and workforce models
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
As an event doctor you will be a key part of the medical provision at operational events covered by St. John Ambulance Cymru. You will often be the senior healthcare professional to attend patients in the pre-hospital setting, usually working within a treatment centre, main first aid post, a response team or on an ambulance or rapid response vehicle. You will be expected to work autonomously where appropriate and often alongside a wider multidisciplinary team.
Our Event Doctors will be grouped into Heath care, Urgent care or Enhanced care based on their skill set against the SJAC Event Doctor Skills matrix.
Volunteering is at the core of the charity and at most events you will be assisted by St. John Ambulance Cymru volunteers. You will be required to provide effective clinical leadership, development, and mentorship to other personnel.
Core Duties:
- Undertake a full range of medical duties in line with professional scope of practice, GMC guidelines and St. John Ambulance Cymru policy and procedures.
- As appropriate, assess, manage, and discharge patients.
- Where required, administer medications in line with professional scope of practice and in adherence with St. John Ambulance Cymru medicines management policy.
- Meet the standards set out in the St. John Ambulance Cymru healthcare professionals and clinical practice policy.
- Maintain up to date with continual professional development and the requirements of the GMC.
- Maintain ability to operate in line with GMC standards of proficiency.
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with St. John Ambulance Cymru policy and procedures.
- On commencement of duty, check all relevant equipment to ensure it is functioning correctly and ready for use, report any defects to the event manager.
- Assist with the induction and mentorship of new staff and volunteers as required.
- Maintain professional registration.
- Carry out any other reasonable tasks requested by St. John Ambulance Cymru management.
- Maintain and hold a current Enhanced DBS certificate.
- Adhere to St John Ambulance Cymru Values, Mission and Vision set by the organisation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary:
As an event doctor you will be a key part of the medical provision at operational events covered by St. John Ambulance Cymru. You will often be the senior healthcare professional to attend patients in the pre-hospital setting, usually working within a treatment centre, main first aid post, a response team or on an ambulance or rapid response vehicle. You will be expected to work autonomously where appropriate and often alongside a wider multidisciplinary team.
Our Event Doctors will be grouped into Heath care, Urgent care or Enhanced care based on their skill set against the SJAC Event Doctor Skills matrix.
Volunteering is at the core of the charity and at most events you will be assisted by St. John Ambulance Cymru volunteers. You will be required to provide effective clinical leadership, development, and mentorship to other personnel.
Core Duties:
- Undertake a full range of medical duties in line with professional scope of practice, GMC guidelines and St. John Ambulance Cymru policy and procedures.
- As appropriate, assess, manage, and discharge patients.
- Where required, administer medications in line with professional scope of practice and in adherence with St. John Ambulance Cymru medicines management policy.
- Meet the standards set out in the St. John Ambulance Cymru healthcare professionals and clinical practice policy.
- Maintain up to date with continual professional development and the requirements of the GMC.
- Maintain ability to operate in line with GMC standards of proficiency.
- Maintain accurate clinical records in line with St. John Ambulance Cymru policy and procedures.
- On commencement of duty, check all relevant equipment to ensure it is functioning correctly and ready for use, report any defects to the event manager.
- Assist with the induction and mentorship of new staff and volunteers as required.
- Maintain professional registration.
- Carry out any other reasonable tasks requested by St. John Ambulance Cymru management.
- Maintain and hold a current Enhanced DBS certificate.
- Adhere to St John Ambulance Cymru Values, Mission and Vision set by the organisation.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum two years clinical experience (and post foundation training) including in and out of hospital environments
- Clinical leadership experience in urgent and emergency scenarios
Desirable
- Experience of working in non-traditional roles (crowd/event medicine/pre-hospital emergency medicine)
- Crowd Resource management
Skills, Knowledge and Personal Attributes
Essential
- Clinical skills to include assessment, diagnosis and safe discharge of un-differentiated medical and trauma patients
- Ability to take and interpret appropriate clinical observations including 12-lead ECG
- Ability to manage and resolve conflicting priorities
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to lead and manage people towards achieving desired goals and delate and prioritise effectively in high-stress environments.
- Comprehensive awareness of a range of local care and referral pathways
- Ability to communicate and relate to the volunteers as well as professionals
- Considerable energy, commitment and enthusiasm for St John Ambulance Cymru charitable mission
- Approachable charismatic personality
- Proactive rather than reactive
- Honest, respectful and confident
- Self-disciplined and reliable
- Presentable
Desirable
- Knowledge of St John Ambulance Cymru or event First Aid provision
- Clinical skills including wound-closure, fracture reduction of limb critical injuries etc
- Welsh speaker
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration on the General medical Council (GMC) register with a license to practise in the UK.
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support or equivalent (adults)
- Advanced Life Support or equivalent (paediatrics)
- Event Medical Qualification Crowd Doctor, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care course, diploma in Immediate Medical Care etc.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum two years clinical experience (and post foundation training) including in and out of hospital environments
- Clinical leadership experience in urgent and emergency scenarios
Desirable
- Experience of working in non-traditional roles (crowd/event medicine/pre-hospital emergency medicine)
- Crowd Resource management
Skills, Knowledge and Personal Attributes
Essential
- Clinical skills to include assessment, diagnosis and safe discharge of un-differentiated medical and trauma patients
- Ability to take and interpret appropriate clinical observations including 12-lead ECG
- Ability to manage and resolve conflicting priorities
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
- Ability to lead and manage people towards achieving desired goals and delate and prioritise effectively in high-stress environments.
- Comprehensive awareness of a range of local care and referral pathways
- Ability to communicate and relate to the volunteers as well as professionals
- Considerable energy, commitment and enthusiasm for St John Ambulance Cymru charitable mission
- Approachable charismatic personality
- Proactive rather than reactive
- Honest, respectful and confident
- Self-disciplined and reliable
- Presentable
Desirable
- Knowledge of St John Ambulance Cymru or event First Aid provision
- Clinical skills including wound-closure, fracture reduction of limb critical injuries etc
- Welsh speaker
Qualifications
Essential
- Full registration on the General medical Council (GMC) register with a license to practise in the UK.
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support or equivalent (adults)
- Advanced Life Support or equivalent (paediatrics)
- Event Medical Qualification Crowd Doctor, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care course, diploma in Immediate Medical Care etc.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
