Job summary
Are you looking to expand your skills? Would you thrive working in a large, supportive acute hospital with great teaching opportunities? If you are ready to expand your clinical skills, gain exposure, consolidate learning, progress your career and most importantly, directly influence the care that we provide to all our patients, we have the perfect opportunity for you.
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and highly motivated doctor, who is committed to excellence to join our dynamic team. This post will be for a fixed term period.
We know the importance of supported learning opportunities and are proud of the encouraging environment that our team cultivates we promise departmental teaching, MDT meetings, grand rounds and journal clubs as well as study leave. We have an excellent record of junior doctors progressing on to formal training programmes. You will have the opportunity to be involved with our active research unit, working in partnership with the University of Portsmouth, and currently have a number of projects developed by our junior colleagues achieving presentation and publication.
Teamwork is one of our Trust core values, and we ensure that all our medics have the opportunity to work collaboratively with supportive peers and senior colleagues this is your opportunity to cement your training, where we are here to help you bring your best skills every day, with first class patient care at the centre of all we do.
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- To work as a junior doctor, alongside nursing and allied health professional colleagues and senior medics to provide a safe clinical environment for the patients and visitors to the Trust
- Supervise and assist Foundation and Core level doctors working with you and support teaching for medical students
- Communicate professionally and appropriately with nurses, allied health professionals, patients, relatives and all other medical staff.
- Take part in rostered out of normal hours work when orientation complete and competence assessed
- Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- To work as a junior doctor, alongside nursing and allied health professional colleagues and senior medics to provide a safe clinical environment for the patients and visitors to the Trust
- Supervise and assist Foundation and Core level doctors working with you and support teaching for medical students
- Communicate professionally and appropriately with nurses, allied health professionals, patients, relatives and all other medical staff.
- Take part in rostered out of normal hours work when orientation complete and competence assessed
- Proactively and positively contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- - Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC
- - ALS/BLS
- - MRCS or MRCP or MRCOG or MRCPH (Specialty dependant)
Desirable
- MRCS or MRCP or MRCOG or MRCPH (Specialty dependant)
Experience
Essential
- Higher professional training at ST3+; NHS experience would be desirable.
Desirable
- Evidence of completion of Internal Medicine training or equivalent competencies; demonstrable skills and experience of General Medicine or a medical sub specialty; experience as a Medical Specialty Trainee 3+ or equivalent.
Additional criteria
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice; Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC; ALS/BLS.
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent by the intended start date.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- - Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC
- - ALS/BLS
- - MRCS or MRCP or MRCOG or MRCPH (Specialty dependant)
Desirable
- MRCS or MRCP or MRCOG or MRCPH (Specialty dependant)
Experience
Essential
- Higher professional training at ST3+; NHS experience would be desirable.
Desirable
- Evidence of completion of Internal Medicine training or equivalent competencies; demonstrable skills and experience of General Medicine or a medical sub specialty; experience as a Medical Specialty Trainee 3+ or equivalent.
Additional criteria
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice; Primary medical qualification recognised by the GMC; ALS/BLS.
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support Certificate from the Resuscitation Council UK or equivalent by the intended start date.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
