General Medicine Trust Grade Registrar SPR

Job summary

This is a fantastic opportunity to work at Croydon University Hospital as a General Medicine Registrar attached to the renal firm. Applications are invited to apply for a 12 month fixed term contract within our well established teams in Medicine.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers

This post will run parallel to our current SPR grade role, and will offer identical opportunities to take part in consultant supervised training relating to both the general medical and renal curriculum. It would ideally suit a candidate looking to progress into the speciality at SPR level who wishes to gain more experience in it.

The postholder will partake GIM on-call rota.

Main duties of the job

• Work closely with registrar grade colleagues to support the General Internal Medicine & Renal service in providing high quality care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Carry out outpatient clinics with consultant supervision
• Participation in and leadership of ward based MDT, including review, assessment and treatment of acute medical inpatients, including onward speciality referral as appropriate.
• Provide supervision and support to FY1 doctors on the unit
• Take part in weekly educational activities (We encourage successful candidates to take part in quality improvement projects / audits / teaching sessions

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

These include:o Croydon University Hospital o Purley Hospital o The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath o Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside o A minor injuries unit in New Addington The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 3,500 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our Vision:"Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it"Our 5 key 'Here for you' promises to the people of Croydon are:o You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff o You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff o You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians o You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to homeo You feel it's getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services

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