Trust Grade Doctor (CT1/2) in General Surgery

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To work a full shift rota in General Surgery on a 1:11 rota
2. To work across all teams within Surgery on a rotation basis for 6 months at a time.
3. To assist the Specialist Registrar in the treatment of all cases under their care
4. To be involved in allotting the duties of the FY1 doctors and supervising their clinical work and note taking
5. To visit all patients under his/her care every morning (except weekends when not on call) and make such additional visits to particular patients as requested by the FY1 doctors or Ward Staff
6. When on call, to be responsible for the supervision of the FY1 doctors and for the care of all surgical patients on the Wards. He/she may be required to give a surgical opinion on the other patients in the hospital
7. To accompany the Consultants on their ward rounds and attend outpatient clinics and operating lists unless specifically excused
8. To perform minor operations unsupervised. However, any major procedure must be supervised by SPR or consultant
9. To be responsible for checking the completion of the discharge/audit form on every patient and ensuring that a discharge summary accompanies each patient leaving hospital
10. To see that any surgical patient, who takes his/her own discharge contrary to the advice of the Consultant staff, signs a statement to that effect and will inform the patients General Practitioner by telephone of the situation
11. To assist his/her consultant with the teaching of medical students
12. To familiarise himself/herself with their responsibilities in respect of the mobilisation of hospital resources in the event of a major disaster/incident
13. He/she shall be subject to the general rules for junior medical staff and shall obey such instructions as the Trust Board shall, from time to time, issue through the Medical Staff Committee
14. He/she may be asked to perform extra duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the appropriate Consultant, in consultation where practicable with his colleagues both senior and junior

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Suitable qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Years Experience

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust

Harlow

CM20 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)