Job summary
Please be aware that only candidates who meet all the essential criteria outlined in the Person Specification, such as MRCEM, will be considered for this role. Make sure your application clearly demonstrates how you meet these essential criteria. Partially completed application will not be considered.
Applicants are invited to apply for the Senior Locally Employed Doctor position in our Emergency Department. Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration - MFT cannot support GMC Sponsorship for candidates who are offered permanent vacancies.
Applicants will join a full rota team covering Manchester Royal Infirmary which is a Major Trauma Centre with linked helipad that has a focus on penetrating trauma.
Successful applicants will have similar opportunities to our senior emergency medicine trainees including a dedicated educational supervisor, work-place-based assessments for portfolio, access to training including in house simulation, audit, delivery of medical student teaching, journal club, POCUS training, virtual case discussion and learning. We are a department with ongoing research activity and research opportunities with excellent academic leadership.
Main duties of the job
The job entails being part of a 24-hour rota, covering, days, nights, and weekends. You will be expected to assess patients, make primary diagnosis, and initiate emergency treatment. Emergency medicine consultants cover the shop floor from 08:00 to 00:00 with 5-minute major trauma consultant response outside of these hours. The rota is 2016 T&C's compliant.
The workload will involve seeing minor injuries, ambulatory patients, major, resus and major trauma cases and covering our Clinical Decision Unit. Our department is a busy inner-city institution and provides cover for a diverse population with specific medical and social needs providing an interesting and varied case mix.
Primarily, trainees' duties will be to provide, safe, effective, and timely care to the patients presenting to and under the continuing care of the Emergency Department. You will also be providing guidance to junior colleagues where appropriate and eventually as your role develops you will progress to streaming patients, directing the workforce, and managing the department. Trainees will be expected to act according to GMC guidance on good medical practice and adhere to Trust policies on infection control, sickness reporting, risk management etc.
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Recognised Medical Degree
- Minimum of 4 years' full time (or equivalent part time) hospital service experience post qualification
- MRCEM or equivalent
Desirable
Eligibility
Essential
- Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration: an active licence, ceased license or pending application with the GMC at the point of application. Candidates who do not fit these criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 18 months Emergency Medicine experience
Desirable
- Experience at ST3 level or above in a UK Emergency Department
Language skills
Essential
- Applicants need demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
Desirable
- Understanding of the importance of communication within a clinical setting
Interest in Trauma Care
Essential
- An interest in major trauma is essential
Desirable
- Previous experience working within a major trauma service
Clinical governance & research
Essential
- An understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Evidence of previous audits
Desirable
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
- Publication(s) in peer reviewed journals
Personal Skills
Essential
- Capacity to operate effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive or pressurised situations.
- Awareness of own limitations and when to ask for help
- Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with an analytical and flexible mind.
- Capacity to monitor and anticipate situations that may change rapidly
- Demonstrates effective judgement and decision-making skills.
- Leadership and Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
- Capacity to establish good working relations with others.
- Organisation and Planning: Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent and important demands, as well as follow instructions
- Caring attitude to patients
- Collegiate approach to working relationships.
- Reliable, self-aware, self-motivated, positive, flexible, innovative, attention to detail, organised and approachable
Desirable
- Knowledge of wider health debate and NHS Structures, and current media issues.
- Ability to acknowledge that behaviour needs to modify to the situation and audience
- Previous experience of leadership
Probity
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own actions
- demonstrates respect for the rights of all.
- Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, confidentiality, and consent.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Recognised Medical Degree
- Minimum of 4 years' full time (or equivalent part time) hospital service experience post qualification
- MRCEM or equivalent
Desirable
Eligibility
Essential
- Candidates must be eligible for their own GMC registration: an active licence, ceased license or pending application with the GMC at the point of application. Candidates who do not fit these criteria will not progress through to the shortlisting stage.
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies in line with GMC standards/Good Medical Practice.
Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 18 months Emergency Medicine experience
Desirable
- Experience at ST3 level or above in a UK Emergency Department
Language skills
Essential
- Applicants need demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
Desirable
- Understanding of the importance of communication within a clinical setting
Interest in Trauma Care
Essential
- An interest in major trauma is essential
Desirable
- Previous experience working within a major trauma service
Clinical governance & research
Essential
- An understanding of the principles of clinical governance
- Evidence of previous audits
Desirable
- Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical and surgical problems
- Publication(s) in peer reviewed journals
Personal Skills
Essential
- Capacity to operate effectively under pressure and remain objective in highly emotive or pressurised situations.
- Awareness of own limitations and when to ask for help
- Capacity to think beyond the obvious, with an analytical and flexible mind.
- Capacity to monitor and anticipate situations that may change rapidly
- Demonstrates effective judgement and decision-making skills.
- Leadership and Team Involvement: Capacity to work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and demonstrate leadership when appropriate
- Capacity to establish good working relations with others.
- Organisation and Planning: Capacity to manage time and prioritise workload, balance urgent and important demands, as well as follow instructions
- Caring attitude to patients
- Collegiate approach to working relationships.
- Reliable, self-aware, self-motivated, positive, flexible, innovative, attention to detail, organised and approachable
Desirable
- Knowledge of wider health debate and NHS Structures, and current media issues.
- Ability to acknowledge that behaviour needs to modify to the situation and audience
- Previous experience of leadership
Probity
Essential
- Takes responsibility for own actions
- demonstrates respect for the rights of all.
- Demonstrates awareness of ethical principles, safety, confidentiality, and consent.
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).
