LED / Trust Grade Registrar Equivalent in Women's Health

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 07 April 2025

Job summary

As an LED you will have appropriate clinical responsibility for the care of patients delegated by the consultant to his/her charge. Co-responsibility for the proper functioning of the department, including supervision of more junior medical staff. Working within the multidisciplinary team. Co-ordinating appropriate medical, surgical, and allied disciplines concerned with patient care and communicating appropriately with general practitioners and community agencies.

Main duties of the job

To support the delivery of safe, evidence based Obstetric care in partnership with our midwifery colleagues. To undertake regular review of complex patients and to assist in the management of their care.

To support the provision of high-quality gynaecological care in both emergent and planned care settings and to support the development of these services as appropriate

About us

Our vision is better health and care for all. We are proud pioneers in integrating health and social care nationally.

We passionately believe that the best way to care for people is by focusing on what matters to them, putting them at the centre of everything we do and integrating services around them. We believe that care as close to home as possible benefits everyone.

At our core, we are deeply connected to, and rooted in, the values of the NHS. We work together for patients and our communities.

We have adopted the NHS constitution values which apply across the NHS in England. Patients, public and staff developed these together. Our shared NHS values provide common ground for co-operation to achieve shared aspirations, at all levels of the NHS.

We make sure that everyone counts and that every voice is heard. What matters to our people matters.

Date posted

24 March 2025

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

388-6940374-CW-A

Job locations

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Newton Road

Torquay

TQ2 7AA

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be expected to abide by the code set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and to continue to improve on the generic competencies outlined in the Foundation Programme.

Other responsibilities include:

Taking a complete medical history in a holistic way, with a focus on the patients agenda

Performing a complete systems examination while maintaining the dignity of the patient

Requesting and interpreting appropriate investigations including radiological tests, biochemistry and haematology tests and basic microbiological tests

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team in patient management, with a focus on effective communication

Learning to prioritise tasks to enable safe and high quality patient care

Supervising, training and assisting junior clinical staff when required

Participating in ward rounds and multi-disciplinary rounds as timetabled

Referring on to specialty inpatient teams by telephone or electronic referral system

Completing discharge summaries

Attending weekly educational and multidisciplinary sessions

Supervising medical students

Complying with all local policies including dress code, annual and study leave