Specialty Doctor in A&E

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 May 2024

Job summary

The post will be suitable for a fully registered medical practitioner with at least four years hospital experience at Senior House Officer equivalent grade or above. This should include at least 6 months experience in Emergency Medicine - the remainder of the experience being in relevant acute specialities. A post-graduate qualification is desirable but not essential. Evidence of successful completion of ATLS, ALS & APLS / EPLS provider courses is desirable.

The post is for 10+1.5 Programmed Activities per week and subject to Terms and conditions of service for specialty doctors - England (2008). There would be a requirement to work some evening/weekend sessions. The total number of hours worked per week would not exceed an average of 48. This includes a half day every week for research/audit/directed learning.

Main duties of the job

The post will be based in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. The duties would include new patient assessment and management, review clinics and the clinical supervision and teaching of Junior Doctors and Specialist Nurses and an opportunity to participate in the clinical audit programme. In addition the SD Emergency Physician would be expected to be involved in the weekly training programme and to continue to develop their career and to regularly attend teaching and educational sessions

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to rotate to other specialities for further training and will be encouraged to work towards CESR.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Date posted

04 April 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£52,530 to £82,400 a year on experience

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-MI2395

Job locations

Ipswich

Heath Road

Ipswich

IP4 5PD

Job description

Job responsibilities

A new Emergency Department is being built. This is due to open September 2024 and will incorporate 6 fully monitored resuscitation bays along with RATS, majors, paediatrics and urgent treatment areas. There will be co-located CT and X-Ray facilities. The new Emergency Department will be co-located with the Urgent and Emergency Care Centre and clinicians will be working collaboratively with our primary care colleagues. The new facilities will represent a significant increase in the footprint of the ED and will be providing Emergency and Urgent Care to our local population, both adults and paediatrics.

The ED has consultant shop floor cover 0900-2100 on weekdays, 0900-2100 on Saturdays and 1200-2100 on Sundays . Outside these hours there is an easily accessible consultant on-call 24 hours a day. The ED has middle grade cover 24 hours a day 365 days a year. This is currently provided by an eight person rolling rota, however we are looking to increase the middle grade numbers with these appointments

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

interview

Essential

Full Registration with GMC
MRCEM
4 years post registration experience in relevant specialties
Including 6/12 Emergency Medicine experience
Courses ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPLS, PALS

Desirable

FCEM Or equivalent

Person Specification

interview

Essential

Full Registration with GMC
MRCEM
4 years post registration experience in relevant specialties
Including 6/12 Emergency Medicine experience
Courses ALS, ATLS, APLS, EPLS, PALS

Desirable

FCEM Or equivalent

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

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).