Job summary
Emergency Medicine is at the heart of the hospitals emergency care pathway and has recently been award £58 million from the Department of Health to develop and innovate the delivery of Unscheduled Care across the Trust. The department is led by a highly motivated group of Consultants who provide high quality care, support junior doctors as well as driving change as well as being largely present on the shop floor. In addition there is an excellent co-located Paediatric Emergency Department that has also has Consultant delivered care until midnight.
#The department has a strong education ethos with many of our trainees returning as Consultant colleagues. The opportunities include:
- Clinical Educators we have a dedicated team of Consultants that provide 4 hours of shop floor education, 5 days a week. These Consultants are in addition to the Consultants providing shop floor care and the sole purpose is to provide training and learning for junior doctors. They complete SLEs as well as support trainees requiring competency sign off in specialists areas , e.g. sedation or ultrasound
- 1.5 hours of protected teaching a week
- Regular simulation sessions, including virtual reality
- Daily 1 oclock teaching vignettes
- 2 Hours EDT on top of 20% fellowship time to support self-development
Whilst this is not a formal training post, the successful candidate would have the opportunity to access the same departmental training opportunities as those on a postgraduate training programme.
Main duties of the job
here are 2 options for this role:
- 100% of you time in Emergency Medicine with a flexible contract (e.g. term time working)
- 80% of your working time in Emergency Medicine and 20% in your area of specialist interest. We can support the following areas of specialist interest:
- Medical Education
- Simulation
- Medical management and leadership
- Medical Law
- Quality Improvement
- Research
- IT/digital Intensive Care Medicine
- Paediatric Emergency Medicine
- Public Health Medicine
- Plastic Surgery
- Toxicology
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Emergency Medicine
Although this post is not approved for postgraduate training the duties are the same as the existing specialty training posts. The successful candidate will be assigned an educational supervisor and will be encouraged to maintain an educational portfolio with appropriate assessments to their level of experience and participate in annual appraisal.
The successful candidate duties will include:
- Delivery of shop floor care to patients arriving in the Emergency Department.
- Participate in a 24/7 rota including weekend work and night shifts.
- Ensure discharge summaries are completed in a timely manner and communicate with GPs and other clinical colleagues as required.
- Maintain continued professional development.
- Attend educational and multidisciplinary sessions.
- Completion of essential/mandatory training
- Comply with all local policies including, dress code, annual and study leave.
Selected Specialty the exact nature of the work will depend on your selected speciality and may include
-
- Undertaking supervised work with a specified group of patients
- Undertaking a research project and presenting back findings to specified clinical and management groups
- Creating, leading and implementing an approved medical initiative.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Emergency Medicine
Although this post is not approved for postgraduate training the duties are the same as the existing specialty training posts. The successful candidate will be assigned an educational supervisor and will be encouraged to maintain an educational portfolio with appropriate assessments to their level of experience and participate in annual appraisal.
The successful candidate duties will include:
- Delivery of shop floor care to patients arriving in the Emergency Department.
- Participate in a 24/7 rota including weekend work and night shifts.
- Ensure discharge summaries are completed in a timely manner and communicate with GPs and other clinical colleagues as required.
- Maintain continued professional development.
- Attend educational and multidisciplinary sessions.
- Completion of essential/mandatory training
- Comply with all local policies including, dress code, annual and study leave.
Selected Specialty the exact nature of the work will depend on your selected speciality and may include
-
- Undertaking supervised work with a specified group of patients
- Undertaking a research project and presenting back findings to specified clinical and management groups
- Creating, leading and implementing an approved medical initiative.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
Desirable
- ALS, APLS, ATLS or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of completion of 2 year training programme
- Demonstrable skills and experience in Emergency Medicine
Desirable
Additional criteria
Essential
- Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
- Monitor developing situations and anticipate issues.
- Ability take clear and concise case histories and conduct a good clinical examination
- Ability to cannulate and catheterise patients.
- Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Knowledge and use of evidence based practice
- Good understanding of working with patients with multiple medical co-morbidities.
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
Desirable
- ALS, APLS, ATLS or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of completion of 2 year training programme
- Demonstrable skills and experience in Emergency Medicine
Desirable
Additional criteria
Essential
- Ability to maximise safety and minimise risk.
- Monitor developing situations and anticipate issues.
- Ability take clear and concise case histories and conduct a good clinical examination
- Ability to cannulate and catheterise patients.
- Able to demonstrate appropriate level of clinical knowledge
- Knowledge and use of evidence based practice
- Good understanding of working with patients with multiple medical co-morbidities.
Desirable
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).
