Job summary
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust wishes to appoint a Trust Grade Foundation Year 1 doctor for a 12 month fixed term period commencing August 2025.
This post will be based at the Aintree site, which is located in Fazakerley, Liverpool. The post will give the opportunity for the post holder to gain experience across a range of surgical areas over the 12 month period at Foundation Year 1 level in areas including Emergency General Surgery and Trauma/Orthopaedics. The post holder will be expected to participate in the FY1 1:32 Full Shift Rota.
**Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received**
Main duties of the job
The post is not recognised for training and the post holder cannot be signed off as achieving Foundation competencies in this post. However, the post holder will be given the opportunity to work together with a Clinical Supervisor and an Educational Supervisor utilising the NHS ePortfolio.
The post holder should have opportunity to attend essential courses like ALERT and ALS. The successful candidate will also be encouraged to attend departmental teaching for their professional development and will be given opportunities to acquire skills that are generic to all doctors.
This post will provide the post holder with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to be able to:-
- Take a history and examine a patient.
- Identify and synthesize problems
- Prescribe safely
- Keep an accurate and relevant medical record
- Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
- Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
- Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
- Act in a professional manner at all times
- Cope with ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients.
- Educate patients effectively.
- Become a life-long learner and researcher.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The appointee will also take part in the Surgical full shift rota, including night shifts and weekends and experience will be gained in the identification and assessment of common surgical emergencies: -
- Develop confidence in assessing general surgical patients through history taking and clinical examination.
- To learn the management of common surgical emergencies.
- To develop an awareness of those issues which affect a patients fitness for an operation and how these might be managed, eg the perioperative management of the diabetic.
- To learn how to recognise the critically ill patient.
- How to resuscitate the critically ill patient.
- To become familiar with the post-operative management of surgical patients.
- To attend operating theatre sessions in order to develop an understanding of the principles, underlying the practice of surgery with an emphasis on wound care and suturing
The post holder will be expected to keep themselves up to date with current knowledge and practice, to attend clinical meetings within the department and to participate in audit and in-service training of other healthcare professionals.
The post holder may be required to deputise for absent colleagues from time to time and to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
The post holder will also be required to be available exceptionally for such irregular commitments outside normal rostered duties as are essential for continuity of patient care
Job description
Job responsibilities
The appointee will also take part in the Surgical full shift rota, including night shifts and weekends and experience will be gained in the identification and assessment of common surgical emergencies: -
- Develop confidence in assessing general surgical patients through history taking and clinical examination.
- To learn the management of common surgical emergencies.
- To develop an awareness of those issues which affect a patients fitness for an operation and how these might be managed, eg the perioperative management of the diabetic.
- To learn how to recognise the critically ill patient.
- How to resuscitate the critically ill patient.
- To become familiar with the post-operative management of surgical patients.
- To attend operating theatre sessions in order to develop an understanding of the principles, underlying the practice of surgery with an emphasis on wound care and suturing
The post holder will be expected to keep themselves up to date with current knowledge and practice, to attend clinical meetings within the department and to participate in audit and in-service training of other healthcare professionals.
The post holder may be required to deputise for absent colleagues from time to time and to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.
The post holder will also be required to be available exceptionally for such irregular commitments outside normal rostered duties as are essential for continuity of patient care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
Training
Desirable
- Experience at F1 level or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Basic Clinical skills will be required
Desirable
- General Surgery background
Teaching and Audit
Essential
- Active participation in Teaching/ Audit
Desirable
- Evidence of previous Audit projects
Research Academia
Desirable
- Willing to contribute to Department
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB ChB or equivalent
- Full registration with GMC
Training
Desirable
- Experience at F1 level or equivalent
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Basic Clinical skills will be required
Desirable
- General Surgery background
Teaching and Audit
Essential
- Active participation in Teaching/ Audit
Desirable
- Evidence of previous Audit projects
Research Academia
Desirable
- Willing to contribute to Department
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).
