Job summary
We are looking for a motivated and innovative Specialist Grade in
Emergency & Urgent Care (Equivalent to General Practitioner with Specialist
Interest in Emergency & Urgent Care) to work in the Emergency and Urgent
Integrated Care Departments at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. This role may
suit an experienced General Practitioner looking for a new challenge
The successful applicant will work as an integral member of our
multidisciplinary team, comprising of nursing staff, advanced clinical
practitioners, junior and senior clinical fellows along with our substantive
Consultant Physicians in Emergency Medicine.
You will have the opportunity to manage a range of acute medical
problems and to develop your clinical leadership within these areas. This
includes developing urgent care pathways to complement those already in
operation and play a key role in the interface between primary and secondary
care.
The team works equally across 2 sites, with Pinderfields Hospital being
our Major Emergency Department and designated Major Trauma Unit. Both Dewsbury
and Pinderfields have 24/7 separate dedicated childrens EDs, and an Urgent
Integrated Care team consisting of GPs and ACPs.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside other members of the Emergency
Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in the
Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments
An interface role between primary care and
secondary care looking at how we can support getting patients to the right
service in a timely fashion
Developing clinical pathways which span the
primary care/secondary care interface
Contributing to clinical governance and quality
improvement within urgent and emergency care
Contributing to the ongoing education of the
multidisciplinary team in urgent and emergency care
Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in
assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the Emergency
Department and Urgent Integrated Care Stream.
Development of services and pathways across the
primary and secondary care interface and between ED, UIC, and acute medicine
Provide senior support, leadership and formal
clinical supervision to medical trainees and advanced clinical practitioners
(ACPs)
To actively participate in continuing
professional development (CPD) and departmental meetings
About us
Were proud that our workforce - our greatest
asset - strives for excellence every day in providing care and support to thousands
of people living across Wakefield and North Kirklees. Mid-Yorkshire celebrates
excellence and innovation. We have modern, state-of-the-art facilities and
provide first class learning and development opportunities. Mid-Yorks is
transforming, grounded in our values to care and improve, respecting our
patients, our community and our staff, to deliver the highest standards of
care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is
offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full time applications
will be considered. There is also the potential for the post-holder to agree a
job plan up to a maximum 12 PA. The post will complement our existing workforce
and individuals will work cross-site but the successful applicant will work
predominantly at either Pinderfields or Dewsbury and District Hospital. The
post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision at all times.
The
Emergency Department within the Trust consists of 34 substantive Consultants. The Department is supported by Specialist
Registrars, Trust Grade doctors, Core Medical Trainees, GP VTS Trainees and
foundation doctors. This is a new post being offered to complement the existing
workforce.
Clinical
responsibilities will include:
Working alongside other members of the Emergency
Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in the
Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments
An interface role between primary care and
secondary care looking at how we can support getting patients to the right
service in a timely fashion
Developing clinical pathways which span the
primary care/secondary care interface
Contributing to clinical governance and quality
improvement within urgent and emergency care
Contributing to the ongoing education of the
multidisciplinary team in urgent and emergency care
Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in
assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the Emergency
Department and Urgent Integrated Care Stream.
Development of services and pathways across the
primary and secondary care interface and between ED, UIC, and acute medicine
Provide senior support, leadership and formal
clinical supervision to medical trainees and advanced clinical practitioners
(ACPs)
To actively participate in continuing
professional development (CPD) and departmental meetings
Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the
Trust Framework, with at least a
minimum of 1 SPAs included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC
time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate
and changing requirements of the service.
o Examples may include formal clinical
supervision responsibilities or departmental leadership roles
Applicants will be registered with
the General Medical Council. Applicants with a registration on the General
Practitioner Register by the time of appointment would be desirable but not
essential. Applicants are required to have evidence of recent continued
academic and professional development. Excellent communication, listening and
organisational skills are essential.
The rota covers both Pinderfields and
Dewsbury sites Monday Sunday with PA re-numeration according to RCEM
guidelines.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is
offered on a full time (10 PA) basis although less than full time applications
will be considered. There is also the potential for the post-holder to agree a
job plan up to a maximum 12 PA. The post will complement our existing workforce
and individuals will work cross-site but the successful applicant will work
predominantly at either Pinderfields or Dewsbury and District Hospital. The
post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision at all times.
The
Emergency Department within the Trust consists of 34 substantive Consultants. The Department is supported by Specialist
Registrars, Trust Grade doctors, Core Medical Trainees, GP VTS Trainees and
foundation doctors. This is a new post being offered to complement the existing
workforce.
Clinical
responsibilities will include:
Working alongside other members of the Emergency
Medicine multi-disciplinary team to deliver high quality healthcare in the
Emergency and Urgent Integrated Care Departments
An interface role between primary care and
secondary care looking at how we can support getting patients to the right
service in a timely fashion
Developing clinical pathways which span the
primary care/secondary care interface
Contributing to clinical governance and quality
improvement within urgent and emergency care
Contributing to the ongoing education of the
multidisciplinary team in urgent and emergency care
Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in
assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting to the Emergency
Department and Urgent Integrated Care Stream.
Development of services and pathways across the
primary and secondary care interface and between ED, UIC, and acute medicine
Provide senior support, leadership and formal
clinical supervision to medical trainees and advanced clinical practitioners
(ACPs)
To actively participate in continuing
professional development (CPD) and departmental meetings
Supporting Professional Activities in accordance with the
Trust Framework, with at least a
minimum of 1 SPAs included in the core 10PA timetable. Additional SPA or DCC
time may be commissioned in line with the skills of the successful candidate
and changing requirements of the service.
o Examples may include formal clinical
supervision responsibilities or departmental leadership roles
Applicants will be registered with
the General Medical Council. Applicants with a registration on the General
Practitioner Register by the time of appointment would be desirable but not
essential. Applicants are required to have evidence of recent continued
academic and professional development. Excellent communication, listening and
organisational skills are essential.
The rota covers both Pinderfields and
Dewsbury sites Monday Sunday with PA re-numeration according to RCEM
guidelines.
Person Specification
Professional Values and behaviours
Essential
- Practices within the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework including current licence to practice from the GMC Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope
- Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with patients with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner.
- Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
- Respects patients dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist e.g. using interpreter and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties
- Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of concern; ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicine safely and using medical devices safely.
- Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
- Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty data protection, equality and diversity.
- Applies basic principles of public health; including population health, promoting health and wellbeing, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention.
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Understanding and personal fit with Trust Values and Behaviours
- Demonstrates awareness of the current UK Healthcare system and the need to develop services in line with current policy
Leadership and Team Working
Essential
- Awareness of their leadership as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
- Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others.
- Develops effective relationship across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams- promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working.
- Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way.
- Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development.
- Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary.
- Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments.
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Desirable
- CCT in General Practice OR Registered on GMC specialist register with licence to practice.
- MRCGP
- MRCEM
Professional registration
Essential
- Please state full GMC number.
- Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council OR be eligible for the same and have this prior to commencement
Meet the entry criteria for the grade
Essential
- A minimum of 12 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained either part time or through Less Than Full Time Training) since obtaining a primary medical qualification
- A minimum of 6 years experience in the Specialty Doctor/SAS Grade or equivalent in Emergency Medicine specialty or similar specialty
- Shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist Grade Generic Capabilities
- Evidence of independent clinical practice
- Experience working in emergency, urgent or acute care in the NHS independently.
- Applicants knowledge is up to date & is safe to practice.
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job.
- Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, high-volume department.
- Ability to think laterally and work with the wider MDT and with the ED and primary care interfaces.
Desirable
- Experience working in emergency medicine, acute medicine or SDEC.
- Experience in developing new patient services and pathways.
- Experience in leading quality improvement.
- Completed training in General Practice.
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Essential
- Takes prompt action where there is an issue with safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary.
- Applies basic human factors principles and practice at individual, team, organisation and system levels.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and inter-professional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
- Advocates for, and contributes to, organisational learning.
- Seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in safety and quality service improvement reviews.
- Leads new practice and service redesign in response to feedback, evaluation and need, promoting best practice.
- Evaluates and audits own and others clinical practice ad acts on the findings.
- Reflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities.
- Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice; designing projects and evaluating their impact.
- Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, critical incidents, or complaints and implements appropriate changes.
- Engages with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes.
- Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) clearance
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Understanding and personal fit with Trust Values and Behaviours
- Demonstrates awareness of the current UK
- Healthcare system and the need to develop services in line with current policy
Person Specification
Professional Values and behaviours
Essential
- Practices within the professional values and behaviours expected of all doctors as set out in GMC Good Medical Practice and the Generic Professional Capabilities Framework including current licence to practice from the GMC Demonstrates the underpinning subject-specific competences i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope
- Clinically evaluates and manages a patient, formulating a prioritised differential diagnosis, initiating an appropriate management plan, and reviewing and adjusting this depending on the outcomes of treatment
- Manages the difficulties of dealing with patients with complexity and uncertainty in the care of patients; employing expertise and clinical decision-making skills of a senior and independent/ autonomous practitioner.
- Critically reflects on own competence, understands own limits, and seeks help when required
- Communicates effectively and is able to share decision-making with patients, relatives and carers; treats patients as individuals, promoting a person-centred approach to their care, including self-management.
- Respects patients dignity, ensures confidentiality and appropriate communication where potentially difficult or where barriers exist e.g. using interpreter and making adjustments for patients with communication difficulties
- Demonstrates key generic clinical skills around the areas of concern; ensuring humane interventions, prescribing medicine safely and using medical devices safely.
- Adheres to professional requirements, participating in annual appraisal, job planning and reviews of performance and progression.
- Awareness of legal responsibilities relevant to the role, such as around mental capacity and deprivation of liberty data protection, equality and diversity.
- Applies basic principles of public health; including population health, promoting health and wellbeing, nutrition, exercise, vaccination and illness prevention.
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Understanding and personal fit with Trust Values and Behaviours
- Demonstrates awareness of the current UK Healthcare system and the need to develop services in line with current policy
Leadership and Team Working
Essential
- Awareness of their leadership as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour; managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others.
- Demonstrates understanding of a range of leadership principles, approaches and techniques so can adapt leadership behaviours to improve engagement and outcomes appreciates own leadership style and its impact on others.
- Develops effective relationship across teams and contributes to work and success of these teams- promotes and participates in both multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working.
- Critically reflects on decision-making processes and explains those decisions to others in an honest and transparent way.
- Critically appraises performance of self, colleagues or peers and systems to enhance performance and support development.
- Demonstrates ability to challenge others, escalating concerns when necessary.
- Develops practice in response to changing population health need, engaging in horizon scanning for future developments.
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Specific educational interests and evidence of educational ideas or project work.
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full GMC registration with a license to practice
Desirable
- CCT in General Practice OR Registered on GMC specialist register with licence to practice.
- MRCGP
- MRCEM
Professional registration
Essential
- Please state full GMC number.
- Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council OR be eligible for the same and have this prior to commencement
Meet the entry criteria for the grade
Essential
- A minimum of 12 years full time postgraduate training (or equivalent gained either part time or through Less Than Full Time Training) since obtaining a primary medical qualification
- A minimum of 6 years experience in the Specialty Doctor/SAS Grade or equivalent in Emergency Medicine specialty or similar specialty
- Shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist Grade Generic Capabilities
- Evidence of independent clinical practice
- Experience working in emergency, urgent or acute care in the NHS independently.
- Applicants knowledge is up to date & is safe to practice.
- Capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job.
- Experience in making clinical decisions & managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Proven ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, high-volume department.
- Ability to think laterally and work with the wider MDT and with the ED and primary care interfaces.
Desirable
- Experience working in emergency medicine, acute medicine or SDEC.
- Experience in developing new patient services and pathways.
- Experience in leading quality improvement.
- Completed training in General Practice.
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Essential
- Takes prompt action where there is an issue with safety or quality of patient care, raises and escalates concerns, through clinical governance systems, where necessary.
- Applies basic human factors principles and practice at individual, team, organisation and system levels.
- Collaborates with multidisciplinary and inter-professional teams to manage risk and issues across organisations and settings, with respect for and recognition of the roles of other health professionals.
- Advocates for, and contributes to, organisational learning.
- Seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in safety and quality service improvement reviews.
- Leads new practice and service redesign in response to feedback, evaluation and need, promoting best practice.
- Evaluates and audits own and others clinical practice ad acts on the findings.
- Reflects on personal behaviour and practice, responding to learning opportunities.
- Implements quality improvement methods and repeats quality improvement cycles to refine practice; designing projects and evaluating their impact.
- Critically appraises and synthesises the outcomes of audit, inquiries, critical incidents, or complaints and implements appropriate changes.
- Engages with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes.
- Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) clearance
Desirable
- Has personal insight into own strengths and weaknesses.
- Evidence of multidisciplinary team working
- Understanding and personal fit with Trust Values and Behaviours
- Demonstrates awareness of the current UK
- Healthcare system and the need to develop services in line with current policy
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).
