Job summary
This is a great opportunity for an ST1/ST2 to work in a busy, but well supported department with a team of highly motivated Consultants and trainees.
The appointee will work as part of the enthusiastic and dynamic Acute Medicine team, which is a Consultant led, multidisciplinary team for urgent and ambulatory care. The team offers fast, efficient ambulatory and on-going care for patients with acute care needs. The team has a close and excellent working relationship with our Emergency Department and local GPs.
This post will have the opportunity for leadership and development of new projects. Where appropriate, the unit would be prepared to support the successful candidates specialist interest to ensure personal development whilst in post. This role would also be ideal for those wishing to gain more experience in Acute Medicine and ambulatory care.
Main duties of the job
The post will be tailored to the successful applicant and their specific interests and the roles would include any of the following:
- Responsibility for the assessment and review of Acute Medicine Ambulatory Care patients.
- Discussion and review of clinical cases with senior clinical Acute Medicine team
- Follow-up and review of clinical results
- Developing Departmental clinical pathways
- Teaching
- This could include production of teaching resources and delivery of formal teaching sessions on:
- Internal Medicine or various relevant topics of interest
- Engage in quality improving projects
- Bedside teaching including demonstration of clinical signs and examination
- Audit projects
- Join in with Medical departmental activities e.g. the M&M, educational meetings and involvement in clinical governance.
We encourage self-development, including teaching skills and also publication of work and projects.
There is no compulsory on-call component in this post, however, if the successful candidate would like to join the on-call rota this is negotiable and can be discussed with the education lead and service manager.
About us
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.
Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.
There has never been a better time to join us.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job would be suitable for qualified medical graduates with full GMC registration and prior foundation year two experience. Foundation year two experience could be from outside the UK however prior experience of working in the NHS would be desirable.
This post is not a recognised UK training post. However, the post-holders will have a named supervisor, and will be supported in undertaking scheduled educational opportunities within the Trust and their department.
The trust doctor will interact with a number clinical specialties in adult medicine and surgery, and will have the opportunity to widen their clinical experience.
Please refer to the full job description attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
This job would be suitable for qualified medical graduates with full GMC registration and prior foundation year two experience. Foundation year two experience could be from outside the UK however prior experience of working in the NHS would be desirable.
This post is not a recognised UK training post. However, the post-holders will have a named supervisor, and will be supported in undertaking scheduled educational opportunities within the Trust and their department.
The trust doctor will interact with a number clinical specialties in adult medicine and surgery, and will have the opportunity to widen their clinical experience.
Please refer to the full job description attached
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Successful completion of foundation scheme or demonstration of equivalent competencies
Desirable
- MRCP
- Additional postgraduate qualification such as MSc, MD or PhD
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical & administrative staff
- Flexibility and ability to be a team member
- Willingness to seek assistance from supervising colleagues
- Excellent time management skills
Desirable
- Capacity for independent work and taking initiatives
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes and educational standards
- Demonstrable skill to work together to serve our community and students through delivering safe and excellent clinical care and teaching
- Value diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
- Treating others with compassion, empathy and respect and
- Share information openly and effectively with patients, staff and relatives
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Uses evidence to make improvements, increase efficiencies and seeks out innovation
- Actively develops themselves and others
Experience
Essential
- Competent in procedures e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc (capabilities and competencies appropriate to level of clinical training/experience)
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Aware of own limitations, consults senior colleagues appropriately and knows when to ask for help
- Has participated in clinical audit
- Understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk
- Understanding of the basic principles of research
- Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting data orally and in writing
Desirable
- Previous experience of teaching undergraduate medical students/other clinical students
- Audit, presentations or publications in medical education
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- Successful completion of foundation scheme or demonstration of equivalent competencies
Desirable
- MRCP
- Additional postgraduate qualification such as MSc, MD or PhD
Skills and Capabilities
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical & administrative staff
- Flexibility and ability to be a team member
- Willingness to seek assistance from supervising colleagues
- Excellent time management skills
Desirable
- Capacity for independent work and taking initiatives
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Demonstrable commitment to and focus on quality, promotes high standards to consistently improve patient outcomes and educational standards
- Demonstrable skill to work together to serve our community and students through delivering safe and excellent clinical care and teaching
- Value diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
- Treating others with compassion, empathy and respect and
- Share information openly and effectively with patients, staff and relatives
- Works across boundaries, looks for collective success, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Uses evidence to make improvements, increase efficiencies and seeks out innovation
- Actively develops themselves and others
Experience
Essential
- Competent in procedures e.g. CPR, infection control, physical examination, history taking etc (capabilities and competencies appropriate to level of clinical training/experience)
- Able to prioritise clinical need
- Aware of own limitations, consults senior colleagues appropriately and knows when to ask for help
- Has participated in clinical audit
- Understands the principles of clinical governance - ensures patients are not put at risk
- Understanding of the basic principles of research
- Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting data orally and in writing
Desirable
- Previous experience of teaching undergraduate medical students/other clinical students
- Audit, presentations or publications in medical education
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).
