Job summary
The Trust doctor will have the principle responsibility of treating patients under the supervision of senior colleagues in a variety of specialties according to their rotation, this post will start from 2nd August 23 ending 6th August 24.
There are currently Foundation Programme Directors across both sites. Part of their role is to ensure the Foundation teaching programme is relevant to the current Foundation curriculum as well as giving support and guidance to the Foundation Trainee.
We're an ambitious NHS trust committed to removing unnecessary stress and frustration for you and your patients, providing you with more time to care and make the most of your skills. If your ambition matches ours, we'd love to hear from you - come and join us.
As a trust doctor you may be expected to rotate through 3 Specialities totalling 4 months in each speciality.
Posts that are available are:
FY1 rotating in Respiratory, Surgery and Anaesthetics
FY1 rotating in Care of the Elderly, Surgery and Renal
FY2 in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Care of the Elderly and Acute
Main duties of the job
The post holder's duties will be primarily at the Colchester Hospital or Ipswich Hospital but their presence may from time to time be required in other parts of the Trust, in Primary Care ,in Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and in Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.
The Trust Doctor will have the principle responsibility of treating patients under the supervision of senior colleagues in a variety of specialties according to their rotation. The post-holder will take part in the appropriate rota for each specialty. In addition the post-holder will be expected to attend teaching sessions and will complete a log-book of specified competencies and experiences.
The Trust is divided into Clinical Divisions; Surgery & Anaesthetics; T & O & Specialist Surgery; Women's and Children's; Integrated Pathways; Cancer & Diagnostics & Medicine.
About us
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provides hospital and community health care . We serve a wide geographical area with a population approaching 800,000 residents. We deliver care services from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals, high street clinics and in patients' own homes. We have nearly 10,000 staff, with an annual budget of over £650 million. We are the largest NHS organisation in the East Anglia.
We are building for better care with an exciting capital development programme across our sites - totalling £100million over the next five years.
We are building a new elective orthopaedic centre for ESNEFT at Colchester Hospital. It will be one of the biggest centres in the country and will ensure we can retain complex and low volume cases locally for the people we serve.
We are also now building a £7million specialist interventional radiology and cardiac angiography unit at Colchester
At Ipswich we are investing £35million in a new Emergency Department and co-located Urgent Treatment Centre, with additional diagnostic imaging kit (MRI and CT). There's a £5.3million molecular diagnostic laboratory soon to open at Ipswich, and works begins soon for a new Breast Care Centre and a Children's Unit.
You can find out more about us onour websiteand please take a look at ourCome and Join us recruitment video.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Foundation programme has set rotations based in various departments either at Colchester Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, in Psychiatry with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust or within GP settings . Duties of the post, as appropriate, within each specialty are as follows:
- Treatment of patients and referral where appropriate to General Practitioners or to another hospital department
- Responsibility for admitting and clerking patients, initiating an investigative and management plan .
- Taking responsibility for the continuity of care of in-patients
- Supervision of in-patients and organising appropriate investigations in accordance with consultants instructions
- Attending ward rounds
- Attendance in theatre
- Agreeing diagnosis and completing discharge summary within 2 working days of the discharge of each patient from hospital
- Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
- The post-holder should be prepared to perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances. Commitments arising in such circumstances are however, exceptional and the post-holder will not be required to undertake work of this king for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated
- Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trusts agreed policy
There is a formal process to apply for study leave. All applications for study leave will be considered on an individual basis.
A Trust Doctor has a leave entitlement of 27 days per annum. This should be divided evenly between each training placement (i.e. 9 days each four months).
- Annual leave requests should be planned and advised within two weeks of initially taking up your post
- Six weeks notice of leave must be given therein any request for leave without this period of notice may be refused
- Leave request forms must be submitted for approval to the appropriate Consultant, Clinical Director and Service Manager.
- Leave is not granted unless/until an annual leave request form has been approved by the Consultant/Service Manager/Clinical Director
- Leave requested for the first or last week of your appointment is not usually approved
- If cross-cover arrangements exist within your specialty, it is the responsibility of the doctor taking leave to discuss cover arrangements with their cross-cover colleague and obtain appropriate agreement / signatures before requesting leave.
- Please refer to individual specialty guidelines for rules governing numbers allowed to be absent at any one time, leave when on the on-call rota etc.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Foundation programme has set rotations based in various departments either at Colchester Hospital, Ipswich Hospital, in Psychiatry with Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust or within GP settings . Duties of the post, as appropriate, within each specialty are as follows:
- Treatment of patients and referral where appropriate to General Practitioners or to another hospital department
- Responsibility for admitting and clerking patients, initiating an investigative and management plan .
- Taking responsibility for the continuity of care of in-patients
- Supervision of in-patients and organising appropriate investigations in accordance with consultants instructions
- Attending ward rounds
- Attendance in theatre
- Agreeing diagnosis and completing discharge summary within 2 working days of the discharge of each patient from hospital
- Ensure appropriate information is made available to staff to measure clinical performance and enable meaningful benchmarks to be established and evaluated within your area of responsibility
- The post-holder should be prepared to perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances. Commitments arising in such circumstances are however, exceptional and the post-holder will not be required to undertake work of this king for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.
- Provide a role model of professional leadership, which underpins the corporate values and behaviours agreed by the organisation, ensuring these are understood and demonstrated by the medical workforce within your area and take remedial action where poor behaviour are demonstrated
- Participate in the appraisal of medical staff within the department in line with the Trusts agreed policy
There is a formal process to apply for study leave. All applications for study leave will be considered on an individual basis.
A Trust Doctor has a leave entitlement of 27 days per annum. This should be divided evenly between each training placement (i.e. 9 days each four months).
- Annual leave requests should be planned and advised within two weeks of initially taking up your post
- Six weeks notice of leave must be given therein any request for leave without this period of notice may be refused
- Leave request forms must be submitted for approval to the appropriate Consultant, Clinical Director and Service Manager.
- Leave is not granted unless/until an annual leave request form has been approved by the Consultant/Service Manager/Clinical Director
- Leave requested for the first or last week of your appointment is not usually approved
- If cross-cover arrangements exist within your specialty, it is the responsibility of the doctor taking leave to discuss cover arrangements with their cross-cover colleague and obtain appropriate agreement / signatures before requesting leave.
- Please refer to individual specialty guidelines for rules governing numbers allowed to be absent at any one time, leave when on the on-call rota etc.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- The applicant must hold or expect to hold full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
- ILS certificate or equivalent
- The applicant must be of good standing and fit to practise medicine safely in accordance with the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013) domains: o Knowledge, skills and performance o Safety and quality o Communication, partnership and teamwork o Maintaining Trust
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- The applicant must hold or expect to hold full registration and a licence to practise with the GMC
- ILS certificate or equivalent
- The applicant must be of good standing and fit to practise medicine safely in accordance with the GMC's Good Medical Practice (2013) domains: o Knowledge, skills and performance o Safety and quality o Communication, partnership and teamwork o Maintaining Trust
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).
