Staff Grade - Emergency Medicine

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Emergency Department team consists of 9 Consultants supported by 15 Middle Grade doctors (including these posts), 5 Foundation Yr. 2 and 3 GP trainees and 7 clinical fellows (a total of 15 SHO junior rota) & 5 ENPs (ENP provide 9am-9pm 7 days a week service).

With 40,000 attendances per year and no other hospital on Island the Emergency Department provides exposure to the full range of acute emergency presentations.

The appointee will contribute to the Middle Grade tier of the Emergency Department Rota which includes 24/7 cover.

The post also attracts 1 Support Professional Activity and Study leave allocation.

The post holder will be a tier 4 staff grade therefore will at times have to be in charge of the department without a consultant being on-site.

Clinical Duties / Rota

The postholder will ensure the provision of high-quality emergency care within the Emergency Department. The postholder will be expected to be competent in the management of the normal range of emergency medical conditions and injuries and will be expected to supervise junior trainees and medical students. Staff grade doctors are also asked to assist at follow up clinics within the ED.

The postholder will be expected to take operational responsibility for the department as required and in particular, when they are the most senior doctor present, such as weekends and evenings and overnight providing a role model to the junior medical staff and nurses.

On designated days the postholder will be responsible for checking and acting on X-ray and pathology results, and for validating discharge letters.

Rota

The middle grade tier operates a self-rostering system which is run prospectively for Annual Leave and Study Leave. This allows a greater degree of flexibility than a rolling rota. This post will cover early, late & night cover seven days a week.

Clinical Governance and Departmental Development

Along with the Consultants the postholder will be expected to participate in the delivery of good clinical governance. Specifically, the postholder will liaise with senior doctors and members of other departments in the development of multidisciplinary, evidence-based guidelines, protocols and care pathways. The post attracts 1PA for Supporting Professional Activity and a Study leave

allocation. The post holder will perform duties and CPD requirements to fulfil appraisal requirements and to contribute to the non-clinical activities of the department.

The post holder will have an ED Consultant nominated as an Educational/ Clinical Supervisor to support these activities.

activities.

The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible for.

The post holder will ensure that training and development needs are identified for junior doctors who they supervise.

Junior doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals.

The post holder will be expected to take part in management, quality improvement and patient safety activities whilst representing the department at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues.

The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda.

The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service.

3. On Call Rota

There is no on-call rota.

4. Emergency Medicine

The Emergency Department is self-contained and well situated close to support services. It is equipped to a high standard and has had a recent refurbishment which provides a delightful bright environment to work in opposite one of St Heliers parklands. Jersey is currently receiving significant inward investment in its health service which is completely independent of the NHS.

Being an island-based emergency department, there is exposure to all types of emergency work. There are also occasions when patients need to be air-evacuated to a main land hospital. For this we have access to three aircraft fully dedicated to aeromedical evacuation. The JETS (Jersey Emergency Transfer Service) team will provide training for doctors involved in island to mainland transfers. Doctors involved in aero-medical transfers are paid an additional fee per transfer.

Person Specification

Management Skills

Essential

• Ability to Work Flexibly with Colleagues to provide services
• Ability to Work Effectively with a Multi-Disciplinary Team, motivating and influencing others through their enthusiasm.
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, patients, relatives, GPs, nurses, management and other agencies.
• Highly motivated
• Able to work within a team
• Experience of teaching, training and supervison of junior medical staff and undergraduate students

Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a license to practice (for overseas candidates It Is mandatory that a license Is obtained prior to appointment)
• Provider status in ATLS/ETC (or equivalent)
• Provider status in ALS (or equivalent)
• Provider status in EPLS/APLS (or equivalent)
• MRCEM or FRCEM (or equivalent)
• MRCP

Desirable

• ATLS, ALS, or PAL/APLS (Instructor Status) Teaching Diploma

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of Emergency Medicine experience in an appropriate setting at Staff Grade / Senior level at least 12months full time (or equivalent part time)
• Completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty

Desirable

• Clinical experience in a similar environment

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Health and Community Services

Address

General Hospital

Gloucester Street

St Helier

Jersey

JE1 3QS

Employer's website

https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)