Specialty Doctor / CESR in Emergency Medicine

Specialty Doctor / CESR in Emergency Medicine Specialty Doctor Main area Emergency Medicine Grade Specialty Doctor Contract 12 months (Fixed term) Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Includes out of hours - full shift rota) Job ref 320-MDR GM

Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £63,696 - £102,689 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/10/:59

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it's important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

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The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here's more about the role and what we're looking for;

Job overview We are excited to offer the following opportunity for doctors wishing to join our well established CESR rotation at the Royal Derby Hospital (UHDB).

You will commence with a fixed term Specialty Doctor contract in Emergency Medicine for 12 months and providing satisfactory progress is made at the end of the first year, successful candidates will have the option to progress onto the CESR programme.

Following successful progression through the programme, we will be able to guarantee specific secondment-style modules in the CESR programme - secondments offered include Anaesthetics, ITU, Acute Medicine and Paediatric Emergency Medicine.

In addition you will be allocated a designated Consultant supervisor for the duration of the rotation, as well as a CESR mentor.

You will be expected to participate in the 24-hour Emergency Department Middle Grade rota.

The post holder must be registered with the GMC and hold a full licence to practice.

Main duties of the job Participation in the ED 24/7 middle grade rota.

The ability to cover the whole range of clinical responsibility for both those patients seen in the Emergency Department and inpatients on our observation ward.

To gain competencies over time with support and development to be able to manage the ED overnight.

Clinical duties will include taking a lead role in the management of acutely ill and trauma patients. The qualities of leadership required as head of an emergency team are stressed and it is anticipated that these qualities will be gradually learned through the process of supervision of more junior doctors and involvement in their education, both formal and informal.

To prioritise and time-manage effectively according to the activity of the department and to utilise appropriately the available senior staff for advice.

Education - to be fully involved in supporting the training of all levels of staff: medical; nursing; para-medical.

Quality improvement - you will be expected to assume responsibility (under the supervision of a Consultant) for a specific audit topic or quality improvement project.

Working for our organisation As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Emergency Department at the Royal Derby Hospital provides a 24-hour emergency service to a population in excess of 600,000. There is a separate Children's ED, which is co-located with the Adult ED.

There is a six-bedded adult emergency observation/treatment ward within the Adult ED to facilitate overnight observation of appropriate patients. There is also a GP unit co-located next to the department.

A peer review by the College of Emergency Medicine praised the department, saying they were impressed with "the dedication of the (Consultant) team", and "their desire to remain at the forefront of emergency care". In addition, the ED at the Royal Derby Hospital won the award for 'RCEM Clinical Team of the Year' in 2017.

The Derby ED continues to enjoy a very strong reputation for teaching and training of junior doctors and places an emphasis on extended Consultant shop-floor presence and supervision.

The Consultant body has current FRCEM examiners, as well as experience at the CESR application process.

We run regular WBA clinics to allow dedicated time for training and assessment of all departmental clinical staff.

In addition, we have an active Research team, REMEDY, based in the ED and a strong focus on Quality Improvement in the department, with the use of SAFECARE quality improvement standards, to evaluate and drive quality patient care.

We also have a strong focus on staff well-being, offering a varied range of well-being opportunities for all our staff.

For the full details and main responsibilities of this post, please see the attached job description.

Interview date: tbc

This post is not open to agency intro fees.

Person specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• FRCEM primary Or MCEM (any part)
• Full registration with GMC and Licence to Practise in the UK at time of application
• ALS
• FRCEM intermediate
• ATLS/ETC
• APLS
• Ultrasound experience / course
• Life Support course instructor status

Experience

• Completed at least four years full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis)
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