Job summary
Love Emergency Medicine? Love Weston-super-Mare.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (BFT) are looking to grow our talented emergency team to drive an ambitious future vision of emergency care in the Bristol and Weston area. This is an exciting time to join our organisation!

You will be working as part within a talented team in a beautiful part of the country.

The post is advertised as a 10 PA job plan for 12 months. Candidates wishing to be considered for a position with less than full-time working hours are encouraged to apply.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust seeks applicants for the position of permanent Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine working full time 10 PA contract to commence as soon as possible.

The posts reflect a firm commitment within BFT to continue the expansion and development of the middle grade workforce in Weston Emergency Department. The posts provide eligible individuals an ideal opportunity for continued professional development within the Department of Emergency Medicine (ED), which forms the Trust's emergency "front door".

Main duties of the job
Main duties (but not an exhaustive list):

• Providing direct clinical care to all patients
• Formulate a diagnosis and develop a management strategy or plan for each patient
• Provide patient management in accordance with Emergency Department protocols, practice standards and Trust policies
• Provide clear and precise written and electronic documentation of patient care
• Provide advice and support to junior doctors on all aspects of emergency medicine
• Participate in the current shift rota pattern
• Participate and lead on clinical audits
• Participate in the annual staff appraisal

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential

• 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 Emergency Medicine.
• Knowledge of the role of clinical governance in current clinical practice.

Desirable

• Special interest in a subspecialty of emergency medicine e.g. risks management, acute medicine or paediatrics.
• Audit of Emergency Medicine.
• Experience of teaching both post and undergraduate students and professions allied to medicine.
• Experience of educating support staff.
• Knowledge of research techniques in clinical medicine.
• Knowledge of the use of patient databases and IT websites.

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Ability to take on full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
• Written and spoken English skills that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues.
• Skills in teaching under & post graduate students.
• Good leadership & organisational skills.
• Flexibility to fit with service requirements & ability to work in a team.
• Honesty, reliability and good personal organisation skills.
• Caring attitude to patients and those close to them.
• Ability to negotiate for services & funding with other relevant parties.

Desirable

• Evidence of appropriate management training.
• Interest in future research.

Qualifications and Training
Essential

• MB ChB or equivalent.
• MRCEM or equivalent.
• Fully registered with GMC.
• Provider in PALS/APLS, ALS and ATLS or its equivalent.

Desirable

• Teaching or training qualifications.

Additional and Aptitudes
Essential

• Meet professional health requirements in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice.
• Demonstrates the four Trust Values.

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.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.