Job summary
We require registrar grade Resident Doctors to work in the medical Same Day Emergency Care Medicine Department at Gloucestershire Royal & Cheltenham General Hospital. Post-holders will rotate between both sites. These posts are not recognised for training but will offer a good experience in general and acute medicine. The posts are initially for 12 months. These posts offer excellent experience within the medical same day emergency department on both sites, seeing patients with a variety of presentations. A normal working day is expected to be 9-5. These posts are very suitable for resident doctors who have completed IMT training and are considering or have already been taking a career break (e.g., to go travelling) before joining a formal specialist training programme. You will be given a protected 1 day a month to pursue another interest e.g. specialty clinics etc. You will also have a half day per week for non-clinical work such as QI, audit to improve the SDEC and to further your career development.

Out of Hours Work & Weekend Work
There would be an expectation to undertake out of hours and weekend work. This is likely to average out with 1 long day a week and 1 weekend every 6 weeks. Normal days will be 9-5, with some days from 11-7. There will not be any night shifts, making this an attractive option for those looking for a better work-life balance.

PLEASE NOTE THIS ADVERT MAY CLOSE EARLY IF WE HAVE SUFFICIENT APPLICANTS

Main duties of the job
We see a wide range of conditions offering great exposure to Cardiology, Renal Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Care of the Elderly and Stroke, with excellent in-reach from the afore mentioned specialties.

About us
We are a large organisation providing acute services from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester and Cheltenham General Hospital to a population of 652,475* in Gloucestershire as well as caring for patients from surrounding counties and beyond.

Our workforce is almost 8,000 strong and our caring and dedicated staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred, high-quality emergency, elective and specialist care across a range of clinical areas.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients' lives by joining our team.

Job responsibilities
We wish to appoint new Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+) colleague to join our expanding Acute Medicine service at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).

This post is based in our Same Day Emergency Care Unit. We see a wide range of conditions offering great exposure to Cardiology, Renal Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Respiratory Medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Care of the Elderly and Stroke, with excellent in-reach from the afore mentioned specialties.

Please note this advert may close early if there are sufficient applicants

Qualifications
Essential

• Full General Medical Council registration.
• MRCP (or equivalent)
• ALS or Equivalent

Desirable

• Higher degree
• Teaching qualification Management/Leadership qualification
• Point of care ultrasound
• Peer reviewed publications

Experience
Essential

• Proven procedural competence in line with IMT3 curriculum
• Experience in independently managing medical admissions - i.e. running the acute unselected take
• Ability to work closely with colleagues in Acute Medicine and Emergency Medicine and other specialities
• Experience of MDT working including complex discharge planning

Desirable

• Independent in the following procedures: Lumbar Puncture, Seldinger Chest Drains and Ascitic Drains.
• Experience of working in Same Day Emergency Care
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Essential Management & Administrative skills:
Essential

• Familiar with clinical governance
• A willingness to accept responsibility and provide leadership.

Desirable

• Experience of clinical governance. Eg, Quality improvement, Audit, Morbidity and Mortality review.
• Experience of service development
• Awareness of current relevant developments within the wider NHS

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.