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Job overview

Love Emergency Medicine? Love Weston-super-Mare

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston Foundation Trust (UHBW) 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!

What’s in it for you?

Well, apart from getting work within a talented team in a beautiful part of the country:

· An excellent relocation package

· Cross-site working negotiable if interested

· Additional PAs negotiable

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

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust seeks applicants for the position of Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine working full time 10 PA contract to commence as soon as possible. Substantive and fixed term 1 year contracts welcome, please state preferences in your application.

The posts reflect a firm commitment within UHBW 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

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. 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. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specificationKnowledge and ExperienceEssential criteriaCompleted 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 MedicineKnowledge of the role of clinical governance in current clinical practiceDesirable criteriaSpecial interest in a subspecialty of emergency medicine e.g. risks management, acute medicine or paediatricsAudit of Emergency MedicineExperience of teaching both post and undergraduate students and professions allied to medicineExperience of educating support staffKnowledge of research techniques in clinical medicineKnowledge of the use of patient databases and IT websitesSkills and AbilitiesEssential criteriaAbility to take on full & independent responsibility for clinical care of patientsWritten and spoken English skills that are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleaguesSkills in teaching under & post graduate studentsGood leadership & organisational skillsFlexibility to fit with service requirements & ability to work in a teamHonesty, reliability and good personal organisation skillsCaring attitude to patients and those close to themAbility to negotiate for services & funding with other relevant partiesDesirable criteriaEvidence of appropriate management trainingInterest in future researchQualificationsEssential criteriaMB ChB or equivalentMRCEM or equivalentFully registered with the GMCProvider in PALS/APLS, ALS and ATLS or its equivalentDesirable criteriaTeaching or training qualifications

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

· 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 to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

· The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

· UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

· To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

· If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.

· The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

· By applying for this post, you are agreeing to University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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IMPORTANT:

Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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