Rotational Senior Trust Doctor Post in Emergency Medicine

Job summary

We are looking to recruit Senior Trust Doctors (Clinical Fellows, ST4+ equivalent in Emergency Medicine) to join our enthusiastic and expanding Emergency Medicine team at Homerton University Hospital.

Please note we can be flexible on proposed start dates

Main duties of the job

We are keen to support non-trainee doctors to progress their Emergency Medicine careers by offering quality training opportunities and exam preparation. We endeavour to do this with the development of internal training programmes including inter-specialty rotations. This will ensure doctors gain the skills and competencies required to advance in the Emergency Medicine field.

About us

Homerton Healthcare Emergency Department is an inner city unit that saw over 129,000 patients in 2019/20. We were proud to be given a rating of 'outstanding' for the Emergency Department from the CQC, including the following comments "The staff we spoke with were proud to work for the A&E department and felt there was a 'can do' attitude within the team. There were processes in place to monitor the quality of the service and respond to areas highlighted as requiring improvement.

We saw that learning was shared among the staff team regarding never events, incidents and complaints within the department and across the hospital. Staff were encouraged and enabled to attend training courses and further their skills and knowledge to improve the service provided to patients." The department is a trauma unit and was the designated hospital for receiving athletes from the 2012 Olympic Games.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for further information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council

Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Evidence of leadership ability
• Familiarity with current IT software packages
• ALS provider or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience in teaching
• To be able to demonstrate a good general clinical knowledge
• Demonstrate an interest in Emergency Medicine.
• Ability to work within a team.
• Completion of Foundation Competencies or signed off evidence of equivalent
• Demonstrated experience in Emergency Medicine
• Demonstrated experience in at least one of the other acute specialties (PEM, acute medicine, ICM, anesthetics)

Desirable

• MRCEM, FRCEM Primary, or equivalent
• Advanced life support course instructor (ALS/ATLS/APLS)
• Completion of core competencies in ACCS training or equivalent.
• Completion of Level 1 Ultrasound course
• APLS & ATLS provider

Personal Skills

Essential

• Ability to communicate clearly in English, both orally and in writing with patients and colleagues.
• Good organisational skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to develop good working relationships
• Commitment to continuing personal development
• Good skills working across organisational boundaries
• Satisfactory Occupational Health clearance