Job summary
Applications are invited for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed individuals to join our friendly team within the Emergency Department at Colchester Hospital.
12 Months Fixed Term in the first instance
Pay: 12.5 PAs (of which 1 SPA/week) Specialty Doctor pay scale based on experience.
Location: Emergency Department, Colchester Hospital.
Ideal candidates will have the minimum experience of one year in Emergency Medicine and be 3 years post-completion of FY2 or equivalent.
Main duties of the job
We are pleased to offer our current and future Senior Clinical Fellows/Specialty Registrars our newly approved bespoke program in Emergency Medicine which allows individualised yearly secondments in key specialties for career progression and the possibility to apply for CESR in Emergency Medicine.
The rota offers an excellent work-life balance allowing annual leave spells of up to three weeks. In addition, it also offers the possibility to gain experience in relevant specialties of interest up to 8 weeks per year, with a total of 6 months/4-year contracts.
An allocated mentor within Emergency Medicine as well as a clinical supervisor when on secondment will be provided.
Local opportunities to become ALS and ATLS instructors, as well as full support from all EM consultants to prepare for FCEM are provided.
The new rota allows protected weekly teaching sessions and a new journal club is being set up by our FCEM consultants.
Colchester ED is a Major Trauma Unit with a helipad in front of the department and has close links with Emergency Department/Major Trauma Centre at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.
About us
One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is not recognised by the College of Emergency Medicine for professional training. However, this post gives an opportunity to expand and consolidate the post holders current medical knowledge. The post-holder will also have a valuable opportunity to participate in the further development of services, which forms an important and often neglected, part of higher medical training.
The successful candidate will be clinically responsible to the Consultants for the reception, resuscitation, diagnosis, and initial treatment of all emergencies in the main Emergency Department. There is the same responsibility for clinical decisions on appropriate admission of patients into hospital beds to special units or other hospitals, to out-patient clinics, or to the care of the family doctor.
Person Specification
interview
Essential
- Full registration with the General Medical Council
- ALS/ATLS Provider
- Broad experience in Emergency Medicine in the UK (Resuscitation/medical/trauma/pediatrics
- At least 6 months experience at a Senior/Registrar Level in a consultant-led emergency department
- Confident in reading X-rays and able to manage fractures/dislocations/soft tissue injuries for at least six months at a registrar level.
Desirable
- Recognized post-graduate certification
- APLS/PALS provider
- Life support instructor
- Ultrasound level 1 signed off.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester
East Suffolk North Essex
Colchester
CO4 5JL