Staff Grade in Emergency Medicine

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Jersey | United Kingdom

Job description

JOB TITLE: Staff Grade in Emergency Medicine EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Substantive PROFESSIONALLY ACCOUNTABLE TO: Clinical Lead for Emergency Medicine SALARY SCALE: Staff Grade £52,299 - £86,405 (Dependent on experience) BASIC PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 10 ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: Not applicable INTENSITY SUPPLEMENT: 4% TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES: 10 ON-CALL COMMITMENT: No on call The Emergency Department team consists of 9 Consultants supported by 13 Middle Grade doctors (including these posts), 5 Foundation Yr. 2 and 3 GP trainees and 7 clinical fellows (a total of 15 SHO junior rota) & 5 ENPs (ENP provide 9am-9pm 7 days a week service). With 40,000 attendances per year and no other hospital on Island the Emergency Department provides exposure to the full range of acute emergency presentations. The appointee will contribute to the Middle Grade tier of the Emergency Department Rota which includes 24/7 cover. The post also attracts 1 Support Professional Activity and Study leave allocation. The post holder will be a tier 4 staff grade therefore will at times have to be in charge of the department without a consultant being on-site. Rota The middle grade tier operate a self-rostering system which is run prospectively for Annual Leave and Study Leave. This allows a greater degree of flexibility than a rolling rota. This post will cover early, late & night cover seven days a week. Clinical governance and departmental development Clinical duties / Rota The postholder will ensure the provision of high quality emergency care within the Emergency Department. The postholder will be expected to be competent in the management of the normal range of emergency medical conditions and injuries, and will be expected to supervise junior trainees and medical students. Staff grade doctors are also asked to assist at follow up clinics within the ED. The postholder will be expected to take operational responsibility for the department as required and in particular, when they are the most senior doctor present, such as weekends and evenings and overnight providing a role model to the junior medical staff and nurses. On designated days the postholder will be responsible for checking and acting on X-ray and pathology results, and for validating discharge letters. Rota The middle grade tier operate a self-rostering system which is run prospectively for Annual Leave and Study Leave. This allows a greater degree of flexibility than a rolling rota. This post will cover early, late & night cover seven days a week. Clinical governance and departmental development Along with the Consultants the postholder will be expected to participate in the delivery of good clinical governance. Specifically the postholder will liaise with senior doctors and members of other departments in the development of multidisciplinary, evidence based guidelines, protocols and care pathways. The post attracts 1PA for Supporting Professional Activity and a Study leave allocation. The post holder will perform duties and CPD requirements to fulfil appraisal requirements and to contribute to the Non-Clinical activities of the department. The post holder will have an ED Consultant nominated as an Educational/ Clinical Supervisor to support these activities. The post holder will be expected to participate in the training of Medical Staff for whom he/she is responsible for The post holder will ensure that training and development needs are identified for junior doctors who they supervise. Junior doctors will be appraised at appropriate intervals. The post holder will be expected to take part in management, quality improvement and patient safety activities whilst representing the department at Hospital meetings, as agreed with colleagues. The post holder will be expected to be fully involved in a Risk Management programme and support the Governance agenda. The successful candidate should be adaptable, flexible and innovative in order to meet the ongoing challenges within the service. There is no on-call rota The Emergency Department is self-contained and well situated close to support services. It is equipped to a high standard and has had a recent refurbishment which provides a delightful bright environment to work in opposite one of St Heliers parklands. Jersey is currently receiving significant inward investment in its health service which is completely independent of the NHS. Being an island based emergency department, there is exposure to all types of emergency work. There are also occasions when patients need to be air-evacuated to a main land hospital. For this we have access to three aircraft fully dedicated to aeromedical evacuation. The JETS (Jersey Emergency Transfer Service) team will provide training for doctors involved in island to mainland transfers. Doctors involved in aero-medical transfers are paid an additional fee per transfer.

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£52.3k - £86.41k per annum