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Job overview

As an LED you will have appropriate clinical responsibility for the care of patients delegated by the consultant to his/her charge. Co-responsibility for the proper functioning of the department, including supervision of more junior medical staff. Working within the multidisciplinary team. Co-ordinating appropriate medical, surgical, and allied disciplines concerned with patient care and communicating appropriately with general practitioners and community agencies.

Main duties of the job

Duties will include a combination of assessment, investigation, and management of patients, from their admission to specialty ward or at the point of discharge.  All team members are expected to take an active part in liaison with patients, their carers and relatives and their healthcare workers in the community.  Every team member has a responsibility to provide accurate discharge information to GPs and community hospitals.

This is a unique opportunity to develop emergency medicine skills and exposure whilst being able to complete a funded PGCert which may include, but are not limited to:

• Public Health
• Extreme Medicine
• Sports and exercise medicine
• Global Health
• Environmental and human health/sustainability
• Simulation
• Paediatric Emergency Medicine

You will be allocated an appropriate supervisor whilst working within the Emergency Department with regular mentoring and support.

If you would like additional information regarding these opportunities, please contact Sarah Wilson, Operations Manager [email protected]

Alongside and to support the PGCert we will be offering flexible clinical/academic splits to accommodate your study.

All rotas will be discussed with you prior to commencement of post, but will include a mixture of days, evenings, nights and some weekend working which will be compliant with European Working Time Directive. 

Working for our organisation

Educational and Learning Opportunities

There will be opportunities to improve on practical skills, procedures, leadership and teaching. The daily board round also gives the opportunity to learn in a multidisciplinary way. There are formal educational opportunities weekly both within specialties and the medical directorate and you will be encouraged to present at these.

We will help you gain experience in practical and technical skills including suturing, procedural sedation, joint manipulation, cardioversion, management and application of ALS algorithms and help support and guide you further with applications for speciality training should this be something you wish to consider.

We run a varied teaching programme that runs 3 times a week and is consultant led.  Sessions range from SIMS to x-ray interpretation to discussions around protocols.  We have daily 5-minute turbo teach sessions at our 2pm handover and the topics again are taken from the ACCS and HST curriculums ensuring over a period of a year all topics are addressed. 

Emergency Department

Torbay is based on the coast with Dartmoor on the doorstep offering lots of opportunities for those looking for both excitement and picturesque scenery.  The location makes this available for many activities such as walking, cycling, hiking, sailing and other water sports.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust attracts a broad range of patients with a seasonal influx and varied demographic.