Job overview

Here is an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Specialty Doctor -Vascular Services MSE  covering all three sites.

You are required to complete emergency on-call cover rota, which covers on call 24 hours a day seven days a week.

You will join a dedicated team of trainees and permanent staff to provide these services and will be expected to supervise the activities of the on call FY1 and FY2 in Vascular Surgery and to work closely with nurse practitioners.

Your responsibilities will include the rapid assessment of all emergency admissions and GP referrals, supporting trauma calls as required and performing emergency operations under consultant supervision. All activities of the appointment will be supervised by the on-call consultant who is free of clinical commitments when on call. A one-hour handover is timetabled between on call shifts and the appointee will be expected to receive or provide written handover using the electronic discharge system to the new admitting team at the beginning and end of each shift during the 1 hour timetabled handover (8:00 – 9:00 and 19:00 – 20:00) and may be expected to attend the post-take ward round to handover sick patients.

You will be expected to attend the hospital at night handover meeting to liaise with the medical on call teams. You undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.

Main duties of the job

·    Provide a safe level of care for all patients admitted under the surgical department.

• To collaborate with other health care professional to provide timely care for all patients in the hospital.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of clinical protocols.

• Ensure that standards are maintained and developed through clinical audit, evidence-based research and appraisal. To attend monthly governance, mortality and morbidity meetings, audit meetings and specialty quarterly review meetings.

• Be familiar with the College curricula for resident doctor training and be trained appropriately to contribute to their training requirements, including tutorials, on- the-job teaching, mentoring, appraisal and workplace-based assessment.

• Maintain personal professional development in accordance with the requirements of the Royal Colleges and the General Medical Council.

• Ensure that new techniques (outside ethically approved research projects) are only introduced after appropriate training, with approval of the relevant clinical directorates and with arrangements for evaluation and an audit trail.

• Agree an annual job plan with the Clinical Lead and participate in annual appraisal using the Trust system.

• Work in partnership with colleagues across the hospital.

• Provide cover for medical colleagues’ periods of leave in accordance with arrangements agreed within the Department.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.