Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

Clinical duties will include all those duties normally expected of a Tier 4 Emergency clinician as outlined by RCEM. This will include rostered shifts acting in the role of the Emergency Physician in Charge (EPiC) and clinical shifts where the postholder will see a case load in line with college guidance across the full scope of emergency medicine practice. 

Main duties of the job

•       To work independently as a Teir 4 emergency clinician and at time acting as Emergency Physician in Charge (EPiC) with remote supervision from a consultant who may be off site.

•       Deliver patient care across the full range of Emergency Medicine presentations, including minor injuries, major trauma, acute medical, and surgical emergencies in adult and paediatric patients.

•       Conduct initial assessments, investigations, and treatment plans in line with clinical guidelines.

•       Lead resuscitation efforts and manage critically ill or injured patients.

•       Provide senior clinical decision-making and support to junior doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare professionals.

•       Ensure timely referral to appropriate specialties for admission or follow-up care.

•       Participate in handover processes, board rounds and maintain accurate and detailed medical records.

•       Contribute to the departmental response during major incidents and mass casualty events.

•       Supervise and support junior medical staff, providing clinical guidance and feedback.

•       Act as a role model and promote a culture of clinical excellence, professionalism, and teamwork in addition to upholding the trust values.

•       Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emergency medicine and undertake continuous professional development (CPD) as per RCEM requirements.

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