Job summary
- Main area
- Acute Medicine
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Trust registrar
- Contract
- 12 months (12 Month Fixed Term. On-Calls)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (On-Calls)
- Job ref
- 388-7277588-CW
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £61,825 pro rata, per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Locally Employed Doctor / Trust Grade Registrar LED - Acute Medicine
NHS Medical & Dental: Trust registrar
Job overview
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Acute Medicine department at Torbay Hospital, working alongside a dynamic and enthusiastic clinical team.
Applicants will be offered a 12-month post at registrar level in Acute Medicine. Working on the specialty doctor rota on AMU, with a commitment to the GIM registrar on-call rota.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate would be working at IMT3-equivalent level within the Acute Medicine department. The role includes participation in the 1:15 General (Internal) Medicine registrar rota, if desired by the successful candidate.
Working for our organisation
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Acute Medicine department at Torbay Hospital, working alongside a dynamic and enthusiastic clinical team. It is an exciting time for Acute Medicine in Torbay, with our new purpose-built Acute Medicine Unit (AMU) having opened in December 2022, and new developments within same-day emergency care services across the trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Responsibilities in Acute Medicine include:
- Taking telephone referrals for medical admissions:
- Providing clinical advice over the phone
- Suggesting alternatives to admission where appropriate
- Directing caller to specialist teams if available
- Deciding appropriate admission destination (ED/AMU)
- Identifying and reviewing patients from the take that could be rapidly discharged
- Daily review of admitted patients who have already been seen by a consultant (post-PTWR)
- Opportunistic bedside teaching and assessments for junior clinicians/medical students
- Supporting nursing staff on the unit with clinical or management queries
- Assisting with procedures as required e.g lumbar punctures
- Manage flow through the unit by monitoring the O drive and admissions board
- Ensuring effective handover between medical and nursing teams and evening clerking doctors
- Supporting junior clinicians in ensuring effective communication with colleagues in primary care
- Working alongside consultant colleagues as senior decision makers and to oversee the running of the unit.
The rota is a fixed cycle incorporating blocks of nights (4 maximum), on call long days, weekends and Specialty Days. The weekend commitment is approximately 3 weekends in every 12 weeks.
On-call shifts are 12.5 hours long – either day shifts or night shifts. As the on-call registrar, you are expected to manage the medical take, which consists of around 60 medical referrals over a 24-hour period. You will have a junior team of medical trainees working with you (F1 to CT2 grade), and you will be supported by a consultant in Acute or General Medicine between 8am and 8.30pm. In the later evening and overnight, the consultant will be on call from home.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registration with the GMC at time of starting the post
- Has achieved MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
- Satisfactory completion of core training/post or equivalent
- ALS training or equivalent
- Ability to assess, recognise and initiate management of the acutely ill patient and play an effective part in advanced life support
- Able to establish good working relations with patients, carers and staff
- Able to discuss treatment options with patients and carers in a way they can understand
- 4 years of postgraduate experience (and not more than 10)
- Have worked in UK for at least 12 months
- Some time in UK role spent in Acute Medicine
Desirable criteria
- 12 Months continuous experience within the NHS
- Knowledge of UK health systems, practices and values; awareness of current issues in the NHS
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Mellor
- Job title
- Acute Medicine Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01803656862
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