Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil, Somerset

Specialty Doctor in Emergency Medicine

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Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Yeovil, Somerset

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 5 days ago, 16 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

An opportunity has arisen for a specialty doctor just like you, seeking an alternative to the daily grind that only big cities can offer, to instead come and work in a friendly Emergency Department in Yeovil, Somerset. This can be a permanent or fixed term position, part time or full time, we are very adaptable, working on a fully flexible, self-rostered, annualised rota. country.,

  • Key duties include the examination, investigation, treatment and referral (as appropriate) of patients presenting to the Emergency Department.
  • To oversee the work of junior doctors (F1, F2 and ST VTS ), allied health professionals working in the department, to ensure that an acceptable standard of practice is maintained.
  • To ensure that all medical staff have their appropriate breaks when acting as shift leader.
  • To undertake on the floor teaching of medical and nursing students, junior medical and nursing staff in the department.
  • To undertake departmental audits and Quality improvement projects.

    Yeovil District Hospital is now part of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression, and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
  • The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London. There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

    We really value the impact that you as a Specialty Doctor will have on our patients and services; we therefore offer an enhanced benefits package (subject to criteria) which includes:
  • Welcome to Yeovil payment
  • A generous relocation package
  • 4 hours of paid time for professional development every week (SPA)
  • £700 personal budget for training and development every year