Trust Grade Doctor ST3+ in Medicine

The post holders will work within the Medicine specialties, in particular, Acute Medicine and Geriatrics. The trust encourages staff to work as a team with other colleagues and take full part in the work.The appointee will take part in the on-call rota, either at Calderdale or Huddersfield depending on service requirements and prior discussion.

Senior Trust Drs are expected to provide professional supervision and development of all Junior Doctors, Physician Associates and ACPs with the general clinical management of our patients attending the hospital.

Senior Dr participate in the day-to-day training of junior medical staff and with all other training/teaching activities facilitated by the division. All are expected to comply with Trust's policies and to maintain their skills and knowledge through CPD., The current on call rota is based on a 1 in 15 rota. When on-call you will be overseeing the management of acute admissions along with supporting the wards should it be required. The oncall team is made of registrar (ST3+) doctors, SHOs, FY1 and physician associates. There is also a team of nurses to manage catheters, cannulas, ECGs, IV fluids and some prescribing.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust are proud providers of acute hospital services. We value our staff and recognise that they are our greatest asset.

Working with our forward-thinking fantastic leadership team, we have made significant changes in the way we work to meet the challenges of the changing NHS.CHFT is at the forefront of Digital Health utilising several electronic solutions to improve patient care.

The CQC have rated us as Good and their report confirmed that "staff were caring and provided compassionate care; patients were treated with dignity and respect and their privacy was respected; patients spoke positively about the care they received".

Our Future Plans

The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit Our Future Plans - CHFT (cht.nhs.uk)