Trust Doctor (Eqv to ST3+) in Gastroenterology

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to join our dynamic team providing inpatient
care across our medical specialties at Royal London Hospital.
This is a fixed term contract ending August 2027.
Successful applicants will be allocated to the Gastroenterology and Hepatology department.
Within this specialty their role will be to deliver inpatient medical care on a ward based
system and covering medical wards on the 13th Floor out of hours as per the oncall rota of 1
in 3 weekends, there will be no night shifts or acute medical admissions shifts associated
with these roles.
The medical teams are committed to supporting medical education, and within the medical
departments there are lunchtime teaching sessions as well as M&M meetings once a
month. Consultants within the departments are willing to supervise and support successful
candidates with audits and QIPs.

Main duties of the job

5. Main duties, responsibilities and results areas
The requirements of the post include:
• Take a history and examine a patient
• Identify and appropriately manage clinical problems
• Prescribe safely
• Keep an accurate and relevant medical record
• Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
• Act in a professional manner at all times
• Manage ethical and legal issues which occur during the management of patients with
general medical problems
• Educate patients effectively
• Become life-long learners and teachers.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Foundation Programme experience and competencies or equivalent
• Work experience within the NHS
• An understanding of the importance of the patient as the central focus of care
• The ability to prioritise tasks and information appropriately.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Competent to perform Venepuncture, IV Cannulation, ABG, Urinary Catheterisation, and NG tube insertion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and Clinical leadership skills
• Adaptable and able to deal with changing workloads.

Desirable criteria

• Independent competency in any of: - Ascitic fluid aspiration - Pleural aspiration - Lumbar Puncture.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Is consistent with their level of understanding, culture, background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Is appropriate to the purpose of the communication and the context in which it is taking place.
• Encourages the effective participation of all involved.
• Is proactive in seeking out different styles and methods of communicating to assist longer term needs and aims.
• Provides feedback to other workers on their communication at appropriate times.
• Takes a proactive role in producing accurate and complete records of communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

Desirable criteria

• Quality focussed approach
• Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication and modifies communication in response.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC Registration
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• MRCP Part 1.

Other

Essential criteria

• Positive attitude and ability to work under pressure. Takes responsibility for own learning.
• Enthusiasm for medical speciality.

Desirable criteria

• Completed and presented Audits and QIPs.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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