Trust Grade Registrar (ST3+) - Vascular Surgery (FTC)

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will support various aspects of this busy service, with a commitment to an out of hours rota. The post holder will attend clinics, theatre sessions and ward rounds as per allocation in a weekly firm timetable.

In addition, there is a local departmental teaching programme which you would be expected to attend and contribute to.

Although this is not a training post it should be possible for an enthusiastic doctor to map their experiences to many of the core curriculum programme competences as all aspects of the syllabus are relevant to this attachment.

We encourage our doctors to involve themselves in audit and research. You would be expected to make yourself familiar with the processes of the audit cycle and to assess the role of audit in clinical governance and in improving patient care. Supervision for projects will be available, and support may also be available from hospital audit departments.

Post holders can expect to;
• Build upon post graduate clinical experience
• Master a number of procedural techniques
• Further develop experience and expertise in the identification and management of the sick patient
• Further develop experience and familiarity in identifying and managing a wide variety of conditions, including making appropriate decisions regarding the need for admission
• Hone communication skills with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Increasingly work towards independent practice at Registrar level, leading ward rounds, assessing patients, making decisions etc. with Consultant support and supervision available
• Develop skills in managing time and conflicting priorities

Person specification

Professional Registration and Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Full GMC registration
• MBBS or equivalent
• Full MRCS
• ALS

Desirable criteria

• Postgraduate Qualifications

Experience

Essential criteria

• Good and wide ranging recent experience of Vascular Surgery in acute inpatient setting in a large acute hospital
• NHS Experience of at least 12 months
• Evidence of completion of key competencies equivalent to at least CT/junior registrar level
• Experience of working out of hours with limited support

Teaching, Audit and Research

Essential criteria

• Evidence of participation in clinical audit/quality improvement

Desirable criteria

• Experience and enthusiasm for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Able to work the full range of shifts (days, nights, lates, on-calls)
• Able to travel to other sites if necessary

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

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