Registrar in Emergency Medicine
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
We are advertising for a Trust Registrar in Emergency Medicine based at the Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital site for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We offer a friendly, supportive department, with a recently re-configured rota, designed to generate the best possible work – life balance and ensure that training and personal development needs are met.We were recently awarded the Royal College of Emergency Medicine ‘Learning Environment of the Year’ award for the training and learning experiences we offer. Post holders will be supported in maintaining their professional and personal development and will have a Named Clinical Supervisor.
You will be entitled to all the benefits of a training contract including study leave, annual leave, sickness leave and pension contributions. Clinical time will be spent working on the shop floor where we provide 24hour senior or consultant level supervision.
You will also be entitled to EDT time ( Educational development time) to work on portfolio development etc. There will be opportunities to attend weekly departmental teaching as well as access to relevant trust-wide training days. In addition, we provide 24hours every week of Consultant Clinical Educator time.
The post will be on a fixed term contract on our Basingstoke and Winchester site.
Main duties of the job
They will assume a direct clinical role within the Emergency Department, taking responsibility for the initial assessment and management of patients. In addition, they will be responsible for providing supervision and advice to the junior medical staff and Emergency Nurse Practitioners within the department.This will include discussing cases, reviewing patients and instigating appropriate management. Post holders will be expected to gain and maintain certification in ALS, ATLS and APLS, or recognized equivalents to these courses. Post holders will receive the same benefits as our current Higher Specialist Trainees with time allocated within the rota for attendance at teaching, governance & departmental meetings as well as non-clinical time.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital.Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Tackling Climate Change: Hampshire Hospitals aims to embed sustainability and net zero carbon principles into the delivery of care across all its services. To find out more, search HHFT Climate Action or [email protected].
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details.
For further details, please contact us.
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria- GMC Registered with a licence
- MBBS or equivalent
- Advanced Life Support (ALS, APLS or equivalent, ATLS or equivalent)
- Management of Emergency Medical Admissions at ST3 level
- MRCP/MRCEM equivalent
- FRCEM or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional updating
- Awards/distinctions whilst studying for 1st and 2nd degrees
- Prior experience of working within NHS in last six months
Clinical Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Clinical knowledge and expertise; appropriate knowledge and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems
- Research skills; demonstrates understanding of the importance of audit and research
- Evidence of relevant academic & research achievements e.g., prizes, awards, distinctions, presentations, publications, other achievements
Clinical Skills & Ability
Essential criteria- Competent in clinical assessment and management of acutely ill or injured patients
- Good level of oral and written communication skills
- Has insight into limits of clinical competence and seeks timely assistance from senior colleagues
- Has a patient centred approach to clinical care
- Life support providers - ALS or equivalent, ATLS or ETC, APLS or PALS
- Understands and practices evidence-based medicine
- Ability to work effectively on an on-call rota
- Ability to supervise junior clinicians on shopfloor
- Evidence of educational activity
- Instructor/IP for any of the life support courses
- Evidence of interest and previous experience of research
- GCP Certification
Other Specific Requirements
Essential criteria- Clinical governance: Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems
- Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of own limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors
- Audit: Evidence of active participation in audit or quality improvement projects
- Knowledge and evidence of participation/completion of Quality Improvement projects
- Evidence of service development projects/clinical pathway development
- Evidence of reflective practice
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first – as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.