Resident Doctor Manager
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it.Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’.Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS.We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
Resident Doctor Manager - Transplant, Renal & Urology
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Resident Doctor Manager for the Transplant, Renal & Urology Directorate.
This post is 37.5 hours per week. 08:00-16:00 & 09:00-17:00 on a rotating basis.
The main purpose of the post is to provide high quality administrative and organisational support to the department undergraduate and postgraduate medical education faculty by developing, implementing and maintaining effective processes and procedures.This includes coordinating the recruitment, induction and rotations of all junior and middle grade staff within the Department. You will also be responsible for coordinating all leave for the clinicians and recording any sickness absence.
The post holder will administer and distribute junior doctors’ rotas and training programme activities, and will be expected to gain a full understanding of junior doctors’ issues in relation to the implementation of European Working Time Directive and training regulations of the Deanery.
The post holder will be expected to manage their workload without supervision, and be able to manage competing/conflicting demands on their time.
Main duties of the job
As the Resident Doctor Manager you will often be the first point of contact for all Doctors. It is extremely important that you have the skills and experience required in dealing with their individual queries.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate effective communication skills both written and verbal, use initiative, hold advanced IT skills and be able to work operationally on a busy emergency department floor.
You will be required to support in implementing and creating the rotas, the key components of this role will be:
- To ensure robust clinical rotas via departmental systems e.g. Medirota.
- To maintain a database of and monitor educational supervisor meetings
- To support departmental teaching, including preparation of relevant materials before presentations or meetings.
- To support quality training targets
- To arrange faculty meetings, take and disseminate minutes
- To ensure that trainees and junior doctors are provided with the appropriate induction, documentation and provide administrative support to this process.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research.We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We are one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- Please refer to the detailed job description and person specification documents for more information regarding this vacancy
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria- Degree level or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of working in a rapidly changing environment.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria- Excellent planning and organisation skills.
- A high standard of written skills, evident in correspondence and report writing.
- Excellent IT skills, including use of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.
- Excellent oral communication and negotiation skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clinicians and colleagues at all levels, both face to face and over the telephone, in an efficient and courteous manner. Ability to work within a team.
- Confidence in dealing with busy senior staff within the organisation. Able to work and prioritise effectively under busy, sometimes pressurised situations.
- Able to work independently, with a strong sense of initiative.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service.We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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