About this role
Job summary
Applications are invited to apply for an innovative post in medicine offering the opportunity to develop experience and training in a variety of areas according to the interests of the successful applicant.
This post would be ideally suited to a candidate who has completed core medical/internal medical training or equivalent and wishes to gain further experience in a medical specialty, education, leadership or quality improvement.
Main duties of the job
The post responsibilities will be split into two parts, acute medical take responsibilities and non-acute take.
Acute take The postholder will contribute to the 1 in 10 medical registrar on call rota. During on call periods, the postholder will be expected to take a leadership role in the team providing clinical care and management of acute medical admissions.
Non-acute take The postholder will have the opportunity to work clinically within one or more of the aforementioned medical subspecialties according to their intests and experience, contributing to inpatient and outpatient care. Depending on the preferred subspecialty, there may be opportunity to develop or refine procedural competences in line with Royal College of Physicians curricula for medical subspecialties e.g. bronchoscopy, angiograms, endoscopy etc.
About us
Airedale is a small, friendly acute general hospital and community Foundation Trust on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. It has an excellent reputation for medical staff training and education. We are proud to be an associated teaching hospital of Leeds School of Medicine; we provide clinical placements in a wide range of specialties for doctors in training from foundation to specialist trainee level and we are host employer for the Airedale GP Training Programme.
This post offers the opportunity to work clinically within one or more of the medical subspecialty services within the Trust. These include acute medicine, cardiology, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, haematology, medical microbiology, neurology, oncology, palliative medicine, rehabilitation, respiratory medicine, rheumatology and stroke medicine. There is an on site ICU which is an approved training unit. There is an on site education centre with simulation facilities.
Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the job role, please see attached full job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Skills Essential
Ability to lead clinical care at ST3/IMT3 level equivalent for unselected acute medical take
Qualifications Essential
Full GMC registration with a licence to practice Valid MRCP part 1 & 2 ALS
Desirable
PACES
Experience Essential
Completed IMT1-2, core medical training or equivalent Experience in management of acutely unwell medical patients Proven months' experience of delivering care at IM3 equivalent level in an acute NHS Trust Experience leading a cardiac arrest team in an NHS context
Desirable
SignificantNHS Experience in an equivalent post
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Address Airedale General Hospital
Skipton Road
Steeton
BD20 6TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.airedale-trust.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)