Resident Medical Officer in Private Patients
Accepting applications until: 16-Jul-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 16-Jul-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Harefield Hospital
- Address
- Hill End Road
- Town
- Uxbridge
- Postcode
- UB9 6JH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (May be extended for up to 24 months)
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week (pro rota)
Salary
- Salary
- £43,923 pro rota plus allowances based on rota pattern
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Junior Clinical Fellow)
Specialty
- Main area
- Private Patients
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
The Junior Clinical Fellow / Resident Medical Officer (RMO) provides clinical care for private and NHS patients within our private patient unit, under consultant supervision.
This is a Trust appointment, and the main base will be at Harefield Hospital
Initial contract 6 months in the first instance, potentially extendable up to a maximum of 24 months by mutual agreement.
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To take history, examine and record all findings of all private patients admitted under the Consultant’s care.
Carry out and arrange all relevant investigations.
To arrange for the transfer of patients to other hospitals or discharge home, including completion of a discharge summary.
To communicate to the patient’s relative the progress of that patient.
To be available for emergency calls to ITU and other parts of the hospital, if required i.e., for cardiac arrest.
To accept that occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances may occur, and to respond to the needs of the service when they arise.
Working for our organisation
Harefield Hospital (HH) is a regional centre for cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, and an international centre for adult heart and heart-lung transplantation. It is one of a small number of UK cardiac centres assisting in development of implantable mechanical ventricular assist devices in the management of end-stage heart failure. It also provides a primary intervention service for acute coronary syndromes to selected Trusts and the London Ambulance Service, in outer West London and the Home Counties. It has approximately 1,185 staff, 180 beds with 5 operating theatres, and 4 catheter laboratories.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to stay up to date with patient management in discussion with the Consultants and carry out instructions following direction and input from the team.
You will ensure that good communication is maintained with all colleagues, e.g. anaesthetists, surgeons, nursing staff and paramedical departments such as physiotherapists, radiographers and ancillary staff, to the benefit of the patient.
You will ensure that the Consultants and their team are kept informed regarding alteration in the condition of any of their patients.
You will ensure that all inpatient notes are kept up to date and clear.
For further information, please review Job Description
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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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential criteria
- Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
- MRCP, or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in Acute Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery or Respiratory Medicine
Desirable criteria
- Must have at least 6 months experience in the UK in a substantive post or equivalent experience
- Evidence of understanding and application of clinical care
- Advanced life support training
- Teaching experience
- Experience in Echo
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Proficient and efficient handling medical problems
- Evidence of safe sound practical procedures
- Good interpersonal and communications skills in line with the Trust’s Core Behaviours
- Proven ability to work as a member of a team
Desirable criteria
- Highly motivated and clear reasons for wanting this job
- Evidence of continuing professional updating
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shreemattie Singh
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01898 823737
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