LED / Trust Grade Registrar Equivalent in Women's Health
Job Description
Job summary
As an LED you will have appropriate clinical responsibility for the care of patients delegated by the consultant to his/her charge. Co-responsibility for the proper functioning of the department, including supervision of more junior medical staff. Working within the multidisciplinary team. Co-ordinating appropriate medical, surgical, and allied disciplines concerned with patient care and communicating appropriately with general practitioners and community agencies.
Main duties of the job
To support the delivery of safe, evidence based Obstetric care in partnership with our midwifery colleagues. To undertake regular review of complex patients and to assist in the management of their care.
To support the provision of high-quality gynaecological care in both emergent and planned care settings and to support the development of these services as appropriate
About us
Our vision is better health and care for all. We are proud pioneers in integrating health and social care nationally.
We passionately believe that the best way to care for people is by focusing on what matters to them, putting them at the centre of everything we do and integrating services around them. We believe that care as close to home as possible benefits everyone.
At our core, we are deeply connected to, and rooted in, the values of the NHS. We work together for patients and our communities.
We have adopted the NHS constitution values which apply across the NHS in England. Patients, public and staff developed these together. Our shared NHS values provide common ground for co-operation to achieve shared aspirations, at all levels of the NHS.
We make sure that everyone counts and that every voice is heard. What matters to our people matters.
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to abide by the code set out in the GMC Good Medical Practice and to continue to improve on the generic competencies outlined in the Foundation Programme.
Other responsibilities include:
Taking a complete medical history in a holistic way, with a focus on the patients agenda
Performing a complete systems examination while maintaining the dignity of the patient
Requesting and interpreting appropriate investigations including radiological tests, biochemistry and haematology tests and basic microbiological tests
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team in patient management, with a focus on effective communication
Learning to prioritise tasks to enable safe and high quality patient care
Supervising, training and assisting junior clinical staff when required
Participating in ward rounds and multi-disciplinary rounds as timetabled
Referring on to specialty inpatient teams by telephone or electronic referral system
Completing discharge summaries
Attending weekly educational and multidisciplinary sessions
Supervising medical students
Complying with all local policies including dress code, annual and study leave
Person Specification
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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.
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
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Newton Road
Torquay
TQ2 7AA
