OOPE in Emergency MedicineNHS

Job summary

The Emergency Department in Leicester is inviting applications for an established fellow post from highly motivated Higher Specialty or post CCT Emergency Medicine doctors.

(Must have completed CT3 by August 2027)

Main duties of the job

This post is ideal for individuals with a passion in Emergency Medicine who wish to develop their non-clinical skills. We at Leicester Royal Infirmary are looking for individuals interested in a 1 year OOPE position, 50% clinical 50% non-clinical time focusing on your special interest. We have 27 Consultants across our state of the art Emergency Department, all of which would support you to achieve your goal. We have established OOPE opportunities in education, pre hospital medicine, geriatrics and quality improvement but would also be prepared to listen to your ideas

The job plan would be 50% clinical with 50% focusing on your project!

This could be

• Project management
• Digital Projects
• Quality Improvements
• Leadership and Management
• Pre Hospital Emergency Medicine
• Ultrasound
• Geriatrics

The clinical element is at Registrar level (applicants must have completed CT3 by August 2027)

Job description

Whilst on duty the appointee will be clinically and professionally responsible for their patients.It will also be their duty to:

• Keep patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition;
• Involve patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment;
• Maintain professional standards and obligations as set out from time to time by the General Medical Council (GMC) and comply in particular with the GMCs guidance on Good Medical Practice as amended or substituted from time to time;
• Carry out any work related to and reasonably incidental to the duties set out in their Job Plan e.g. the keeping of records and the provision of reports, the proper delegation of tasks, maintaining skills and knowledge.

Learning outcomes:

Learning outcomes for individual appointees will be determined after the first meeting between them and their educational supervisor.

The appointee will be expected to contribute to graduate and continuing medical education activity locally, regionally and nationally as appropriate and to participate in clinical audit under local arrangements

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

high-quality care for all,

being a great place to work,

partnerships for impact, and

research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

we are compassionate,

we are proud,

we are inclusive, and

we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.