Trust Doctor FY1NHS

Job summary

This approved training post provides a range of practical and educational opportunities for the first year of a two-year foundation programme. The post holder will develop a variety of generic and core specialist competencies that focus upon the appropriate skills, knowledge and attitudes required in order to ensure high quality & safe care is experienced by every patient. Achievement of these competencies will be further developed during the second year of the foundation programme

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to clerk patients who attend under the General Surgery department. This unit manages both acute and elective patients with general surgical complaints. You will manage patient's medical illnesses under supervision, request investigations / treatments for patients, take patient histories and carrying out routine patient examinations, communicate with patients, and provide discharge summaries etc. to promote good liaison with General Practitioners, liaise with patients' relatives and provide on-call services as required. You will be supervised by senior colleagues with timely consultant review. You will also participate in the acute on call rota on a 1:11 basis, where you will be part of the team.

Job description

The post holder will be expected to clerk patients who attend under the General Surgery department. This unit manages both acute and elective patients with general surgical complaints. You will manage patients medical illnesses under supervision, request investigations / treatments for patients, take patient histories and carrying out routine patient examinations, communicate with patients, and provide discharge summaries etc. to promote good liaison with General Practitioners, liaise with patients' relatives and provide on-call services as required. You will be supervised by senior colleagues with timely consultant review. You will also participate in the acute on call rota on a 1:12 basis, where you will be part o

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Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream