Trust Doctor ST1/ST2 Level Equivalent General & Acute Medical
Countess of Chester Hospital
Date: 17 hours ago
City: Chester, England
Contract type: Full time
Working Full Time
Opportunities to work within a supportive environment within Acute and General Internal Medicine specialties based at The Countess of Chester Hospital. The specialties you may work within are, Care of the Elderly, Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology & Diabetes or General Medicine depending on service needs and preferences. The Division is committed to providing a training environment to support post holders in sitting specialty exams.
This post will provide excellent experience and training opportunities and would be ideal for doctors who have completed foundation training or equivalent and wishing to gain experience within hospital Medicine. The post-holder will be allocated a Supervising Consultant with regular meetings to discuss educational goals and achievements. You will be expected to participate in regular teaching that is available in line with your level of experience.
The successful applicants may be required to cross cover within the various medical specialties. Posts involve the participation on one of the General Medicine on call rotas.
Please note that this post is for 18 months in the first instance.
Experience in an NHS role at or above the F2 equivalent level or higher in a paid position or completed an NHS clinical attachment for a duration of 3 months or more.
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST WILL CLOSE EARLY ONCE SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Will Wareing Job title: Consultant Geriatrician Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01244 366923
Dr Prosenjit Dutta
Consultant
[email protected]
Opportunities to work within a supportive environment within Acute and General Internal Medicine specialties based at The Countess of Chester Hospital. The specialties you may work within are, Care of the Elderly, Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology & Diabetes or General Medicine depending on service needs and preferences. The Division is committed to providing a training environment to support post holders in sitting specialty exams.
This post will provide excellent experience and training opportunities and would be ideal for doctors who have completed foundation training or equivalent and wishing to gain experience within hospital Medicine. The post-holder will be allocated a Supervising Consultant with regular meetings to discuss educational goals and achievements. You will be expected to participate in regular teaching that is available in line with your level of experience.
The successful applicants may be required to cross cover within the various medical specialties. Posts involve the participation on one of the General Medicine on call rotas.
Please note that this post is for 18 months in the first instance.
Experience in an NHS role at or above the F2 equivalent level or higher in a paid position or completed an NHS clinical attachment for a duration of 3 months or more.
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST WILL CLOSE EARLY ONCE SUFFICIENT APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED
- Assessment of new patients.
- Plan medical treatments and appropriate outpatient investigations.
- Attendance on ward rounds and on occasion medical opinions provided for other specialities.
- Completion of discharge summaries.
- Provide senior support to junior members of the team particularly for deteriorating patients or procedures.
- The post-holder will be expected to assist with any other aspects of patient care as appropriate.
- Outpatient Clinics or Ambulatory clinic attendance as directed.
- The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
- Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
- Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Will Wareing Job title: Consultant Geriatrician Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01244 366923
Dr Prosenjit Dutta
Consultant
[email protected]
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