F3 Doctor

Job summary

F3 Career Development Opportunity starting Aug 2024 for 12 months

Looking for a flexible and rewarding career development opportunity?Chose the F3 Programme delivered by the University Hospitals of North Midlands

These posts are designed to offer experience and training to doctors at a level between Foundation training and core specialty training.

Main duties of the job

These posts offer an excellent opportunity for doctors wishing to develop new skills or take time to consider their career path. These posts areflexible, have an assigned education supervisor, mentorship, paired learning scheme and access to career guidance. In addition, structured timefor cohort learning with F3 doctors and their educational supervisors will be provided.

These posts will involve 3 x 4 month placements in different specialties to be allocated at a later date. Whilst we aim to provide you with yourpreferred specialties, we can only assign placements by the vacancies we have available.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The posts involve patient care on a day-to-day basis including admission and discharge, under the supervision of a Consultant. Supervision andteaching of more junior doctors and medical students is an important part of this post.

F3 will be allocated a consultant supervisor.

F3 will be encouraged to join the weekly teaching sessions and Grand Rounds. Study leave will be available to help candidates attend courses toprepare for examinations.

Specialty training will include care of inpatients, ambulatory care, specialty outpatient clinics, and portfolio-based procedures and competencies.Training will be supervised by a named consultant.

Completion of the post should help prepare the candidate for higher specialist training.

There will be opportunities for learning, education and audit time built into your rotations.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent Full GMC Registration

Desirable

Awards/distinctions whilst studying for 1st degree

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential

A Minimum of 2 years of prior satisfactory training equivalent to UK foundation medical training. 6 months NHS experience Good history & examination skills Able to formulate a working diagnosis Able to order appropriate investigations Able to manage common medical emergencies Image interpretation relevant to practice Competence at advanced cardio-respiratory arrest Knows when to appropriately seek assistance from a senior colleague ALS certification

Desirable

APLS certification ATLS certification

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